LG Announces 19 inch, Flexible Digital-Ink Display
Posted 01/14/10 at 04:25:25 PM by Jason Barry
LG has released a new display technology that not even Rupert Murdoch can turn a blind eye to. With the e-reader consumer market continuing to grow, LG insists on not being outdone, and they may have succeeded.
LG unveiled an e-paper prototype about which, they claim is the largest produced using current technology. The 19-inch display uses a metal foil in exchange for the usual glass backing, which gives it its flexibility.
LG will likely be marketing this towards newspapers, and newspapers should be so lucky. Traditional e-readers, like Kindle and the Nook, stumble when it comes to executing the same comforting experience as print. Utilizing technology like this might help consumers more widely adopt the e-reading concept.
Image Courtest of TomsHardware
Battery power?
Submitted by jaxjoker2 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 12:09pm
Anybody know where the battery goes? or how its powered at all?
Submitted by Tekzel on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 7:55am
It could possibly use lithium polymer batteries, those can be made super thin, but not sure about flexibility.
I'm looking forward to e-readers that are flexible, all screen, and the interface is touch. That would be cool.
Submitted by I Jedi on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 6:34pm
I didn't know that consumer flexible screens were available yet... Fascinating.
Submitted by JohnP on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:20pm
Since Plastic Logic has bamboozled so many with their claimed "8 1/2 by 11 inch display" that is really only a 10.5 inch diagonal "viewable area", I am really hesitant about e-reader's specs. Is this a 19 inch diagonal viewable area display or is the device 19 inches in size?
I really, really want a display the size of an A4 sheet of paper (or bigger!) so PDF's of magazines and textbooks will actually be readable.
Submitted by zblackrider on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 6:26pm
That pic is of the Skiff. the LG model is 25cmx45cm Larger than A4 but not wide enough for A3.
well if the picture is
Submitted by nekollx on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:53pm
well if the picture is actually of the device that should answer your questions....
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