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ePaper To Be Used For Newspapers and Magazines

Posted by Zonk on from the i-want-some-epaper dept.

rustbear writes "The Guardian reports that cheap, paper-thin TV screens that can be used in newspapers and magazines have been unveiled by German electronics giant Siemens. The firm says the low production costs could see the magazine shelves in newsagents come alive with moving images vying for the customers' attention as they move along the aisle. The Siemens spokesman said that one square metre of the material costs around £30, and scientists working on the screens said they should be available by 2007."

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  1. and the downside... by MonoSynth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    nineteen eighty-four.

  2. What about the power supply, processor, etc.? by Rico_za · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Making the screen paper thin doesn't solve the rest of the problem : getting images on the screen. How is a magazine going to contain the power supply en processor needed to actually display something on the screen? More detail in the article would have been helpfull, now it just sounds like some scifi hype story.

  3. Re:All the print- that's news to fit. by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It's hard to imagine, but newspapers will be modular, dynamic, constantly updating.
    ... and they will self-destruct after you read them once. Welcome to the DRM world!

    Also, Stallman's "Right to Read" may be sadly so true...

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  4. Forgot the obvious? by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about applying that to product packaging? Movies could have the trailer on the back, games a few seconds of gameplay footage. Instead of a TV playing those ad videos for some stuff it could be printed right on the back.

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  5. £30 per square meter isn't viable for Newspa by Andy_R · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While there are a lot of things you could do with a slow-refresh display device at this price point, such as animated vehicle paint, billboards, constructing a video dance-mat 300ft wide to play pacman 'for real' and making disneyland look even more like a bad acid trip, producing a newspaper that sells for less than the price of a hardcover book isn't one of them.

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  6. moving images by Cappy+Red · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To broaden your point a bit: do we need more moving pictures? I'm not advocating against the technology, just saying that I see enough images moving about daily as it is.

    With TV and the internet, there are plenty of videos and animations to take in with, or as part of your information diet. The permanence and patience of newspapers and magazines is a nice diversion from the visual bombardment of those other mediums.

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