The kits will be available by mid-2010
By Clay Dillow Posted 03.08.2010 at 11:43 am 7 Comments

Pixel Qi Mary Lou Jepson's hybrid computer screen blends the best aspects of both laptop and e-reader displays John B. Carnett

Good news for anyone out there straining to read this text: Pixel Qi plans to ship its 3Qi technology in an easy-to-install DIY kit sometime toward the end of the second quarter of this year.

Pixel Qi’s dual-mode 3Qi displays function as both full-color LCD monitors and e-ink-like, low-power black and white displays, giving laptops and netbooks the ability to toggle between vibrant, video-playing LCD color and an energy-efficient, eye-strain-saving e-reader mode. It doesn’t even require a trip to the service shop. In Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen’s words:

It’s only slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb: it’s basically 6 screws, pulling off a bezel, unconnecting the old screen and plugging this one in. That’s it. It’s a 5 minute operation.

Pricing information for the DIY kits is not yet available, but from what we understand 3Qi displays should not cost much more than standard replacement displays. Of course, swapping out the screen on a netbook or laptop is fraught with warranty-voiding dangers, but we say nothing ventured, nothing gained. How often do you really use that precious Apple Care plan you paid so dearly for anyhow?

[Pixel Qi]

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figooo
06/04/10 at 3:37 am

thank you this Good news ..
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SarahLacy
08/06/10 at 4:20 am

Pricing information for the DIY kits is not yet available,
but from what we understand 3Qi displays should not cost much more than standard replacement displays.

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Barryo
11/13/10 at 5:52 pm

im so far back in tech like all this stuff is so new to me
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masini
11/25/10 at 4:12 am

It is great. The tech from this day it is so good. We are happy that new things are on the market now. That is a very good example.
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Michael2B
11/29/10 at 8:55 am

wow that's nice.

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jeffndoug29
12/01/10 at 11:20 am

Pricing information for the DIY kits is not yet available, but from what we understand 3Qi displays should not cost much more than standard replacement displays. Of course, swapping out the screen on a netbook or laptop is fraught with warranty-voiding dangers, but we say nothing ventured, nothing gained. That's what matters to me most right now.. The price.

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alasiri2
12/03/10 at 2:02 am

Pricing information for the DIY kits is not yet available,
but from what we understand 3Qi displays should not cost much more than standard replacement displays.
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