Colour E-Ink In New Kindles?? - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

Camera.Ken · 2012-04-01, 11:18 AM

Hi All:

Rumours swirl around a group of new Kindles headed for retail channels in the next few months.

Does anyone know if any of them will have colour e-ink displays?

Francois Caron · 2012-04-19, 08:30 PM

That would be quite an accomplishment if they can manage to pull that one off. the "pixels" in E-ink displays are composed of polarized microscopic spheres (black on one side and white on the other) that rotate under the influence of a magnetic field.

To make a colour e-ink display would require a panel with alternating red-green-blue spheres, or CYMK spheres since E-ink is more akin to printed material than projected light material. But you can't overlay the spheres, and putting them side by side could cut the effective resolution of the display down to a quarter of its resolution if the "pixels" themselves can't be shrunken down.

This doesn't mean they can't do it. But I'll definitely want to see the results before considering purchasing one. New technology isn't always at its best when initially launched.

Camera.Ken · 2012-04-19, 09:15 PM

This technology is available from E-ink, the current display technology supplier to Kindle and a whole lot of other devices.

Ask Prof Google about "Triton E-ink".

Or go to: http://www.eink.com/display_products_triton.html

Francois Caron · 2012-04-20, 08:05 AM

A color overlay laid over the spheres. Makes sense from a technical side. But what will the final product look like?

Where's my magnifying glass?

Camera.Ken · 2012-05-13, 01:12 PM

. . . . and are worth little more than nothing. But they do persist.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120509PD219.html

2012-04-01, 11:18 AM	#1
Camera.Ken Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 331	Colour E-Ink In New Kindles?? Hi All: Rumours swirl around a group of new Kindles headed for retail channels in the next few months. Does anyone know if any of them will have colour e-ink displays?

2012-04-19, 09:15 PM	#3
Camera.Ken Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 331	Check E-ink's Web site This technology is available from E-ink, the current display technology supplier to Kindle and a whole lot of other devices. Ask Prof Google about "Triton E-ink". Or go to: http://www.eink.com/display_products_triton.html

2012-05-13, 01:12 PM	#5
Camera.Ken Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 331	Rumours Persist . . . . . . . . and are worth little more than nothing. But they do persist. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120509PD219.html

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2012-04-19, 08:30 PM	#2
Francois Caron Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,368	That would be quite an accomplishment if they can manage to pull that one off. the "pixels" in E-ink displays are composed of polarized microscopic spheres (black on one side and white on the other) that rotate under the influence of a magnetic field. To make a colour e-ink display would require a panel with alternating red-green-blue spheres, or CYMK spheres since E-ink is more akin to printed material than projected light material. But you can't overlay the spheres, and putting them side by side could cut the effective resolution of the display down to a quarter of its resolution if the "pixels" themselves can't be shrunken down. This doesn't mean they can't do it. But I'll definitely want to see the results before considering purchasing one. New technology isn't always at its best when initially launched.

2012-04-20, 08:05 AM	#4
Francois Caron Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,368	A color overlay laid over the spheres. Makes sense from a technical side. But what will the final product look like? Where's my magnifying glass?