Epson creates Ultimicron electronic viewfinder with 2.4m dot XGA

Sep 28, 2012 – Epson Develops New Ultimicron Panel for Electronic Viewfinders ... color systems when shooting fast-moving subjects and while panning.

Epson has developed a higher resolution, XGA version of its LCD panel used for electronic viewfinders. The latest version of the company's Ultimicron technology offers the same 2.4m dot resolution (1024 x 768 x 3) as the Sony OLED viewfinders used in recent Sony and Fujifilm cameras. SVGA (800 x 600 x 3) versions of Epson's technology are already used in the Olympus OM-D E-M5, along with add-on finders for Olympus, Ricoh and Leica cameras. This additional option for a high-resolution finder can only be positive for the next generation of mirrorless cameras.
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My Comment:
The big problem of photography is to have a correct exposure or metering. Electronic viewfinder is better than DSLR since you can see the image after you have metered the object. If you are not happy about the exposure you see, you just simply take another point to meter and view it. This cannot be done by a DSLR camera.

I have used first generation of electronic viewfinder (EVF) camera that is an Olympus sp560. The view is small, noisy, etc, which have largely been resolved recently. So the trend is to use an EVF whether you like it or not.

The other reason to use an EVF camera is to shoot in a music theater in which the shutter noise from a DSLR is not acceptable.

Therefore, for the most purpose of photography right now, EVF is good enough except for the conservation of battery.

So far, DSLR on shooting sport or wildlife is still better in view of its tracking speed and fidelity. But the gap is narrowing.

DSLR is a stage of camera development, just like the film camera that has become obsolete.