New displays from Sony, NEC, Samsung

Bob Russell · 05-25-2007, 06:44 AM

Developments in display technology are really heating up. For many of us, the news brings new hope for exciting new smartphones, handhelds and e-reader devices. Here are a few more...

Sony has created the first flexible OLED display. See a short, but very cool video here, which shows one being bent while a video is playing.
NEC has a new LCD phone display that gets 30 frames per second and less power consumption due to the integration of video processing and video memory into the display substrate.
Samsung has a phone display with the following specs:
- 2.2″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixel)
- Credit card-thin
- AMOLED (active-matrix organic light emitting diode) display
- 262,000 colour output
- able to display its image on both sides
- one-third the thickness of current LCD displays (only 0.52mm deep)
- 2.8″ version with 240 x 400 pixel resolution also coming

From PocketPicks.

yvanleterrible · 05-25-2007, 08:36 AM

VERY impressive....

Something always bugs me about those naked displays with wires sticking out. You have no way of figuring what electronic fire power is needed to make those things work. There could be a fridge hooked up to it for all I know!

NatCh · 05-25-2007, 08:46 AM

In these early prototypes, there may well be a fridge hooked up to it, like as not.

I want one of those watches, though.

yvanleterrible · 05-25-2007, 08:55 AM

You could use it as a shield in a sword fight!

As a secret weapon you'd mesmerize your opponent....

NatCh · 05-25-2007, 08:57 AM

Oooooo! I could play one of those swirly hypno-patterns on it!

Bob Russell · 05-25-2007, 10:11 AM

Hey, if it's already attached to a fridge, maybe you can use the display as fridge magnet papers.

But personally, I really hope to see something like this in my phone sometime. It's so frustrating to see all the potential that's always "just around the corner". On the other hand, one of these days we'll come around the corner and look out!

NatCh · 05-25-2007, 11:27 AM

I think that we tend to round some of those corners sometimes without noticing we have. Possibly a side effect of being fixed on the next corner.

yvanleterrible · 05-25-2007, 02:22 PM

I know a corner in Paris somewhere. It'll take me a while to get there though. Just the same as all those promises.

NatCh · 05-25-2007, 03:14 PM

Okay, you succeeded in totally losing me on that one, yvanleterrible.

yvanleterrible · 05-25-2007, 03:30 PM

Sorry! I wasn't clear enough! When one says "just around the corner" it doesn't say which corner. I used to tease the kids to be patient on long drives.

"Are we there yet?"
"S'just around the corner kids!"

Of course they couldn't figure which one!

NatCh · 05-25-2007, 04:07 PM

Ah, now I understand. Of course I was admiring your ability to lose me before you explained.

yvanleterrible · 05-25-2007, 04:59 PM

Hey! Valley girls do that easy

They loose me every time I hear'em.

mogui · 05-27-2007, 11:57 PM

The Yahoo article is here. Maybe we will see this in a reader soon. I want one I can carry like a pen in my shirt pocket and then open it to paperback book page size for reading.

chef · 05-28-2007, 01:04 AM

closest thing to that right now is the Readius from Polymer Vision.

05-25-2007, 06:44 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	New displays from Sony, NEC, Samsung Developments in display technology are really heating up. For many of us, the news brings new hope for exciting new smartphones, handhelds and e-reader devices. Here are a few more... Sony has created the first flexible OLED display. See a short, but very cool video here, which shows one being bent while a video is playing. NEC has a new LCD phone display that gets 30 frames per second and less power consumption due to the integration of video processing and video memory into the display substrate. Samsung has a phone display with the following specs: - 2.2″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) - Credit card-thin - AMOLED (active-matrix organic light emitting diode) display - 262,000 colour output - able to display its image on both sides - one-third the thickness of current LCD displays (only 0.52mm deep) - 2.8″ version with 240 x 400 pixel resolution also coming From PocketPicks.

05-27-2007, 11:57 PM	#13
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	Yahoo's article on Sony's new display technology The Yahoo article is here. Maybe we will see this in a reader soon. I want one I can carry like a pen in my shirt pocket and then open it to paperback book page size for reading.

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05-25-2007, 08:36 AM	#2
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	VERY impressive.... Something always bugs me about those naked displays with wires sticking out. You have no way of figuring what electronic fire power is needed to make those things work. There could be a fridge hooked up to it for all I know!

05-25-2007, 08:46 AM	#3
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	In these early prototypes, there may well be a fridge hooked up to it, like as not. I want one of those watches, though.

05-25-2007, 08:55 AM	#4
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	You could use it as a shield in a sword fight! As a secret weapon you'd mesmerize your opponent....

05-25-2007, 08:57 AM	#5
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Oooooo! I could play one of those swirly hypno-patterns on it!

05-25-2007, 10:11 AM	#6
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Hey, if it's already attached to a fridge, maybe you can use the display as fridge magnet papers. But personally, I really hope to see something like this in my phone sometime. It's so frustrating to see all the potential that's always "just around the corner". On the other hand, one of these days we'll come around the corner and look out!

05-25-2007, 11:27 AM	#7
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I think that we tend to round some of those corners sometimes without noticing we have. Possibly a side effect of being fixed on the next corner.

05-25-2007, 02:22 PM	#8
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I know a corner in Paris somewhere. It'll take me a while to get there though. Just the same as all those promises.

05-25-2007, 03:14 PM	#9
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Okay, you succeeded in totally losing me on that one, yvanleterrible.

05-25-2007, 03:30 PM	#10
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Sorry! I wasn't clear enough! When one says "just around the corner" it doesn't say which corner. I used to tease the kids to be patient on long drives. "Are we there yet?" "S'just around the corner kids!" Of course they couldn't figure which one!

05-25-2007, 04:07 PM	#11
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ah, now I understand. Of course I was admiring your ability to lose me before you explained.

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05-25-2007, 04:59 PM	#12
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Hey! Valley girls do that easy They loose me every time I hear'em.

05-28-2007, 01:04 AM	#14
chef Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 58 Join Date: Apr 2007	closest thing to that right now is the Readius from Polymer Vision.