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I wonder whether this technology is inherently limited to a very steep saturation-brightness tradeoff.

In the picture (provided earlier, by thedohman), the color E-ink panel looks very dark.

Clue: Phillips explains that they made the colors with a plastic overlay.

Speculation: the overlay could be a transparent RGB grid, where each cell transmits (and therefore reflects) only Red, Green, or Blue. Just like an LCD, right? Unfortunately, because it is purely reflective, that would cut its brightness way down, because you'd be blocking most incipient light even in your most-white state. In the simple case, with equal numbers of Red, Green, and Blue cells, the max brightness would be 1/3 of incipient light, since each cell could only reflect its own color. If you, say, threw in a white cell too, you could get at most 1/2 of incipient light, but at the cost of saturation (because your colors would have to be either washed out by the white quarter, or dark because they can only use a small fraction of the total surface for reflection).

http://www.lgphilips-lcd.com/adminContain/files/(% EC%82%AC%EC%A7%84%EC%9E%90%EB%A3%8C)color%20flexib le%2001(20070511)1.jpg

Ah, TextMate, is there anything it can't do?

It might be 'color', but looking at the photo on Philip's website, it seems that the quality still leaves a lot to be desired... Especially when it comes to brightness & contrast

Don't get me wrong -- it's a great start, but I doubt it will replace your monitor any time soon.

http://www.lgphilips-lcd.com/homeContain/jsp/eng/i nv/inv101_j_e.jsp?BOARD_IDX=1280&languageSec=E&kin ds=IN1

includes a picture, and a little tiny bit more info.
It's TFT LCD on a flexible plastic substrate instead of glass.

Here is a link to the display used. The grandparent poster I believe indicated it was a Samsung panel; in actual fact an LG-Philips panel is used.

Megane said:
> I'll bet the monitor in question is connected
> with a VGA plug

And Zorilla responded:
> That Dell monitor is probably a rebadged Samsung
> or LG.

Megane,

I have one of the Dell 2001FPs connected via a VGA cable (it's on a machine that doesn't get used for much gaming so it's connected to a slightly older video card) and I haven't notice a lag when moving the mouse (although I'm in front of my Hercules right now, so I can't actually test to see if the Dell shows the symptoms displayed in his video).

Zorilla,

You're partially correct. The Dell 2001FP contains a LG.Philips LM201U04 panel. The rest of the monitor is Dell designed; although not Dell built.

I know that Apple invested heavily in Samsung a while back, but that doesn't mean they were motivated by anything other than the desire for a sound investment. Samsung definetely made the panel for Apple's 17" display (I peeked inside), but it was L.G. Philips that made the glass for the 22" (LM220W01) and 23" (LM230W01) Cinema displays. They also make the display for the 17" iMac (LM171W02). I think IDT makes the new 20" (look at the IAWS64).

I know that Apple invested heavily in Samsung a while back, but that doesn't mean they were motivated by anything other than the desire for a sound investment. Samsung definetely made the panel for Apple's 17" display (I peeked inside), but it was L.G. Philips that made the glass for the 22" (LM220W01) and 23" (LM230W01) Cinema displays. They also make the display for the 17" iMac (LM171W02). I think IDT makes the new 20" (look at the IAWS64).

I know that Apple invested heavily in Samsung a while back, but that doesn't mean they were motivated by anything other than the desire for a sound investment. Samsung definetely made the panel for Apple's 17" display (I peeked inside), but it was L.G. Philips that made the glass for the 22" (LM220W01) and 23" (LM230W01) Cinema displays. They also make the display for the 17" iMac (LM171W02). I think IDT makes the new 20" (look at the IAWS64).

I don't mean to harp on this, but the 17" iMac, 22" Cinema Display, and 23" Cinema HD LCDs are made by LG Philips.

I don't mean to harp on this, but the 17" iMac, 22" Cinema Display, and 23" Cinema HD LCDs are made by LG Philips.

I don't mean to harp on this, but the 17" iMac, 22" Cinema Display, and 23" Cinema HD LCDs are made by LG Philips.