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OLED’s blue boost: Cheaper, brighter and more frugal

Chris Davies, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [3]

Nanosys may be looking to give LCD displays punchier colors with new backlighting technology, but OLED isn't going to let itself be marginalized easily. Researchers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), have come up with a new blue OLED with efficiency double that of the maximum theoretic limit, Physorg reports. Addressing one of the main drawbacks of OLED - the short-lived and visually underwhelming blue emitters - the new discovery could make for more lifelike colors on panels that last longer, use less power and are cheaper. Read The Full Story

Nanosys tech promises Retina Display style screen boost for tablets & HDTVs [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

When it comes to displays, you can throw more pixels at them to boost quality - such as Apple's Retina Display on the iPhone 4 - or you can work on improving the quality of the pixels you've already got. Nanosys reckons it has the way to do just that, delivering boosted colors that use no extra power and with no extra cost in the display-sandwich; it's certainly convinced Robert Scoble, who can't help but namecheck the iPad 3 as an ideal potential suitor. Read The Full Story

AOC launches new 1080p Touch Monitor for desktops and notebooks

Shane McGlaun, Jun 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

The touchscreen has really changed the way we interact with our mobile phones and notebook computers. There are some desktop computers that are touch sensitive, but they are generally AIO computers. AOC has unveiled a new display for desktops that will work with your computer and a notebook with touch support. The monitor is called the AOC Touch Monitor e2239FwT. The screen is shipping right now across the country. Read The Full Story

Apple To Launch TV Displays This Fall?

Rue Liu, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple may soon be getting into the TV business, if an insider source is correct. And we don't mean a revamp of the unfortunate Apple TV set-top box. We mean a full-blown Apple TV display. According to DailyTech, a former Apple executive revealed to them that the project has been in the works and could be unveiled as early as this fall. Read The Full Story

AUO Sipix e-paper display can show video at a sloth-like 6 fps

Shane McGlaun, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Today one of the big downsides to e-paper displays is that most of them can't show video. The screens are also generally only in gray scale as well. That gray scale bit is changing with some of the color screens that are coming to the market eventually from E-ink. The colors the E-ink screen shows aren’t nearly as nice looking as a normal LCD though. The upside to e-paper and E-ink screens is that the things sip power making the devices they are integrated into much easier on batteries than devices with an LCD. Eventually we will end up with color e-paper screens that will run full motion 30-fps video, but that tech is not here yet. Read The Full Story

Viewsonic shows off new LED backlit displays for computers

Shane McGlaun, Jun 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Viewsonic has announced a new line of computer displays that all are energy efficient and use LED backlighting. The screens promise better image quality and energy savings as well. The high-end screen is the one pictured below called the VX2753mh-LED. The screen has some impressive specs with 1080p native resolution and a 30,000,000:1 mega dynamic contrast ratio for clarity and definition. Read The Full Story

NEC unveils new 23-inch MultiSync EX231Wp display

Shane McGlaun, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

NEC has unveiled a new desktop monitor that lots of features that is thin and lightweight called the MultiSync EX231Wp. The new screen has a 23-inch panel. NEC calls the screen a minimalist design and it has a very thin bezel at 14.6mm with a depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 9.3 pounds with the stand. The screen is LED backlit making it green with power consumption of 27W. The low power consumption makes the monitor one of the most power-efficient in its class. Read The Full Story

3D iPad-size display prototype reignites Apple tablet rumors [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Does the idea of the 3D iPad appeal? Apple has been rumored to be considering a 3D display for its next-gen tablet, though so far nothing has been confirmed; still, NetbookNews stumbled upon a new CPT panel while at Display Taiwan, and the company chose to demo its 3D screen slotted into a first-gen iPad chassis. Read The Full Story

Samsung flexible AMOLED mass-production from Q2 2012; in phones that year

Chris Davies, Jun 10th 2011 Discuss [5]

Samsung has confirmed it will be beginning mass-production of flexible AMOLED panels in 2012, with a new 5.5Gen plant opening in Q2. The smartphone-scale displays are expected to show up in Samsung devices next year, likely using the same WVGA resolution 4.5-inch panel as the company demonstrated in prototype form last year. Read The Full Story

Samsung AMOLED plant opens ahead of schedule

Shane McGlaun, May 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

Samsung has been working on building up its new production line for AMOLED screens for a while now. These high-end screens have been in short supply and the lack of supply has at times been the reason why some popular and high-end smartphones weren't available in the numbers the maker would have liked. Samsung has announced that its new 5.5 generation AMOLED plant is now ready to start production ahead of schedule. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi demos super-slim panels; smartphone and bistable on roadmap [Video]

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

Pixel Qi had promised some new screen technology at Computex this week, and the company has delivered, with a fresh 10.1-inch super-thin panel. Unlike the existing 10.1-inch screen, as used in the Notion Ink Adam, the new panel runs at 1280 x 800 making it ideal for Android Honeycomb slates; meanwhile, as ARMdevices' video demo shows, it's far more sunlight-visible than the iPad. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG range gets dual-GTX 580 MARS II video card, motherboards, more

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

ASUS' glasses-free 3D gaming notebook will likely get most of the attention, but the Republic of Gamers team has also brought along plenty of kit for the DIY enthusiast. In addition to the ROG Crosshair V Formula series motherboard shown yesterday there are the ROG Maximus IV Extreme-Z and ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z motherboards, plus the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 based ROG MATRIX GTX 580 and ROG MARS II graphics cards. Read The Full Story