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Set to hit Japanese stores early January 2013 here you are Iiyama latest 23.6″ Full HD multitouch LED LCD that, oddly enough will only support Windows 7 and not Windows 8. Featuring Iiyama’s X-Res Tech the ProLite T2452MTS offers a 1,000:1 to 5M:1 contrast ratio and a 260cd/m2 brightness with a 5ms response time and come by default with 2xDVI-D, HDMI and D-Sub.
Finally the ProLite T2452MTS will be sold in Japan at around 31,000 Yen

While “ultrawidescreen” 21:9 aspect ratio HDTVs haven’t taken off despite several attempts, LG is bringing the formfactor to the desktop with its new EA93 UltraWide LCD monitor. Measuring at 29-inches with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,080, it uses the extra horizontal space to display not just cinema-style movies, but also side by side video from different sources or up to four different views at once thanks to its built-in software. For connections, it has DVI Dual Link, DisplayPort, or HDMI with MHL support. We got an eyeful of the monitor at IFA earlier this year and you can check out our hands-on video after the break, or take a quick Korean vacation to snag one for 690,000 won ($633) before they go on sale everywhere else later in the year — pricing elsewhere has not yet been announced.

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LG’s 29-inch EA93 is the world’s first 21:9 ultrawidescreen monitor, launches this month in Korea originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Advancements in display technology are always more than welcome. Remember the first time you saw a color display on a mobile phone, such as the Sony Ericsson T68i? Well, fast forward slightly more than a decade, and we have seen leaps and bounds made in the world of display technology. Japan Display’s latest invention is a paper-like LCD display that is capable of showing off video as well, where the company describes it as such, “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.”

The display sports a Light Control Layer, reflecting light as usual, while looking metallic in a way just like a mirror. Once this layer is added, the display will go around “collecting” light to a certain level, directing it to the viewer’s eyes, so that it looks just like paper. This method also helped the new LCD display show off decent color – something that would not have been possible with standard issue digital paper. Not only that, since it can show video, expect a range of solutions and applications for this paper-like LCD display to see action in.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: AUO flashes the world’s thinnest bezel display, Japan Display 10.1-inch IPS panel at WUXGA resolution,

AU Optronics, the Taiwanese TFT-LCD manufacturer, has unveiled the world’s thinnest bezel display on a smartphone. AUO harnesses its “super narrow border technology” and low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) methodologies to significantly reduce the display border width to a mere 1mm on a 4.46-inch screen that has a 720p resolution. This, according to AUO, will make images and videos appear larger in size and better in terms of quality. “The panel is capable of exhibiting sharper quality for texts, and refined and realistic image property,” the company said.

Additionally, AUO also announced that it was able to successfully develop IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) and AHVA (Advanced Hyper-Viewing Angle panels ranging from 3 inches to 15.6 inches for smartphones, e-readers, tablets, ultrabooks, digital cameras, and car displays. One example is AUO’s 4.97-inch Full HD AHVA mobile display that has a full HD resolution of 1080 x 1920 (443ppi) and is currently in production. Another one reportedly in the works is an ultra-slim IGZO-based 10-inch panel technology for tablets that has a whopping 2560 x 1600 resolution.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Ortus introduces 9.6-inch LCD panel at 458ppi, Toshiba found guilty of LCD price-fixing,

It’s now clear that Sharp doesn’t have an exclusive lock on IGZO displays, even for the big-screen TVs that are still the company’s domain. AU Optronics has developed a 65-inch IGZO panel that wields the very light-friendly technology to reach 4K resolutions without the usual penalties — as the screen doesn’t need much backlighting to illuminate all those pixels, it can stay slim and keep the shocking energy bills to a minimum. The smaller size and miserly power draw also leave a real chance that any pricing will be closer to the mere mortal realm than current 84-inch behemoths. And while it’s mostly up to other companies to decide if and when they use AUO’s flagship display, we’ll have choices of our own should the IGZO TV still be too rich for our blood: the Taiwan firm has simultaneously developed a more conventional, 55-inch 4K screen with a wide color range as well as a 50-inch, 1080p panel with an extra-skinny 0.14-inch bezel. It’s at least good to know that there’s already competition for technology that’s just getting started.

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AUO develops IGZO-based, 65-inch 4K TV screen, vows high resolution without the high power originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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