Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz These things really need color screens. EVERY news paper today is printed in full colour. How do you view a graphic novel or design/art/photography book, where's the mag/book cover artwork?
In principle this is a good idea but this incarnation looks pretty lame as it stands.
I disagree. All the useful stuff in newspapers (the news) is in black and white. It's mainly ads that are in colour. Of course colour would be better, but I think the b&w ones could still be a major success if the infrastructure (i.e. download availability) and price (e.g. one-off charge of £10 for the reader plus 20p for each day of news) are done well.
Of course, I'm sure it's no coincidence that this launch occurs on the same day as the Esquire E-ink release.
I recall back in the 80's having to make a case for some users to get the more expensive color monitors. Now, it's standard and for a good reason. These should have color as standard as well. Especially if I'm going to be reading Word Docs and PDFs. Manuals, newsletters, magazines, and newspapers are color.
The problem with colour right now is that e-ink technology can't really do it. E-ink's major draw is it's readability, especially in direct sunlight, or other bright lights. It works through thousands of tiny little balls, with one side black, one side white, and changes their orientation based on whether that ball is supposed to display white space or black space. It's what allows it to remain displaying an image, or a page of a newspaper, without using any battery, which is another major upside. Colour is simply not practical, and thedesolate1: if you are going to buy this e-ink reader strictly so you can look at naked ladies on it, maybe that's not such a good idea. I'm sure you would have to bypass the readers intended functionality to get said material on it anyways, and are you really that depserate?
Last I checked, only the Sunday edition of my newspaper has ever come in color. For the other six days of the week, it's been strictly black and white.
Actually what you're describing is a different type of electronic paper technology. The eInk technology uses tiny fluid filled capsules. Within each of these capsules floats black and white particles of "ink", each with a different charge. An set of electrodes above and below each capsule draw the appropriate shade to the top, and the rest to the bottom. The advantage this technique has over the old "ball method" is that it can actually produce shades of gray by mixing the black and white in different quantities.
Oh, and technically color is possible too. All it requires is an additional color matrix layered on top of the existing B&W display. The drawback however is that this cuts the effective resolution in half (eg. 150dpi becomes 75dpi).
Hmm, well I guess I stand corrected. That is interesting, though. And I am sorry, the desolate1, I was trying to make a joke too, but I am not very funny.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz These things really need color screens. EVERY news paper today is printed in full colour. How do you view a graphic novel or design/art/photography book, where's the mag/book cover artwork?
In principle this is a good idea but this incarnation looks pretty lame as it stands.
I disagree. All the useful stuff in newspapers (the news) is in black and white. It's mainly ads that are in colour. Of course colour would be better, but I think the b&w ones could still be a major success if the infrastructure (i.e. download availability) and price (e.g. one-off charge of £10 for the reader plus 20p for each day of news) are done well.
Of course, I'm sure it's no coincidence that this launch occurs on the same day as the Esquire E-ink release.
yeah but what about color pr0n??? black and white just doesn't cut it when it comes to hot nude women...
I agree - color, color, color.
I recall back in the 80's having to make a case for some users to get the more expensive color monitors. Now, it's standard and for a good reason. These should have color as standard as well. Especially if I'm going to be reading Word Docs and PDFs. Manuals, newsletters, magazines, and newspapers are color.
Color is the new black!
The problem with colour right now is that e-ink technology can't really do it. E-ink's major draw is it's readability, especially in direct sunlight, or other bright lights. It works through thousands of tiny little balls, with one side black, one side white, and changes their orientation based on whether that ball is supposed to display white space or black space. It's what allows it to remain displaying an image, or a page of a newspaper, without using any battery, which is another major upside. Colour is simply not practical, and thedesolate1: if you are going to buy this e-ink reader strictly so you can look at naked ladies on it, maybe that's not such a good idea. I'm sure you would have to bypass the readers intended functionality to get said material on it anyways, and are you really that depserate?
It was supposed to be a joke. see: Ha Ha Ha -_-
Last I checked, only the Sunday edition of my newspaper has ever come in color. For the other six days of the week, it's been strictly black and white.
@ kidcanuck
Actually what you're describing is a different type of electronic paper technology. The eInk technology uses tiny fluid filled capsules. Within each of these capsules floats black and white particles of "ink", each with a different charge. An set of electrodes above and below each capsule draw the appropriate shade to the top, and the rest to the bottom. The advantage this technique has over the old "ball method" is that it can actually produce shades of gray by mixing the black and white in different quantities.
Oh, and technically color is possible too. All it requires is an additional color matrix layered on top of the existing B&W display. The drawback however is that this cuts the effective resolution in half (eg. 150dpi becomes 75dpi).
Hmm, well I guess I stand corrected. That is interesting, though. And I am sorry, the desolate1, I was trying to make a joke too, but I am not very funny.