14 DAY TRIAL // Sony may be going through a really tough time with all the security breaches, but it looks like it hasn't allowed that to affect its other business outlets much, with its exhibition during the SID Display Week having been actually solid.
E Ink may have said that it has no plans to release any new e-paper display this year, but this doesn't mean it, or its so-called partners, can't preview some anyway.
In fact, Sony has a rather ambitious project in mind, on that may end up competing directly with so-called flexible LCDs or AMOLED panels, if they ever become viable for use in actual products.
Nowadays, there isn't really any segment of the IT industry where one might actually encounter flexible screens being used.
Still, there is no question that automobiles, advertising, tablets and any other electronics could definitely have some use for them.
During the SID Display Week event, the company showed off a flexible e-paper screen with color support.
As shown by a report, the prototype can very well be considered the largest bendable panel ever, having a diagonal of 13.3 inches.
This is already an asset in and of itself, but the resolution is not too shabby either, sitting at a comfortable 1,200 x 800 pixels. There is also a contrast ratio of over 100,000:1, while the reflectance is of above 10 percent
Being made for flexibility, the newcomer is, understandably, very thin, although it is implied that the thinness is beyond anything seen before.
For those that want more specifications, the color gamut is of over 13% of NTSC and the weight of 20 grams. Also, 16 levels of gray scale are present.
Either way, the prototype looks quite promising, even though there is no way of knowing if anything will even start using it in a timely fashion.
UPDATE: Oddly enough, the reported specs don't seem to coincide with the ones in the photo provided (the picture places the resolution at 1,600 x 1,200 and the contrast at 10:1). Fortunately, this only means that the screen is either as good as reported, or better.