The largest flexible OLED screen

The Flexible Display Center located on the campus of the University of Arizona, announces the manufacture of the wider screen OLED flexible...

CDF research centre, encouraged by the US Defence Department, has developed a sufficiently functional, great, fine, little gourmet 7.4 inch screen in power with an important definition without more precision on the part of the centre. "It is an important step in the manufacture of flexible screens", said Nick Colaneri, Director of the FDC that think that this technology could soon be industrialized.

The OLED screen which is still only a prototype consists of a set of TFT transistors. These Thin-film transistor that could result in "thin film transistor" are highly exploited in the digital screens and in the field of flexible electronics. These types of transistors are not especially expensive and complex to produce. In addition, their physical and chemical characteristics provide a certain miniaturisation while maintaining reasonable electrical performance.

Says the Director of the CDF, their goal is to achieve a sufficiently finished to be produced. These flexible screens could be completely manufactured on existing Silicon assembly lines that already produce screens TFT, thus reducing costs and the necessary equipment. Foldable smartphones, e-journal, pocket... TV is closer to finally.

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The screen of the Samsung Galaxy S III already in production?

Samsung Mobile Display has launched the production of screens using the Super AMOLED Plus HD technology that equip the Galaxy S III.

The Display of the Korean Samsung Mobile division has launched the mass production of screens technology Super AMOLED Plus HD and type "non-PenTile" that could equip a certain Galaxy S III.

A reminder, the screens fitted the Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy Nexus were of type Super AMOLED HD PenTile, that they used a slightly different technology at the subpixel level, without returning to the sharp technical details, are of lesser density thus giving a less fine and precise image with colors to relatively less flattering rendering for the retina.

The new screens in production will therefore benefit from an excellent display quality, size would be "4.65 and the density of pixels would reach the 316 ppi (pixels per inch) as the Super LCD 2 of the recent HTC One X screen (against 326 on the 4 and 4 S Apple iPhone and on the Sony Xperia S 342).

Competition is tough and the output of the Galaxy S III said. According to The Verge, Samsung said the Korean daily Asia that its future Android terminal is currently testing various Korean operators. This phase, usually for a period of two months, could be shortened by Samsung who wishes to bring to market its Galaxy S III more quickly. But terminal shipping of multiple recent technologies such as LTE (4 G), a processor connectivity quad core and a new screen model, the challenge is full-bodied. It would be a pity to leave a smartphone also advanced with bugs fixed and other technical problems.

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A screen 27 "to €300 in Acer

Acer launches a new 27 "LCD screen.

Acer has added a new reference to its catalogue of screens. The V273HL is a monitor of 27 "which, unfortunately, only a Full HD 1920 x 1080 definition. Slab which team type TN with LED backlight, displaying characteristics a response time of 5 ms grey to grey, a brightness of 300 cd/m² and a contrast to the dynamic ratio of 100,000. 000: 1.

The angles of vision are 170 / 160 °, while that this screen is equipped with two 1W speakers. The video entries are three, with a VGA, one DVI and one HDMI. We have no information about the settings available to the level of the foot. On the other hand, we know its sale price advised, set at €299.

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The screen 36 "Eizo 4K2K approach

A giant LCD back-lit led to the definition 4 K, it is expensive, pay especially when Eizo which manufactures.

Eizo, specialist of the screens for image professionals, says a little more on his new DuraVision FDH3601, a "single market" monitor model which will be equipped with a dalle LCD "36.4 native definition of 4096 x 2160 pixels. It will propose vision of 176 ° angles and promises reduced to minimize color variations. Eizo address first to workers of geophysics or air traffic control, areas in which dispose of large well defined screens is a necessity. "For an air traffic controller, this single screen may replace the monitor 2 K x 2 K and all auxiliary monitors." "There is therefore more the gene of the bezels" explains for example Eizo.

          

Its connections include two ports Dual-Link DVI - D and two DisplayPort, knowing that a mode "picture in picture" will be proposed. A detector of presence will be part to save energy and the guarantee of this monitor will be two years. The grey to grey response time is announced in 8 ms, while the maximum brightness will be 700 cd/m², and the contrast of 1000: 1. On foot, it will be ergonomic, adjustable in height (100 mm), tilt (25 °) and rotation (left-right) of 344 °.

Always talking this exception monitor in the future, but Eizo today tells us that it has to enter in the phase of mass production, which therefore announces its next effective availability. The recommended selling price approach the 25,000 euros... Help!

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A screen "24 16: 10 in NEC

The new NEC screen in "24's interesting. Damage, its tariff may be full-bodied...

