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Apple, E Ink, ITRI and Samsung Top Field in SID 2011 Display Awards

Chris Burns, May 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

The Society for Information Display (SID) sent out their top Gold awards to the groups they felt deserved recognition in the area of global advancement of electronic display technology. Lots of words there adding up to SID being the authority on telling people which manufacturers are putting out the best displays. This year's Display of the Year awards are what the press release below notes as easily subtitled the “Up Close and Personal” awards. Big winners include Apple, E Ink, and Samsung. For what did they receive such great honors? Read The Full Story

Epson and E Ink out 300dpi high-speed epaper display

Chris Davies, May 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

Epson and E Ink have thrown their hats into the high-resolution mobile display ring, promising a 9.68-inch 300dpi panel for SID 2011. Unlike the pixel-packing LCDs Toshiba, Samsung and LG are hawking, Epson and E Ink are looking to e-paper for their screen salvation: the monochrome panel runs at a hefty 2,400 x 1,650. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Reveals 367ppi LCD Display, Beats Apple Retina

Rue Liu, May 16th 2011 Discuss [6]

The 2011 SID (Society for Information Display) conference is going on this week in Los Angeles, and with that came news of many new display technologies that could be used in our future smartphones and tablets. Both Samsung and LG came out with new panels that could potentially be the next iPad display, while Toshiba came out with possibly the next iPhone screen. Read The Full Story

HP debuts new consumer desktop computers and x2301 LCD

Shane McGlaun, May 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has been the leader in PC shipments for a long time. The company ships computers all around the world and is updating and refreshing its offerings all the time. HP has announced some new additions to the consumer desktop line with several new families of computers, including the Pavilion p7, Pavilion Slimline s5, and the HP HPE h8 series machines. The three new desktop lines have different configurations so the buyer can get just what they need. Read The Full Story

Ortus Full HD 4.8-inch LCD gets glasses-free 3D upgrade

Chris Davies, May 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Samsung and LG Display may be working on packing extra pixels into tablet-scale screens, but what if you want resolution overload on your smartphone? Ortus Technologies showed us its 4.8-inch Full HD LCD last year, squeezing 1920 x 1080 458ppi into a panel that would make an iPhone 4 Retina Display weep with ill-disguised shame; now the company is back, having upgraded their display to support 3D. Read The Full Story

Samsung develops sweet foldable AMOLED screen with no seam

Shane McGlaun, May 13th 2011 Discuss [2]

There are a lot of good reasons to have a mobile device like a smartphone or MID that has a large screen. More screen space is typically very welcome when you are watching a movie or playing a game. The downside to having a larger screen is that the device is more bulky and can be harder to carry around with you. I have seen some concepts before that have dual screens and the device opens to make a larger screen for the pair of smaller ones, but they have a seam in the middle that bothers me. Read The Full Story

Samsung 10.1″ 2560 x 1600 tablet panel could be iPad 3′s Retina Display

Chris Davies, May 13th 2011 Discuss [13]

Samsung has announced a new 10.1-inch, 300dpi PenTile prototype display running at a massive WQXGA 2560 x 1600 resolution, which the company says is headed to commercial tablets later this year. Although offering twice the resolution of most current tablet screens of the same size, Samsung's uses up to 40-percent less power; most interestingly - and of course not mentioned by Samsung itself - is the possibility that this could be the iPad 3's oft-rumored Retina Display. Read The Full Story

Samsung TA950 and TA750 asymmetrical 3D TV eyes-on

Chris Davies, May 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

Samsung's gorgeous asymmetrical SyncMaster TA950 - and its slightly less striking TA750 sibling - is no stranger to these pages, but with retail availability now locked in we caught up with the 3D monitor/TV hybrids in person. They're no less attractive despite the months between now and their January debut, the TA950 floating neatly on a curving stand while the TA750 juts forward on its more traditional circular foot. Read The Full Story

HP unveils thin new Elite L2201x 21.5-inch LCD

Shane McGlaun, May 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

HP has all sorts of products that bear its brand name from computers to display and smartphones. The company is most known as the world's largest shipper of computers, but it has a goodly share of the LCD market too for screens to go along with desktops. HP has unveiled its latest desktop display called the HP Elite L2201x. The screen is very thin and has a kickstand prop rather than the typical base we are used to seeing on computer screens. Read The Full Story

PaperPhone Flexible Smartphone Prototype, Responds To Touch And Bends

Rue Liu, May 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Earlier today we mentioned that E-Ink, the company behind those Amazon Kindle displays, have been busy working on new and improved E-Ink screens that can display full-color content. And with that, were some nifty videos of the E-Ink screens in action on various flexible materials including cloth and Tyvek. Well now we have some more nifty videos, but of E-Ink technology being harnessed by a group of researchers to produce a flexible smartphone dubbed the "PaperPhone." Read The Full Story

E-ink is hard at work on some awesome display capabilities

Shane McGlaun, May 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

E-ink is one of the companies that helped to pioneer some of the tech that is used in all sorts of digital reader screens today. The company has been hard at work on new technology that will change the way eReaders are used. The typical E-ink and eReader screen today is black and white with levels of gray thrown in making them not particularly good for magazines that rely on glossy color images. E-ink was working on a cool color screen back in November of 2010 that we talked about. Read The Full Story

Samsung: No Super AMOLED tablets this year

Chris Davies, May 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Samsung has apparently axed plans to slot its AMOLED displays into tablets this year, despite targeting a 7-inch Super AMOLED Galaxy Tab replacement in mid-2011. According to a Samsung exec, quoted in Korean paper ddaily, the company now has no plans to use its Super AMOLED or Super AMOLED Plus in any imminent slates, likely due to delays at the 5.5-Gen production line. Read The Full Story