Comments on: Flex-screen color OLED displays for e-reading? Check out this military gadget http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/06/flex-screen-oled-displays-for-e-reading-check-out-this-military-display/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marcus Sundman http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/06/flex-screen-oled-displays-for-e-reading-check-out-this-military-display/comment-page-1/#comment-998518 Marcus Sundman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:27:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/06/flex-screen-oled-displays-for-e-reading-check-out-this-military-display/#comment-998518 Well, it needs to have some kind of frame so one can use it with one hand. The frame needs to keep the screen very flat, or else it will be close to impossible to avoid glares. And the battery life needs to be decent (e.g., much better than on an iphone). Since OLEDs emit light there is no need for any additional light source. This in turn implies that the less of a screen is lit the less power it ought to use. This implies that my favorite reading setup, white text on a black background (which is particularly comfortable at night and works well even with dirty and scratchy displays), minimizes the power consumption. Well, it needs to have some kind of frame so one can use it with one hand. The frame needs to keep the screen very flat, or else it will be close to impossible to avoid glares. And the battery life needs to be decent (e.g., much better than on an iphone).

Since OLEDs emit light there is no need for any additional light source. This in turn implies that the less of a screen is lit the less power it ought to use. This implies that my favorite reading setup, white text on a black background (which is particularly comfortable at night and works well even with dirty and scratchy displays), minimizes the power consumption.

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