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June 9th, 2009

10.2-inch color display with e-book and video modes

By David Rothman

image Remember how the PixelQi display can run in either an e-book or color mode?

Now Samsung is displaying a prototype of a 10.2-inch color display with a choice of e-book or video modes. The former presumably is black and white and, certainly, sips less power.

From TechOn!: “It is an active matrix panel and was realized by utilizing ‘a kind of cholesteric liquid crystal’ for the image display technology, Samsung Electronics said. The main feature of the prototype is that its display mode can be switched between the "memory mode" to operate the panel as e-paper and the "dynamic mode" to display moving pictures, according to the company….

”The panel has 320 x RGB x 240 pixels and is capable of displaying 64 colors. It features a reflectance of 10% or higher and a response time of 25ms or less.”

My reaction: Oh, for  a better photo. Presumably the Samsung display looks better in real life.

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