NEC launches - the Japan for the moment - its MultiSync LCD-EA243WM, a 24 "backlit led screen. A definition of 1920 x 1200 (ha, 16: 10 ratio!), it enjoys a 5 ms response time, of a brightness that can reach 250 cd/m² and a dynamic contrast of 25000: 1, all for the angles of 170 ° horizontal, 160 ° vertical vision.

Side connectors, there are VGA, DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI, entries and a four port USB 2.0 hub and a headphone. It may also rely on of small integrated speakers limited to 1W. This screen will be white or black January 18 next on the archipelago. If its official rate has not been unveiled, the rumour evokes a sum of 580 dollars that hopefully exaggerated...

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Tablets: the screen to differentiate in 2012?

Small update on the developments to wait on the shelves in 2012, in particular concerning the rise in screen resolution.

2012 should not only see the resolutions of the screens of touch tablets will increase, but should also be the year of the diversification of the sizes of tiles between 7 "and the" 11.6. It is, according to the sources of the DigiTimes, a crucial point that currently all marks, aware that the touch screen is the element of a tablet that can develop on the market. They would therefore seek to enter into partnerships with providers of screens on formats somewhat ignored by the market today, for slabs while displaying high resolutions.

It must be said that with growth expected at 60% for 2012 - and some 95 million units sold - market shelves promises to become more competitive than ever. Above all, manufacturers hope to finally succeed to find the formula that would allow their models really compete with the Apple iPad which, for example, still accounts for 7 tablets sold on 10 on the end of 2011 in Europe. According to studies that circulate internally among manufacturers, in 2012, it should sell iPad 57 million, 10 million Fire Kindle and Nook, 9 to 10 million of Galaxy Pad and about 1 million Sony Tablet...

Manufacturers of PC that are Acer, Asus, Lenovo, HP or Dell, should they sell a total of 8.5 to 9 million tablets in 2012, while mobile handsets such as RIM, HTC or Motorola specialists should sell less than 5 million.

At the time, this promises to move a lot on the market. And if Apple should remain on a "9.7 with his hypothetical iPad format definition 3 rise to 2048 x 1536 pixels, other manufacturers would second some 10.1" and the "8.9 to try other formats. However, we learn that manufacturers will continue to opt for the "10.1 could pass on a definition of 1920 x 1200 pixels. Indeed, according to DigiTime, if average resolution of Tablet screens is currently about 150 PPPs, should climb to 200 dpi in 2012.

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3D without glasses to the top for this screen 25 "?

LG Announces a 25 inch screen offering 3D without glasses and the 2D conversion to 3D.

A new monitor 3D without glasses like no other will make its appearance the year next in the LG constructor. For an optimal 3D vision, and without glasses, must be that people are to monitor, or almost, the angle of vision for these auto-stéréoscopiques technologies are very limited. With the DX2500, a 25-inch diagonal and certified TUV Rheinland (the first in its category), the restriction is lifted.

How? And well by adding everything simply a camera on the screen to track the position of the persons to modify the used for viewing 3D Parallax barrier. Information sent by the camera are then used for the calculation of the position in real time. LG does not explain how it works when several people are before, but the manufacturer has clearly found a solution to this problem.

To complete the picture, this screen will be able to convert on the fly content 2D to 3D, what make the photos, videos, or games in relief even when they are not provided for. For the moment, step price is announced, but we will not miss it back you all these promises made by LG.

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HannStar reveals a screen with old

HannStar The Taiwanese manufacturer has just launched a new monitor the characteristics of another era ...

HannStar recently introduced a new 23.6-inch screen. This Hanns-G adopts a HK241DPB TN 16:9. The latter features a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Its response time is 5 milliseconds, the contrast ratio (dynamic) is 80 000:1 and maximum brightness is 300 cd / m². The viewing angles of the beast is 170 degrees from the horizontal to 160 degrees vertically.

The connection of this monitor has VGA and DVI ports. The HK241DPB also benefits from two speakers of 1.5 watt. This solution has a backlight classic, neon. Typical consumption is 50 watts. HannStar announces new at $ 199.99 (€ 174.99 TTC) in the United States. There are clearly better for less ... 

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New ultrafine screen at Dell

The Texas manufacturer Dell comes to unveil a second ultrafine monitor, this time of 21.5 inches.

A few weeks after his S2330MX, Dell introduces a second ultrafine monitor, the S2230MX. Quite logically, we are here dealing with a 21.5-inch screen. The new baby of the Texas Builder displays dimensions 326,02 x 520,64 x 59,40 mm (326,02 x 520,64 x 203,68 mm when one takes into account the foot) and it weighs 3.96 kg. This screen operates a slab matte type TN format 16: 9 Full HD resolution or 1920 x 1080 pixels. It offers a typical 2 milliseconds (from grey to grey) response time and shows a rate of 8 000 000: 1 dynamic contrast (1000: 1).

