Seen any color video in your e-reader lately? Us neither, and Japan Display wants to change all that with a new reflective, paper type LCD capable of the feat that burns very little juice, to boot. To pull it off, the prototype uses a so-called light control layer, allowing it to collect rays and bounce them toward your eyes, exactly like plain old analog paper. The consortium developed a low color fidelity version with five percent NTSC coverage and a bright 40 percent reflection, along with a dimmer version carrying a third less reflectivity but a more faithful 36 percent hue gamut. The latter still needs some tweaking, according to Japan Display, but the more reflective version is now good to go for production, meaning it might start popping up in new readers imminently. For more info, check the video after the break.
Japan Display has developed a paper-like low-power color reflective LCD, which can display video. “Ordinary liquid crystal displays have a backlight, and produce the picture by using a liquid crystal shutter. But this panel doesn’t have a backlight. It reflects light from above, and the liquid crystal shutter is used to produce a monochrome image. At the same time, color filters are used, to give a color picture.” “This display has what’s called a Light Control …
Japan Display has presented three prototype displays, titled “Innovation Vehicles”, which combining the latest mobile display technologies from Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi. “Japan Display was established in April, by the three companies. During the six months since then, technology developers from each company have worked together, to see what new technologies we could create. The result is this Innovation Vehicle.” The three versions that have been developed consist of: …
The iPad mini may have a display that’s being singled out in most reviews as being below Apple’s recent standards, but a look under the microscope by Repair Labs affirms what I’ve been noticing in person: while the mini definitely doesn’t offer the same kind of quality as an iPad with Retina Display (3rd or 4th gen), its screen is a big step up from the 2nd-generation iPad. In fact, the iPad mini’s individual pixels are only two-thirds the size of those on the 4th-generation iPad, where the iPad 2′s pixels are approximately half the size of those in the latest model.
So what’s the upshot for users? Repair Labs says that the pixels of the 4th-gen iPad are 16 percent larger relative to the iPad mini than the iPad 2, making the difference between the two screens less noticeable, and in fact, “to the naked eye, it’s negligible,” the gadget repair site says. While I can personally attest to the fact that it takes some adjusting to go back to a non-Retina mini from a Retina iPad or even a Retina MacBook Pro, I definitely agree that it’s a lot better than jumping all the way back to an iPad 2. And over time, going between the mini and the latest full-sized iPad only gets easier.
Even if you don’t personally own any of these devices, this geeky approach to discerning the differences between Apple’s tablet displays at Repair Labs is worth a look.
Pinch is an interface which connects the displays from multiple touch devices together. It is currently under development by a research group at the Tokyo University of Technology. When the user places a thumb and index finger on two adjacent screens and pinches, the screens link up. The screens can be lined up freely, whether vertical or horizontal, and the pictures can be matched up if they’re misaligned. The connected devices share each other’s position and screen size via Wi-Fi. …
Researchers at the Tokyo University of Technology have developed a unique system in which they can align smartphones and tablets together in any configuration and turn them all into one single display. By simply pinching together screens from two devices, the two screens will start sharing each other and will act as one display, with the ability to add more devices to the mix.
What’s impressive about the Pinch system is that devices can be aligned in any configuration and can use any size screen with one another, such as using smartphones and tablets at the same time. The devices link together over WiFi, and by simply pinching together two screens from two separate devices, they’ll create one big display.
The video below does a great job at demonstrating how the system works, and while the specifics of what exactly makes the Pinch system work like it does hasn’t been disclosed. From the looks of it, each device can detect where it’s at amongst the collaborated display, and can also detect where other devices are as well. It’s almost like magic, but the pinching itself and where you pinch on the screens is what mostly makes it all happen.
Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Technology Takashi Ohta says that the Pinch interface can be used in a variety of instances, including getting together with friends and possibly using the system to make music and share photos, as well as possibly a little bit of gaming depending on how fast the system is. The research team is offering Pinch to interested developers and says that several are already interested in the idea.
Samsung has out-Retina’d Apple, and Google is definitely making the most of it. The Nexus 10 tablet may not have had the New York City debut it was promised, but even with a low-key press release its segment-busting specifications catch your eye. A 10.1-inch, 2,560 x 1,600 display breaks through the 300dpi pixel density mark, easily satisfying the “individual pixels indistinguishable at typical use-distance” criteria Apple created, while inside there’s Samsung’s own 1.7GHz dualcore Exynos 5250 with 2GB of RAM. If the Nexus 7 is Google’s attempt to conquer the bargain mainstream, then the Nexus 10 is its assault on the very high-end, giving Android 4.2 Jelly Bean everything it needs in hardware in order to shine.
It’s the display that obviously catches your attention. Samsung calls its panel True RGB Real Stripe PLS but the only takeaway you need is that it’s incredibly bright, has vast viewing angles – you can basically look at it askance and still see everything, without any color inversion or distortion – and graphics appear painted onto the Gorilla Glass 2.
