Vizio will be launching a new 21:9 Cinema HDTV at CES this year. The new TV has an LED based screen that is capable of showing 2560 x 1080 pixels. This is in a very wide 21:9 aspect ratio.
The new 21:9 HDTV will come in either 50 inch or 58 inch sizes although that's about all we know about the screen at the moment. [click to continue…]
Sony has developed a new system that allows LCD screens to respond quicker to changes. The new technology is called Hybrid FPA (field-induced photo-reactive alignment). What this allows the screen to do is achieve a response time of under 3ms. The technology also improves on stability through the manufacturing process.
The new system follows on from the original FPA technology, but in this case it is now able to align the crystals better with the Hybrid method. [click to continue…]
Apple [AAPL] has been granted a patent that allows a number of viewers to watch 3D content without special glasses.
Apple's solution, simply put, is to first track viewers' position and movement, and then use that information to guide the projection of pixels onto "a projection screen having a predetermined angularly-responsive reflective surface function."
In other words, each projected pixel would be beamed onto a textured, reflective screen in such a way as to reflect into the eyes of each viewer at angles that separate the image into left and right views, thus producing a 3D effect.
Microsoft [MSFT] has filed a patent that can create bumps our dips on a touchscreen.
The system uses a light-induced layer of shape-memory polymer that when UV is shined on to it, the surface can protrude, dent in or go soft or hard. [click to continue…]
Samsung is starting up a new production line for creating displays in May 2011. This new production line will see the production of Super AMOLED displays vastly increase.
From what we are hearing today, Samsung has been getting the highest profit margins of any of the display manufacturers worldwide. The company is reporting $900m in sales with a 10.5% operating margin. A lot of this is expected to be generated by the Super AMOLED screens that were added to the Galaxy S Class of smartphones. [click to continue…]
Pico projectors have been a little slow at becoming main stream (not even convinced that they will become that). MicroVision is still pushing ahead with in the Pico Projector field and has now created an iPhone and iPad projector that allows you to project a 100 inch screen from a device about the size of an older mobile phone.
What makes this particular Pico Projector different is that its a laser projector. It is called the MicroVision SHOWWX+ Laser Projector and is said to be 50% brighter than the previous model the company introduced. [click to continue…]
We hear today that Samsung could be creating a Google TV and making it ready for launch sometime in 2011. No specifics have been given other than they should run Intel Atom processors and have Google TV embedded.
It is also believed that more than one will be created (ie, a line of TVs). [click to continue…]
E Ink Holdings Inc. has has announced E Ink Triton that is essentially a color ePaper display.
"E Ink Triton marks a major milestone in the eBook revolution," said Hanvon's Chairmain Dr. Liu Yingjian. "E Ink has the right technology, manufacturing capability, and know-how to transition Hanvon's product vision into reality. With E Ink Triton technology, Hanvon is enabled to release the world's first color eBook reader today." [click to continue…]
This time next year the second gen Samsung Galaxy Tab might sport a seven inch Super AMOLED screen. Some information found today indicates that Samsung Mobile Display is planning to create the 7 inch screen with a resolution of 1200 x 600 pixels.
The screen is expected to be unveiled at an event in Japan later this month. [click to continue…]
The screen seen above is an AMOLED screen that is flexible. It measures just 0.1mm in thickness.
The screen is believed to be the worlds thinnest of its kind with others measuring 0.3mm in thickness. It was built by ITRI who is a Taiwanese research company. [click to continue…]
iFixit got hold of a new Logitech Revue Google TV Companion box to tear it down and see what exactly is inside.
The technical specs of the Logitech Revue show that it has a 1.2GHz Intel Atom running inside. It has 1GB of DDR3 memory. For storage it has a 5GB NAND flash inside. [click to continue…]
The Retina Display on the iPhone 4 manages to pack a number of pixels at a rate of 326 per inch. However, this high density of pixels has now been beaten by a screen made by a company called Ortustech. The screen measures 4.8 inch which makes it over an inch larger than the iPhone 4 retina display, but it also manages to cram in 1920 x 1080 pixels with a pixel density of 458 pixels per inch.
The screen its self supports a viewing angle of 160 degrees and is capable of showing 16 million colours. This makes the 4.8 inch HD screen the smallest HD screen in the world. [click to continue…]
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