Pixel Qi screen: Mary Lou Jepsen answers user questions

[stefanologiurato]

Hallo I live in Europe, and would like to know, where I can find this laptop display. Is it a prototype or I can find it on the market?

Please let me know.

Thanks

Stef

[graceoverall]

GO GO GO Mary Lou Jepsen!! I can't WAIT to get one of your screens in my lappy :)

When I first read about these screens in my Popular Science mag, I was really impressed.

[chara1ampos]

I have waited all my life for a monitor like this...

Are you going to make any 13-15" ones?

Other than the "outdoor" market, there is also an office worker, programmer, student market out there... Also people with certain conditions, such as epilepsy (like me), have a much easier time with the backlight turned off, so a monitor like this is god-sent...

[plasmar1]

@CaryMG , if she said that.... I think she meant its like a TFT LCD/eInk combo......

[Tr4sHCr4fT]

Student's Dream

In Backlight mode, will the colors be comparable to normal TFTs?

[richcoolerearth]

Excellent; No more hiding from the sunlight like a ghoul when surfing the web. Ditto for hero.

[n000001a]

Video refresh? If I can't watch HULU in HD I don't want it in a laptop/netbook.

[Charbax]

It does support full video refresh..

[mspetitegeek]

Mary Lou Jepsen is my hero!

[mgsmgsmgsmgs]

Yes, you did. 1) it's (almost) normal LCD but with very reflective background and turned off lamps so its' as easy to the eyes as e-ink displayes., 2) it's not a combo it's TFT LCD, they call it e-paper, not e-ink

[deepskyfrontier]

I am NOT buying a netbook until this is available. It's beautiful in full sunlight. Gorgeous. 200dpi? Heartbreakingly awesome. If they really can get 20 hours of battery life, it will be revolutionary. Imagine a full-color eReader. Imagine saving the magazine industry.

[Charbax]

It's a new type of LCD invented by Pixel Qi, that let's you turn off the backlight to turn the quality into the same and sometimes even better than e-ink Kindle quality.

[Charbax]

So it has basically two modes. With backlight on, full color viewable in the dark. And without backlight, uses ambient light to reflect you the contents on the screen in black and white with "colour tinting" as well. With backlight off, the visibility of the screen is about just as good as E-ink and obviously it consumes much less energy than with the backlight.

[Spexare]

Mary Lou Jepsen, you are my hero! When a netbook with this screen appears on the market, I will definitely buy it. I am so fed up with never being able to use a portable computer outdoors or near windows. A reflective black-and-white screen is perfect for writing and programming, which together makes about 90% of what I do on my current laptop. I wish you great success with your product!

[KooolaNL]

the lens of camera is lil dirty

but o WOW the screen is bright even when outside

iff i'd try that with my laptop i would see myself xD

[5botball]

pollution

[Charbax]

I got a new cleaner wide angle lense in Hong Kong.. So hopefully now all my HD videos will look better again.

[KooolaNL]

coool man keep it up