http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/ Engadget Comments for Fujitsu demos color e-ink LCD http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
or not...]]>Sep 6th 2007 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
The way I understand how e-ink works is thus: essentially, little balls that are colored differently are flipped around by a magnetic field to specific orientations to display a picture, each ball being one "pixel." After they are oriented, they can remain that way indefinitely without power drain. Since their color is reflective, it depends on ambient light, does not require a backlight, and can be read in direct sunlight. This is an e-ink display.

LCDs are fundamentally different; they require both a backlight at all times and continuous power to keep the colors displayed, even for static images. This is a LCD, like a computer flat panel or the screen on a video Ipod (capitalized I on purpose, not by mistake, Apple fanboyz - lowercase I is stupid).

Therefore, (unless I'm wrong) the title should have been "Fujitsu demos color e-ink display" not "Fujitsu demos color e-ink LCD," and some of the text that places the two terms together is incorrect as well.

I may be wrong, but I am fairly certain I am correct in this. I don't usually rant like this on you guys, but they are two fundamentally different technologies that should not be confused.]]>Apr 20th 2006 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
Udayan]]>Apr 20th 2006 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.eink.com/technology/howitworks.html

I imagine that the color version uses color particles and clustered RGB globes to present a color image,

I'm interested in digital signage that knows I need a larger font and can adjust before I have to find my glasses. I would strongly support a wallpaper version of this (OK, perhaps a border first) so that I don't have to ever hang that stuff again!]]>Apr 20th 2006 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
(http://www.eink.com/technology/index.html).

I think the title should be "Fujitsu Demos Bi-Stable LCD" or maybe "Fujitsu Demos Electronic Paper LCD". ]]>Apr 20th 2006 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/labs/en/business/activities/activities-4/e-paper.html]]>Apr 20th 2006 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.kentdisplays.com/corporate/print/kd07192005.htm]]>Apr 20th 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
So with $1,000's of dollars of Digital equipment we can show a passport sized photo that looks like it was taken in the 1960's. Rather than just use a photo from the 60's.]]>Apr 20th 2006 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Apr 20th 2006 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/The color looks a bit faded compared to Organic LED or backlit LCD screens, but please bear in mind that the reflective nature of the display means that there is zero power consumption while displaying and only while changing the display.
All technologies are a trade-off, and E Ink currently seems to have the best power consumption vs. display cost in the industry.
Other technologies may soon come to do even better, but E Ink seems closest to becoming a mature product.
See also http://www.eink.com/products/index.html]]>Apr 21st 2006 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
one caveat, LCD's don't _require_ a backlight for perception.. reflective can work- it's a bitch..

try an LCD monitor with a blown backlight, in good light, still useable in an emergency..

]]>Apr 21st 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
A newspaper version would literally save millions as you just pick up the same one off your desk in the morning, with the latest news, although i can imagine a fair few printing unions getting very angry at me for suggesting it :)

And for executives between meetings it could update (using a PDA or the like) so that the next dossier is instant at your fingertips when you get there (without having to carry multiple copies)]]>Apr 25th 2006 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/I imagine that the color version uses color particles and clustered RGB globes to present a color image,

RGB are the additive primary colors: red, green, and blue added together make white light.

For an application like this you would need to use the subtractive primary colors, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta, which mixed together theoretically make black. These are the primaries used in the printing business.

In reality however, it is impossible to make the pigments pure enough to make actual black, they make a ugly brown instead which gives poor color reproduction, so printers supplement them with pure black. Adding the right amount of black (abbreviated "K" giving us "CYMK") in the right places is something of an art.

I would conjecture that the poor color reproduction we see is due to either not using black at all or poor implementation of it (more likely the former), possibly aggravated by poor flash lighting as mentioned above.]]>Apr 25th 2006 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/Sep 6th 2007 3:31PM