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…

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Liquavista’s color and monochrome screens have looked impressive in demos we’ve seen to date — but their performance in direct sunlight was still an unknown. That’s all changed now, as the folks at ARMDevices managed to secure a little outdoor time with the displays on a bright, sunshiney day. As you can see in the image above, a traditional laptop…

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Man, that little girl still looks sad. Maybe she’s waiting for her Pixel Qi display… Remember back when the company announced that a select group of manufacturers would have access to the first Pixel Qi screens? As it turns out, those manufacturers ran into some production snags — those snags have kept Pixel Qi screens off retail shelves. As a…

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Millions of netbooks with displays are expected to sell this year. But DigiTimes reports that LCD makers aren’t really that focused on the industry segment, due to the fast-changing nature of the market. I suppose that makes sense. Two years ago, 7 inch screens were all the rage. Then it was 8.9 inch displays, and today we’re seeing a growing…

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While people pay a lot of attention to the role that low power processors have played in the netbook revolution, Pixel Qi’s Mary Lou Jepsen is convinced there’s an even more important component: The display. She’s been showing off her company’s 3qi display which uses less power than traditional LCDs and can toggle between a sunlight readable black and white…

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Pixel Qi isn’t the only company looking for ways to reduce the amount of power consumed by netbook screens. Samsung has introduced a new 10.1 inch LCD screen that users half the power of a standard LCD. It also manages to have a 1366 x 768 pixel display resolution, which puts it a cut above most of the netbook screens…

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A year ago the netbook space was populated by mini-laptops with 7 inch and 8.9 inch displays. Today, the 10 inch screen is king. Those 10 inch displays come in two different basic configurations, a 10.1 inch 1024 x 576 version and a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. But most netbooks from major laptop makers coming out today…

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