Bridgestone/Delta color epaper news no comments
You may recall the QR-LPD color reflective display created by Bridgestone and to be marketed by Delta Electronics. Digitimes is reporting today that Delta, in spite of having invested up to over $100 million on epaper production facilities at its Taiwanese plants, will hold off on bringing an ereader using the technology to market.
According to the article, Delta will continue its epaper R&D program but will focus on larger format epaper displays for periodicals and signage. The main reason cited in Delta’s decision is the negative impact tablets have had on dedicated ereader sales (presumably this is referring to the Chinese market).
I have not been overly impressed by the QR-LPD displays I’ve seen at CES. The screen refresh on the demos I’ve seen in person and in videos has been too slow, resulting in page turns that are too slow and distracting to make an effective ereader. The touchscreens of the units I saw at CES 2011 also seemed to be not very responsive, although that may have been software or hardware problems unrelated to Bridgestone’s display technology.
