E Ink has been ramping up its color offerings over the past few years, but the company’s ePaper display technology isn’t the only game in town. AU Optronics unveiled a new color display recently that has some of the same benefits as ePaper, but which uses different technology that should make it cheaper and easier […]
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E Ink Gallery Plus displays bring more colors, better contrast
E Ink has been producing low-power, high-contrast black and white displays for two decades, but the company has recently started offering color ePaper displays for eBook readers, digital signage, and other applications. So far those displays have had a pretty limited color palette, but now E Ink is introducing a new type of display with […]
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These portable 14 inch 3840 x 1100 pixel displays sell for around $150 and up
This week a crowdfunding campaign wrapped up for a 14 inch portable monitor called Lukos, which has an ultra-wide 3840 x 1100 pixel display sporting a 32:9 aspect ratio. If everything goes according to plan, backers who paid $419 or more should begin receiving their Lukos displays in April. But when I wrote about the […]
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Samsung previews upcoming multi-fold and rollable OLED displays
Samsung already offers several smartphones with foldable displays including models that fold in half like a book and others that fold closed like an old-school flip phone. Now the company is showing off new flexible OLED display panels that could pave the way for different kinds of devices. One is the S-foldable, a phone/tablet display […]
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Lilbits: New displays (90 Hz OLED for laptops, 10.3 inch color E Ink for eReaders and tablets)
7 Comments on Lilbits: New displays (90 Hz OLED for laptops, 10.3 inch color E Ink for eReaders and tablets)After years of 60 Hz displays being the norm, many smartphones are now shipping with LCD or AMOLED displays that have a refresh rate of 90 Hz or higher. But laptops? Up until now you’ve been able to get an OLED screen or a 90 Hz or higher display, but not both at the same time. […]
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Asus ROG Strix XG17AHP portable 240 Hz monitor now available
A year after introducing its first 17 inch portable gaming monitor with a 240 Hz display, Asus has launched a new model that could be easier to use thanks to a telescopic tripod stand that lets you set up the display so it can be used just about anywhere. The Asus ROG Strix XG17AHP comes […]
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Desktop OLED monitors are coming soon thanks to JOLED
It’s easy enough to find a smartphone or television that features an OLED panel. Something in the 20 to 30-inch range that you could hook up to your PC is another story. Thanks to a new joint venture that’s about to change. Japan Display, Panasonic, and Sony teamed up to form JOLED, and they’re ready […]
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8K OLED tablet displays are now a real thing
The 264ppi True Tone displays on this year’s iPad Pro are really, really good. There’s always room for improvement, though. Semiconductor Energy Laboratory thinks there’s enough room for another 27 million or so pixels. SEL has just unveiled the industry’s first tablet-sized 8K OLED displays. They’re bringing two different models to market, measuring 8.3 and […]
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If folding phones are the future, the future looks expensive
Samsung, LG, Huawei, and other companies have been working for years on technology that could be used in folding smartphones with flexible displays. The idea is that you could have a pocket-sized phone that you can hold in one hand… but unfold the device and you get a larger, tablet-sized display when you want it. […]
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Japan display unveils 803ppi LCD for virtual reality, sets sights on 1000ppi
It’s not hard to find a smartphone display with over 500 pixels per inch (ppi). But put that display into a virtual reality headset and you can see a bit of a “screen door” effect. Since headsets include lenses that zoom in on the display, you can actually see the lines between individual pixels, which […]