Liquavista's monochrome and color e-paper displays get demonstrated (video)

Philips' 2006 spin-off Liquavista hasn't exactly had a lot to show for itself since it earned its independence, but things seem to finally be coming together for the company, which had a suite of e-paper displays to demonstrate at CES last week, a show that was absolutely chock-full of e-readers. Our very own spin-off, Engadget Spanish, got a chance to peruse the company's suite of offerings, including a prototype device called Pebble. It's a lovely, thin reader that's unfortunately not intended for production -- at least not yet. The video after the break shows displays that not only redraw far more quickly than existing production screens, but also mix in RGB effects and even multi-color backlighting. It's good stuff; you'll want to check it out.

[buoy Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:21AM]

wow. i could use that display during the day and be a happy chappy.

[Michiel01 Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:23AM]

Eindhoven de Gekste!

[mex Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:27AM]

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[mex Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:27AM]

@mex

Engadget I'm sicking tired of this comment system!

[Wwhat Posted Jan 12th 2010 12:41PM]

Lol, tried to do HTML postings? You should know better.

[mex Posted Jan 12th 2010 1:22PM]

@Wwhat no… just typed … and off course THAT was published straight away instead of the message I've retyped 5 TIMES!

[mex Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:28AM]

so, this could be how the iSlate will be?
e-ink mixed up with LDC (maybe amoled?)

[TareG Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:29AM]

Me loves it

[Plothole Posted Jan 13th 2010 11:05PM]

What misguided parent names their kid "Me"?

[TareG Posted Jan 14th 2010 1:24AM]

@Plothole
You tell me, Plothole.

[Rex Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:53AM]

Awesome, now please get it out faaast. If I get an Alex before Summer, you guys won't get my money for couple more years ...

[Rick James Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:56AM]

I think this is great, however I think that whichever new tech (Mirasol, this, or Pixel Qhi (sp?)) makes it to market first may prove to be the new industry standard...

[Plothole Posted Jan 12th 2010 2:01PM]

3Qi (the Pixel Qi technology) screens are already in mass production, so presumably they'll hit the market first. Though Liquavista could still "win" on the merit of being able to display color in both its reflective and transmissive states (3Qi is monochrome in the former). Then again all three display technologies have advantages.

[Plothole Posted Jan 12th 2010 2:27PM]

*the color filter version of Liquavista can at least can, in theory, display color in both states. Obviously not the version that drives color from its backlight.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2010 10:58AM]

looks like crap. why would i want that?

[TT Posted Jan 12th 2010 11:04AM]

Haaah, as a fellow Dutchman, the Dutch accent always cracks me up. :P

And this looks amazing, the refresh rate is unbelievable!

[Gad Get Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:41AM]

@TT

I just love that accent!

[dicobalt Posted Jan 12th 2010 11:27AM]

Put this type of display in a tablet PC and you have a win.

[mex Posted Jan 12th 2010 1:23PM]

@dicobalt that's what I suppose the iSlate will be, not sure will be a win though

[TheCow5 Posted Jan 12th 2010 11:43AM]

this woud be great for the future microsoft courier.

[GreatSunJester Posted Jan 12th 2010 12:30PM]

I am not up on e-ink specs, but isn't this one showing a far faster screen redraw rate than others ? Or is that page refresh?

[Plothole Posted Jan 12th 2010 1:52PM]

That's because it isn't eInk, but a completely different epaper technology.

[peepeeland Posted Jan 12th 2010 12:43PM]

That's pretty cool. I can't wait to see animated e-paper in person! Because of the seeming "tangibility" of e-paper, when we finally get high framerates, it's gonna look so hi-tech.

[Brian J Posted Jan 12th 2010 1:19PM]

I see anime drawings. I'm sold.

[httph2rtnblogspotcom Posted Jan 12th 2010 2:23PM]

I'm skeptical about Liquavista, I think I'll wait for Liqua7...

[jbcaro Posted Jan 12th 2010 8:24PM]

@httph2rtnblogspotcom

Yes, but business will still refuse to adopt it until Liqua7 sp1 is released.

[flamaest Posted Jan 14th 2010 12:00PM]

I also saw this unit at CES, here is my short video of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9v0ldjlvHE

Thanks,
Fabian.