LG demonstrates two color e-paper displays, one with a split personality

Competition is good, let’s officially welcome LG to the burgeoning color electronic paper market. The company is diving right in with not one but two color prototype displays that it showed off at FPD International in Japan. Both are 9.7-inches diagonal, the first being fully color with an 800 x 600 resolution — which just happens to exactly match the specs of E Ink’s latest . The second, however, is only partly color, the top three quarters being monochrome with a 1200 x 1200 resolution, augmented by a 200 x 600 color strip at the bottom. It’s an interesting offering, a layout not unlike the Nook but all on a single display. No word on price or availability, but you can see them doing their thing, along with E Ink’s latest, in the video below. Continue reading LG demonstrates two color e-paper displays, one with a split personality LG demonstrates two color e-paper displays, one with a split personality originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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