His visions angles are 160 degrees vertical, and 170 degrees to the horizontal. This S2230 MX integrates a backlight to LEDs and it has a maximum brightness of 250 cd/m². Maximum consumption reached its 20 watts (on 13 watts in typical use). Dell says monitor meets Energy Star 5.0 and EPEAT Silver standards. This solution has VGA and DVI ports, and it is supplied with an adapter DVI to HDMI. Dell launches its S2230MX to the United States $ 219,99 (€179,99 TTC), or just $ 20 less than the S2330MX. It is therefore not the case of the century...

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A 250 m led screen square

The Vodafone brand plans to create a tower advertising nearly thirty metres high which will havea screen of a screen led 250 metres square.

It will be a wall composed of LEDs, and used to display the performance of the candidates to the Rocket Bullet Storm game. It will be composed of not less than 1.5 million of LEDs on its surface, and will thus be seen for hundreds of metres.

Present at the Sziget Festival, which takes place this week in Hungary, this tower will also connect to the Internet or to reload its phone and allow various artists performance during the festival.

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A screen 3D "playstation" for players

Sony has presented the CECH-ZED1, a screen "PlayStation". Scheduled for fall 2011 at a price of $500, this 24-inch screen is dedicated to the Sony console.

Sony limited the diagonal, but offers interesting: he works in 1,920 x 1,080 with PVA slab - like in many of TVs Sony - and a contrast of 5000: 1. The angles of view are very large (normal in PVA) with 176 ° in each direction and the response time is 4 ms. For lighting, it is a "edge led" system is used: LEDs placed on the sides of the screen to illuminate the slab.

Interesting point, the screen will be compatible with the 3D embossed and will be delivered with a pair of active glasses, allowing to propose 3D 1,920 x 1,080 on each eye. Small novelty, it is also possible to play two on the same screen with this screen: if it has two pairs of glasses, each player will receive its image, the console is loading synchronize players and sunglasses. It is a system closer to splittés screens that are found on the consoles of the 90's but with a complete picture for each player. Let us hope that the crosstalk (the mix of images) is low, many televisions 3D suffering from this problem. Note that the console cannot exceed the 720 p in this game mode, as in 3D.

For the rest, the screen is fairly complete at the connector level: two HDMI inputs, a YUV input, audio input, audio output and compatibility with the "Blu - ray" of Sony remote control. For sound, two speakers are integrated (3 W) and a "subwoofer" 5 w. The screen will be sold $500 with a pair of glasses and they will be also proposed only for $70. Sunglasses do in USB and Sony announced to 30 hours.

Sony screen, is compatible HDMI 1.4, could also be of interest to the PC, the PVA is rare in the computer world slabs players.

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DisplayPort: screen to 33 metres

The VESA association, which manages the DisplayPort standard, has just announced that the 1.2 standard (already used in some units) was able to operate with "active" cables and that the length of the latter can reach 33 metres. Currently, it is limited at best 15 metres with current solutions.

Assets, liabilities, links

DisplayPort, one must distinguish between several things. First, the current cables are so-called "passive", that the flow is generated by the graphics card and the cable is the transmission. With "active" cable, there is a chip in the cable that will manage the transmission and adapt the power of the signal distance. The chip is usually powered by the graphics card or screen, but supplied with USB solutions are possible.

Then there is the link: the DisplayPort can reach 17 Gigabit/s of bandwidth, or about 4 times more than the DVI (limited to 3.96 Gigabit/s). This bandwidth is actually composed of several aggregated "links", which has benefits at the level of consumption: it is possible to disable the unused links to limit power. And reduce the number of links by increasing the power function allows to increase the scope of the cables. Typically, four links (the maximum) are limited to about 3 metres while with only one link (sufficient for 1,920 x 1,080) is reached 15 metres.

With the Active cables, should reach 33 metres, without that it knows the number of usable links at this distance. It is interesting in a particular case as the walls of images: as DisplayPort 1.2 allows to feed several screens, may use Active cables to place multiple displays at a distance high machine without interfering with the quality of the image (for example).

Remains to verify compatibility with existing equipment and the price of the cables.

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Microsoft filed a patent for the dual screen

Microsoft filed an application for a patent for an innovation to integrate two screens in a smartphone.The particularity of this method is thatit will allow the two screens to detach and communicate all wireless. Operating independently, these screens can display two different environments. In a video of the Office Labs, Microsoft shows a man receiving a video call on her smartphone. While a screen displays his interlocutor, he wears the other to his ear to chat. Of course, is far from this new way to call. Nevertheless, Microsoft is seems to take this idea seriously.One thing is certain, the smartphone is booming. For example, the GFK Institute announced that smart phone sales have increased 80% over last year, on the first five months of the year. At the same time, conventional phones have lost 15% in volume.

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