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There are many display technologies that just didn't make it to mass production.

A favourite of mine is Field Emission Display technology. However they are largely irrelevant now because OLED essentially fill the same role.

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Mine is transreflective LCD. I just really want to be able to work with my laptop in the sun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transflective_liquid-crystal_d...

Here it's used on the Adam Tablet that never took off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGUKHDBoTEc

LTT just made a video about a modern display that is like this tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0TcGjzKbag

Interesting! Although going for no backlight seem to make it about as impractical indoors as regular displays are outdoors?

Hi had an Adam, the idea (and display) was pretty cool, but the build quality and software was not that great. Eink really has taken over that niche though, so not sure I really miss those displays.

Yeah it seems that TLCD never really got a chance to get developed properly.

And Eink seem to me to have a lot of other clear drawbacks which makes it impractical for regular work use cases.

We played with lenticular displays and they are very good and very safe. But like it's just not that useful to have a 3d display. A 2d screen is perfectly good at conveying the same information.

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