A direct-view display apparatus, comprising: a transparent substrate, an array of pixels including, for each pixel, a light modulator formed on the substrate and including a first actuator and a second actuator opposing the first actuator for controlling the state of the light modulator; and a control matrix fabricated on the substrate including, for a pixel in the array of pixels: a write-enable switch for enabling the pixel to respond to a data voltage, a first capacitor electrically coupled to the write-enable switch for storing data associated with the data voltage; a data load switch four enabling the pixel to respond to a write-enabling voltage; a second capacitor electrically coupled to the data load switch for storing data associated with the write-enabling voltage and for storing data associated with the complement or inverse of the data stored on the first capacitor; a data discharge switch coupled to an electrode of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and the data load switch; a write-enabling interconnect for allowing the pixel to accept the data voltage coupled to the write-enable switch; and a data voltage interconnect for setting a state of the light modulator to form an image wherein a voltage applied to the write-enabling interconnect controls the write-enable switch. a transparent substrate, an array of pixels including, for each pixel, a light modulator formed on the substrate and including a first actuator and a second actuator opposing the first actuator for controlling the state of the light modulator; and a control matrix fabricated on the substrate including, for a pixel in the array of pixels: a write-enable switch for enabling the pixel to respond to a data voltage, a first capacitor electrically coupled to the write-enable switch for storing data associated with the data voltage; a data load switch four enabling the pixel to respond to a write-enabling voltage; a second capacitor electrically coupled to the data load switch for storing data associated with the write-enabling voltage and for storing data associated with the complement or inverse of the data stored on the first capacitor; a data discharge switch coupled to an electrode of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and the data load switch; a write-enabling interconnect for allowing the pixel to accept the data voltage coupled to the write-enable switch; and a data voltage interconnect for setting a state of the light modulator to form an image wherein a voltage applied to the write-enabling interconnect controls the write-enable switch. a write-enable switch for enabling the pixel to respond to a data voltage, a first capacitor electrically coupled to the write-enable switch for storing data associated with the data voltage; a data load switch four enabling the pixel to respond to a write-enabling voltage; a second capacitor electrically coupled to the data load switch for storing data associated with the write-enabling voltage and for storing data associated with the complement or inverse of the data stored on the first capacitor; a data discharge switch coupled to an electrode of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and the data load switch; a write-enabling interconnect for allowing the pixel to accept the data voltage coupled to the write-enable switch; and a data voltage interconnect for setting a state of the light modulator to form an image wherein a voltage applied to the write-enabling interconnect controls the write-enable switch.