We’re not sure if it’s wariness around Apple’s design patents, or a specific design direction for Google and Samsung, but the curvy Nexus 10 has echoes of the first, albeit not-officially-Nexus Android tablet, Motorola’s XOOM. The soft-touch plastics are creak-free but lack the premium feel of metal, though they do make for a grippy slate and a lightweight one, with the Nexus 10 tipping the scales at 603g. It’s also slim, at 8.9mm thick.
The dualcore ARM Cortex A15 chipset isn’t the only magic going on inside: there’s also WiFi a/b/g/n (with MIMO), Bluetooth 4.0, twin NFC, a 9,000 mAh battery to keep up with all those pixels, and twin cameras: 5-megapixels on the back, working with the new Photo Sphere feature of Android 4.2, and 1.9-megapixels up front for video calls. We’ll be particularly interested to see how Google’s battery life predictions hold up in regular use, with the company promising 9-10hrs of runtime on a single charge, despite the power-hungry specifications.
Android 4.2 also debuts one much-requested tablet feature, the ability to set up multiple profiles for different users. With so many tablets – particularly those that live on the coffee table and seldom leave the house – being shared by all family members, it’s a welcome addition. We’ll see how it shapes up in practice for our full review.
Kicking off at $399 there’s certainly plenty to the Nexus 10 on paper, and our first impressions are similarly positive. We’ll be putting it through its paces to see if it can truly deliver; until then, enjoy our hands-on gallery and demo video!
If you’re like me, the first time you heard of wireless display mirroring, your first question was – how? With Google’s new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean+ operating system update, wireless mirroring is included in the code – but how does that work without the hardware to back it up? As it turns out, this whole situation has to do with Miracast wireless display sharing – an industry standard that allows your device to connect to larger device’s displays using your wi-fi network as a middle-man.
With Miracast being an “industry standard”, you can expect many brands to pick it up soon if they don’t already have it integrated now. Miracast is a technology that’s built in to devices – it’s not a device in and of itself. Miracast certification has begun for devices of many kinds, so you can expect not just displays to have it integrated, but receivers that will plug in through your HDMI port instead – this working for legacy displays.
Manufacturer Adoption
One of the companies that has adopted Miracast as their wireless standard is NVIDIA – another is Texas Instruments. Have a peek at this hands-on video from Texas Instruments showing off Miracast working earlier this year.
Devices out Now
With devices like the Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 you’ll be able to plug directly into whatever giant monitor you’ve got right now just so long as it’s got an HDMI port – it connects to wi-fi on its own. A lovely Broadcom 5G Wi-fi chip was introduced all the way back in July of 2012 that set up for the wireless display future – that future being now, of course. The Nexus 10 (by Samsung) and the Nexus 4 (by LG) will both be released with Android 4.2 which will have Miracast capabilities built-in.
The Future
The future can actually be yours right this second if you have a way of getting ahold of a device with Android 4.2 on it – if it’s an official working build, of course – as well as a Miracast-capable display. They do exist on the market today and they’re in stores right this second. In the very near future – and throughout 2013 and forward, we must expect, Miracast will be adopted by many, many television sets as well as displays of all kinds. More wireless dongles will be created, and Android devices from all manner of manufacturers will be able to make use of this technology.
LG has dedicated themselves to Miracast for the future – that’s one brand guaranteed to have the technology in essentially all their sets throughout 2013. With the folks at the Wi-Fi Alliance backing this certification for the whole industry, we’ll see many more groups jump onboard soon. Doubly so now that Android is bringing support from the other end of the living room. Exciting times are ahead – no more getting up from the couch to plug your smartphone in to the HDMI cord for you!
AU Optronics has announced a new 4.46-inch mobile phone touch panel display that has what it claims to be the world’s narrowest border. The display uses proprietary technology allowing for incredibly thin borders and uses low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) technology. The technology allows the display to have a border width of only 1 mm when placed on the module surface.
The 4.46-inch display has 720p resolution and the 1 mm thick bezel maximizes the display area available. AUO also notes that the 1 mm thick border makes image and video content appear larger. AUO is also bragging on its other display technologies including AMOLED, IGZO, and AHVA.
AHVA is Advanced Hyper-Viewing Angle. So far, AUO has been able to develop AHVA panels ranging in size from three-inches to 15.6-inches. The screens have been used in devices such as digital cameras, smartphones, e-readers, and car displays, tablets, and ultrabooks. AUO’s 4.97-inch full HD resolution AHVA Mobile Display is currently in mass production.
The small display has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 with 443ppi. AUO also has a 4.65-inch AMOLED panel that has a resolution of up to 317 ppi. Another display that AUO is talking about is a larger 10-inch panel aimed at tablets using IGZO technology. That display has a resolution of 2560 x 1600 and promises to use less power thanks to better screen transmittance.
J Display or Japan Display announced today the launch and the mass production of its latest 10.1″ IPS panel for tablet featuring a WUXGA resolution (1920×1200). This new panel comes with a 800:1 contrast ratio, a 178 degrees left/right viewing angle with a 2.14mm thickness for a 130g weight.
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