As we all know it Epson is one of the world’s leading firm in consumer products like printers and photocopiers. And rightly so, Epson has now taken the first step in producing a product (not just a concept) much better than the likes of electronic e-book readers that may just possibly replace our daily news reads in the future.

You will see why I say so just from looking at this image…

The fact that the quality of it is so incredibly good, you can barely tell it’s not paper! With a size of 13.4-inch (A4-size), its pixels count is 3104 × 4128 and definition achieves as high as 385ppi.

The new electronic paper was developed by combining electrophoretic electronic ink of E Ink Corp and a low-temperature polycrystal Si-TFT of Seiko Epson. The TFT was formed on a glass substrate. Its contrast ratio is 10:1 and reflectance is 40%.

Epson believes the future market will focus on selling electronic paper, I agree this is great for the environment, but there will always be people who like to get hold of an actual piece of paper and be able to fold it, it’s that ‘tactile feedback’ that the e-paper may not be able to offer. Plus with the increase in the use of RSS feeds and newsreaders, etc… will there still be a place for newspaper in the future?

[via NewLaunches]