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Neither do most of the other common display technologies available to us! EDIT: Can't reply to TeMPOraL, but I think that's not true, they need polarized light
by errantspark 7y ago
Neither do most of the other common display technologies available to us!
EDIT: Can't reply to TeMPOraL, but I think that's not true, they need polarized light. I'm not an expert on this but my intuition is there are unrealized advances to be made in the field of reflective LCD-based displays. I just don't think there's much demand to research these applications and connect the dots. I would be surprised if you couldn't make a pretty decent, high refresh rate reflective display using an LCD based approach.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoBut they do! If they don't emit lights from pixels, they usually need a backlight to be legible. E-ink is nice because it does not need a light source to be fully legible in any condition in which print is.
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- BlueTemplar 7y agoTransflective LCDs do not need a light source either, and, unlike e-ink, can use a backlight in low light conditions.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThey're just an exception confirming the rule, though.
- jmiserez 7y agoE-ink does need a light source, it's impossible to read without sufficient environmental lighting (like real paper).
- BlueTemplar 7y agoOne thing I noticed with my Pebble Time is how, unlike any other LCD I've seen so far, polarized glasses don't have an effect on it for some reason ! (It might be due to multiple layers of weird liquid crystals ?)