LG Announces 19-inch, Flexible, E-Paper Display
Giant, bendy, electronic newspapers.
Ereaders are becoming more popular by the day. While the market is still mostly dominated by Amazon, more and more companies are releasing ereaders and tablets that they're advertising as media devices meant for watching movies and reading books.
Not one to miss out on a growing trend, LG yesterday debuted a 19-inch, flexible e-paper display prototype which it claims is the largest ever produced. The 25 centimeter by 40 centimeter display utilizes a metal foil instead of the more traditional glass substrate which means the screen can be easily bent. LG has already worked with Skiff-maker, Skiff LLC, on its 11.5-inch, flexible ereader but the 19-inch version unveiled yesterday is said to be aimed at newspaper companies.
While the thought of a flexible, newspaper-sized ereader seems nice in theory, it sounds like it could be a little unwieldy and awkward. We'll have to see how this one pans out.
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Probably one of the coolest things I have seen.
^^^Agreed. I wonder if I will ever be able to read Tom's on it.
Harry Potter newspapers anyone? this is awesome
doesn't look all that flexible
I'll take one at $149.99 maybe two.............
As a scifi fan as well as tech enthusiast I am always excited to see marketable technology become reality. Was anyone else a little amazed when you saw the epaper in the movie "Minority Report"? I for one really like this.
I don't really have much use for one of these, but will I get one? YES! this is too cool of a toy to pass on.
Could you guys dig up a little more about the 11.5" Skiff reader, please? Battery life seems like a really interesting topic since the reader is so thin, yet relatively packed. Also weight!
Maybe if it could be used to playback videos? That would be worth it.
The fact that it's slim, thus light, is very nice. But why does it have to be flexible?
"Hey guys, look! I can bend my new *CRACK* ... Oh shit..."
doesn't look all that flexible
It's flexible not fold-able....
That is simply amazing. I can't wait until these things are more mainstream - all sorts of possibilities.
The fact that it's slim, thus light, is very nice. But why does it have to be flexible?"Hey guys, look! I can bend my new *CRACK* ... Oh shit..."
Lmao. I had the same though. Just like the "unbreakable cell phone".
Using metal foil seems like it would eventually break if you flex it many times. It's durability would thus be quite low I would think.
Harry Potter newspapers anyone? this is awesome
I was thinking Minority Report (Harry Potter is magic, afterall), but yeah.
I, have just been waiting to see it in the news. I have had full faith this would happen. It will most certainly branch out in many other forms. Depending on it's brightness, would be nice to have tiled on your ceiling for limitless lighting. ANYTHING, that is just a corny "idea".
Wasn't this same item and image posted a couple weeks ago?
reminds me of the old Hyper-color tshirts that came out in the early 90's... lol
Wasn't this same item and image posted a couple weeks ago?
LG technology goes into the Skiff which was announced a few weeks ago.
hide porn in your jeans lol
Imagine a screen with the ability to wrap around your head for a panoramic view... SOOO many possibilities with this one.
Hope it doesn't fly away when the wind blows while you read an eBook in the park on a windy day.
How durable is it? How is it powered? What about something that folds too, instead of just rolling up?
Hm. And I thought that Caprica's computer sheet was a little bit far fetched....
http://estaputavidaloca.net/epvl/w [...] -sheet.png
Is it me or does this product make you think that paper newspapers could be on the way out? Think about it... Instead of picking up a paper you grab an e-reader with the news loaded on it (by this time the tech is so cheap it can be sold as a newspaper). When your done reading, recycle it and buy a new one the next day.
FYI, it's not a "product". That would imply production with intent to sell. It's a PROTOTYPE. While it's very cool in my view, who knows when something like this will be economically feasible to mass produce. I've been following this kind of technological development for a decade+ and there is still barely anything to show for it in the consumer realm. Honestly, I wish it would come out tomorrow for the average guy, but I think it will be closer to 2015 at the earliest.
I want to know screen refresh rates etc.
Could I watch a movie on this, or a slide slow with 2 seconds between each frame? =D
Be nice to catch up on my Stephen King on one of these.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/01/05/skiff_launch/
Exact same picture for the skiff reader as mentioned above. Even if the display portion of the reader is flexible it will be unlikely with todays technology that the entire reader will be. The tech will be nice for weight and durability of the screen.
if anyone would really want to read a full sized news paper off that screen, it should have a pretty high resolution. i assume, at least full HD. any less than that, and the article text would be readable like a lawyers fine print..
Something like this would be a perfect e-reader for older people with bad eyes. My mom who has very terrible eye-sight, loves to read books and I had thought an e-reader would be great for her. However, when we went to look at them, the text just wasn't large enough or the display was just hard for her to read. Some of them you could make the text larger, but then you take up even more precious screen real estate. Yes, in a paper back book, the print isn't exactly huge or anything, but for some reason text that size is just easier to read on paper. But with a display like this, I'm sure the resolution or text could be set at a good size for people with poor eyesight, without compromising too much of the display.
Return of the newspaper? Buy one of these, with a subscription it downloads the news every day at 6am, read at your leisure.