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| View Poll Results: When will printed media become obsolete? | |||
| Less than 50 years |
  
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5 | 29.41% |
| 50 to 100 years |
  
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0 | 0% |
| 100 to 150 years |
  
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1 | 5.88% |
| 150 or more years |
  
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1 | 5.88% |
| Never |
  
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10 | 58.82% |
| Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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 Member 666 Level 50.98 Mar 2006 
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Give me a color Kindle DX at a fraction of the current price, and I'm so abandoning printed media. Goodbye, ink rubbing off on your hands. Goodbye, huge ass books that are a pain to flip, and an even bigger pain to carry around. And you save some trees at the same time.
A lot of things can happen in 50 years. A lot of our everyday routine today is unthinkable in 1959. I'd bet real money that we'll be seeing a shift in printed media within that time. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 666 Level 50.98 Mar 2006
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Printed Media replacement is more than just browsing the web with a flickering computer screen, with annoying animated ads.
The current Amazon Kindle DX utilizes e-ink display technology, which mimics the effect of light on paper, and doesn't need electricity to maintain display. They are currently limited to 16 shades of gray, and it's kinda expensive ($489). Once the technology matures enough to have colors coupled with a price drop, then all bets are off. I daresay even an 8-bit color depth (256 colors) would be plenty enough for most publications. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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