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NPD study finds average display sizes continuing to rise in all areas but laptops and tablets
Posted On 16 Oct 2012 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Not exactly a huge surprise here, but a new study out from NPD DisplaySearch today has confirmed that the trend towards larger screens in continuing at a steady pace in all but a few key areas. The big exception is "mobile PCs," which NPD defines as ...
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Sharp begins production of 1080p smartphone displays: 443 ppi crammed into a 5-inch LCD
Posted On 01 Oct 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
Layoffs and loans may be dominating our Sharp coverage at the moment, but that just makes this type of news all the sweeter. The company has announced its LCD panel type 5 -- a 5-inch full HD (1,920 x 1,080) display packing a Retina-busting 443 ppi (...
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Samsung asks for South Korean injunction against LG for allegedly stealing OLED tech
Posted On 05 Sep 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
LG and Samsung have had to live with each other as cornerstones of the South Korean economy, but that uncomfortable balance might just have been knocked off-kilter through an escalating legal battle. Samsung has filed for an injunction against LG for...
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Apple gets patent for in-cell touch display with impeccable timing
Posted On 14 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
So Apple could be working on an iPhone with a thinner display, you say. Look what we have here, possibly in the nick of time: it's a newly granted Apple patent for a screen with in-cell touch, where the LCD and touch recognition are integrated into o...
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Colloidal Display uses soap bubbles, ultrasonic waves to form a projection screen (hands-on video)
Posted On 10 Aug 2012 By Zach Honig. Under: Uncategorized.
If you've ever been to an amusement park, you may have noticed ride designers using some non-traditional platforms as projection screens -- the most common example being a steady stream of artificial fog. Projecting onto transparent substances is a d...
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AUO, LG, Toshiba pay $571 million to settle LCD price fixing lawsuit, broken record keeps skipping
Posted On 12 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
The way LCD price fixing lawsuits keep popping up and settling in short order, you'd think they were going out of style. The latest motley group to face a reckoning includes AU Optronics, LG and Toshiba, the combination of which has agreed to pay a t...
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Winscape virtual window makes the leap to Kinect in 4K-capable, 6-screen glory (video)
Posted On 10 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
RationalCraft brought its surreal Winscape virtual window to market when the Wii was virtually the only game in town for affordable motion tracking. Microsoft's Kinect has certainly changed the rules of the game since then, so it's almost natural tha...
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University of Tokyo builds a soap bubble 3D screen, guarantees your display stays squeaky clean (video)
Posted On 29 Jun 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
There are waterfall screens, but what if you'd like your display to be a little more... pristine? Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a display that hits soap bubbles with ultrasonic sound to change the surface. At a minimum, it can...
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iFixit tears down the new MacBook Pro’s Retina display, finds a minor marvel of engineering
Posted On 19 Jun 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
We've already seen them go to town on the body of the MacBook Pro with Retina display, but the staffers at iFixit have seen fit to disassemble the 2880 x 1800 panel at the heart of the new beast. As they've since found out, it takes no less than a re...
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Sharp reportedly getting cozy with Hon Hai Precision, helping to make phone and tablet LCDs in Chengdu
Posted On 24 May 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
If we believe Japan's Nikkei, the decision by Hon Hai Precision Industry (that is, Foxconn's daddy) to buy a stake in Sharp was really just the start of a long, torrid love affair in LCD production. While Hon Hai is getting the rosy side of the deal ...
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