Liliputing » display

Pixel Qi promises retina-quality low power displays

Brad Linder — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:51:12 +0000

Pixel Qi's low power displays are based on standard LCD display technology -- but the company's screens support a high contrast mode that allows you to turn off the backlight and use the screens in direct sunlight -- or in any room where you just want to save power. There are about a dozen devices available with Pixel Qi displays...

Pixel Qi promises retina-quality low power displays is a post from: Liliputing

Intel: Future could use less power Panel Self Refresh tech

Brad Linder — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:00:19 +0000

One of the reasons E Ink displays consume less power than LCD screens is because they only draw power when the image on the screen changes. You can leave a Kindle or NOOK reader open to a page in a book for weeks without any noticeable power drain. Try doing that with a notebook or tablet and see how far...

Intel: Future could use less power Panel Self Refresh tech is a post from: Liliputing

Intel: Retina laptop, desktop displays coming in 2013

Brad Linder — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:58:47 +0000

Apple calls the displays on its iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad "retina" displays because they have so many pixels packed so tightly that it's impossible for the human eye to tell one pixel from another while holding the device a comfortable distance away from your face. Android tablet makers are expected to step up their game soon, with Acer, Asus,...

Intel: Retina laptop, desktop displays coming in 2013 is a post from: Liliputing

LG introduces 6 inch flexible e-Paper display

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:55:02 +0000

Most popular eBook readers on the market today have the same boring screen: a 6 inch, 800 x 600 pixel e-ink display. Sure, it doesn't use much power and looks great outdoors. But will it bend? I didn't think so. Enter LG's new flexible electronic paper display. LG's new screen is a 6 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel e-ink display....

LG introduces 6 inch flexible e-Paper display is a post from: Liliputing

On-Lap 1302 is a 13.3 inch display for your smartphone (or laptop or camera)

Brad Linder — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:17 +0000

Smartphone displays seem to be getting bigger and bigger all the time, but I still wouldn't want to use a Samsung Galaxy Note with a 5.3 inch screen to watch a movie with a friend. A company called GeChic has a solution - the On-Lap 1302. It's a 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display which you can use as...

On-Lap 1302 is a 13.3 inch display for your smartphone (or laptop or camera) is a post from: Liliputing

Fourth Dimension packs 2048 x 1536 display onto a 1 inch screen

Brad Linder — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:03:08 +0000

The new iPad is getting a lot of attention for its high resolution, 9.7 inch 2048 x 1536 pixel display. In fact, the pixels are packed so tightly that you can't really see them while holding the tablet about 15 inches from your face. But Fourth Dimension Displays has gone a few steps further. The company offers 1 inch screens...

Fourth Dimension packs 2048 x 1536 display onto a 1 inch screen is a post from: Liliputing

Qualcomm buys display company Pixtronix

Brad Linder — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:20:03 +0000

Qualcomm may be known first and foremost for making the processors that power millions of phones and tablets. But the company also has a display division... and it's about to get a little bigger. EE Times reports Qualcomm has acquired display company Pixtronix for about $175 million. Pixtronix is a startup working on MEMS display technology which can offer high...

Qualcomm buys display company Pixtronix is a post from: Liliputing

Pixel Qi sunlight readable displays at CES 2012

Brad Linder — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:00:16 +0000

Pixel Qi makes LCD displays that can be viewed outdoors in direct sunlight using nothing but ambient light. In full color LCD mode they still look better outdoors than a typical screen, but you can also cut the backlight entirely and use the screens in a high-contrast, nearly black and white mode that uses as much as 80 percent less...

Pixel Qi sunlight readable displays at CES 2012 is a post from: Liliputing

Hands-on with the Kyobo Mirasol eReader

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:35 +0000

Korean eBook company Kyobo is now selling the first consumer device with a Qualcomm Mirasol display (although a Chinese company just announced that it's ready to follow suit). The Kyobo eReader runs a modified version of Google Android 2.3 with an emphasis on eBooks, but it can also play videos, view photos, or perform other activities. That's important, because unlike...

Hands-on with the Kyobo Mirasol eReader is a post from: Liliputing

LightPad projector turns your phone into a laptop, home theater

Brad Linder — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:50:18 +0000

Modern smartphones have crazy fast processors, high resolution displays, and enough features to make a 10-year-old laptop weep with shame. But they're limited by their size. It's hard to watch a movie with friends on a 4 inch display, and it's hard to type your doctoral dissertation using an on-screen keyboar. QP Optoelectronics plans to show off a new device...

LightPad projector turns your phone into a laptop, home theater is a post from: Liliputing

Closer look at the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol color display

Brad Linder — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:50:17 +0000

Korean company Kyobo introduced the first eBook reader with a Qualcomm Mirasol display recently. The device has a 5.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel low power color screen that can handle books or magazines as well as full-motion video content. Nicole from Netbook News got some hands-on time with the device recently, and they've confirmed that while the Kyobo eReader...

Closer look at the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol color display is a post from: Liliputing

Ever wonder what you’d actually use a transparent, flexible display for? (Video)

Brad Linder — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:12:47 +0000

Samsung has been showing off concepts for futuristic displays for the past few years. Some of the company's designs include flexible displays that you could roll up and put in a pocket or slap around your wrist and wear as a watch. Others involve semi-transparent displays, allowing you to look right through the screen at times, while viewing text and...

Ever wonder what you’d actually use a transparent, flexible display for? (Video) is a post from: Liliputing

Samsung shows off a 10 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display

Brad Linder — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:13:48 +0000

Last week Toshiba introduced a 6 inch display with a ridiculously sharp screen resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. Today Samsung introduced something slightly more likely to make it to market in the not-too-distant future: a 10.1 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel screen. The screen is an IGZO TFT LCD display which has the same physical dimensions as the screens found in many netbooks...

Samsung shows off a 10 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display is a post from: Liliputing

Toshiba introduces 6 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display

Brad Linder — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:44:53 +0000

If you thought the iPhone's 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 pixel display was sharp you ain't seen nothing yet. Toshiba has just introduced a new 6.1 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel LCD display. The screen has a pixel density of 498 pixels per inch. Apple calls its 326 ppi display a "retina display" because at that density the human eye...

Toshiba introduces 6 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display is a post from: Liliputing

3M invests in Pixel Qi, enables expansion of sunlight readable display tech

Brad Linder — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:21:51 +0000

Pixel Qi has been producing sunlight readable LCD display technology for a couple of years. Founded by Mary Lou Jepsen, who also designed the sunlight readable displays used in the original OLPC XO Laptop, the company produces dual-mode screens that can be used with or without a backlight. When the backlight is on the display looks much like any other...

3M invests in Pixel Qi, enables expansion of sunlight readable display tech is a post from: Liliputing