Pixel Qi launches 10.1″ super thin 1280×800 screen

[WillrowHood]

Great video! Is Innoversal demonstrating their Pixel Qi tablet, the Lattice, at Computex?

[ehurtley]

You need to have a similar video where you actually DEMONSTRATE that the iPad really is at maximum brightness. I know that my iPad (first generation) doesn't look THAT dim even in direct sunlight.

Yes, I love the idea of a Pixel Qi display, and would love it if all upcoming tablets had them (with front-lighting for dark locations,) but that demo just screams "marketing faked" like when I went into a camera shop and they set the exposure down -3EV on the cheap camera to try to up-sell me.

[Charbax]

@ehurtley But it's not a fake. The screen brightness is at maximum. Absolutely. That's just the truth, Pixel Qi is 100x better outdoors and for places with a lot of reflected light. That's the whole point. That iPad1 brightness is setup at maximum setting. What I will do is try to find an iPad2 somewhere and film new videos comparing Pixel Qi both IR and Capacitive next to it in sunlight and from all angles. Look for my next comparison video on that. Also comparing with other Android tablets.

[malkdk]

@ehurtley your eyes are much better than his camera, that's probably the reason it might look faked. the camera is set to a light level that matches the outside sunlight environment, and when using that, the ipad looks very dark because very little light gets into the camera from the ipad (compared to all the other things in the scene).

our eyes have like 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio where 24 bit color video has 10,000:1 (as far as I remember)

[jkgambz]

@ehurtley the ipad screen looks darker - than what you can see in real life - because the dynamic range of the camera is much narrower than that of the human eye

[uduogah]

The IR touch tech is the same tech debuted in the new Kobo Touch and new Nook Touch e-readers - even though both are non-colour e-ink displays unlike the one above which is full colour (or close at least)

[AlphaProtocol360]

Thanks Charbax. I was wondering if they would ever solve the touch screen problem. I've never heard of an IR touch tech, but since you were able to use it, how does it stack up against capacitive touch? How responsive is it in comparison, and how many points of tough will it support.

Considering that touch functionality on Pixel Qi is highly dependent on NOT using capacitive touch, you would think that Pixel Qi would take a more active role on getting these other techs adopted by OEMs.

[aannddrroommaann]

@AlphaProtocol360 ir touch is something sony has been using on its prs reader even the new nook touch and maybe the new kobo has got it .

IR touch has basically a IR field projected from the edge of the bezel onto the screen its responsiveness is somewhere in between resistive and capacitive from what ive heard though ive never used it though it is responsive to more stimuli like stencils etc than capacitive screens.

[Charbax]

@AlphaProtocol360 capacitive does not affect Pixel Qi any more than any other LCD screen in terms of making things slightly harder to not act as a mirror in bright sunlight. Though they say that the latest capacitive designs do remove some of the space between touch and screen to minimize that effect. Also I think capacitive can be implemented as matte instead of glossy, which thus may not impress some consumers as much while they test the device the first time in the store, overall it's better.

[hdibani]

@AlphaProtocol360 if you have ever seen the Microsoft surface table, it also uses IR to detect touch.

[PCQuickCure]

When is the ZTE Light 2 coming out? Looks excellent.

[shaurz]

Any new Pixel Qi tablets coming out?

[PCQuickCure]

@shaurz ZTE light 2 should be out this year hopefully.

[shaurz]

@PCQuickCure Thanks