[ExI] Ebooks Formats and ebook readers

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:11:29PM +0100, Stefano Vaj wrote:
> On 10 December 2011 20:41, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
> 
> > Yes. This is 2011. You're asking for a full-color high-resolution
> > mirasol (inteferometric modulator display). These are probably 5-10 years
> > away from the consumer, if the technology can be made to work at all.
> >
> 
> Why, my life expectancy should hopefully be longer than that even if no
> life-extension breakthroughs take place in the meantime... :-)

First mirasol-display readers seem to be closer to the marketplace
than I thought:

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/E-Reader-mit-Mirasol-Display-1393714.html

The colors and contrast look too good to be true:
http://www.heise.de/imgs/18/7/4/6/0/7/8/Kyobo-E-Reader_Mirasol-4434d3bc6c2ca47a.jpeg

The other Google images hits for mirasol aren't nearly as
dramatic.

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