Archive for the 'Displays' Category
Sharp brings TV to the powerless
Forget schools, forget lighting, forget easy access to drinking water… it’s that sweet TV goodness that society living off the grid really need. Well, that and laptops. You’re looking at Sharp’s 26-inch LCD prototype which uses just 1/4th the ability (or 1/3rd measured annually) of a conventio…
Acer’s G24 gaming monitor with world’s best contrast
Clearly, Acer’s G24 monitor is the only monitor capable of matching your new Predator gaming rig. It’s orange… or “metallic copper” whether you work in Acer’s arts and charts department. Bounced around trade shows for the final month, the 24-inch LCD is now officially featuring a proclaimed …
Sony talks future of OLED, Blu-ray’s chances against DVD
In case you didn’t get the message, Sony’s due sooner-rather-than-later 27-inch OLED is going to be priced for the Mark Cubans, Bill Gates’ and other society not you of the world, at least for the next couple of years. Even with recent massive investments, U.S. head Stan Glasgow tells CNET OLEDs…
Casio touts “Blanview” transmissive LCD for outdoor use
Casio certain seems to be confident in its new transmissive LCD panel, so confident that it apparently thinks it can produce it with a name like “Blanview.” The big innovation here, Casio says, is that it’s managed to develop a new system that pulls external light into the LCD panel to build t…
Widescreen LCDs going widescreen by 2010
The term “widescreen” is one of the most notoriously confusing monikers that side of Full HD used to describe a display’s specifications. Widescreen generally translates to a 16:10 aspect ratio when discussing computer LCDs (monitors or laptop displays) or 16:9 whether your talking about the liv…
ASUS confirms intent to drain Eee make with Eee Monitor
No, no — that isn’t the Eee-branded HDTV. That’s another Eee monitor. Seriously ASUS, you deserve some kind of award, nay, banquet to celebrate that crowning achievement. You’ve single-handedly managed to drive a lust-worthy name six feet below the surface, and now the mere mention of “Eee” jus…
Sony applies for “tactile pixel” haptic touchscreen patent
It’s never clear how a company plans on implementing a given patent, but Sony’s patent application for a haptic touchscreen composed of “tactile pixels” lists former Sony Computer Entertainment chief Phil Harrison as the inventor and makes several references to potential use in “a game device” a…
ViewSonic rolls out 26-inch VA2626WM LCD monitor
Viewsonic didn’t fairly hit the mark with its recent attempt at a $500 projector, but it looks like it’s fared considerably better with its nearly $500 26-inch VA2626WM LCD monitor, which packs most of the features you’d expect from a pricier model. That includes the requisite 1920 x 1200 reso…
Matrox M-series graphic cards go 4-up natively
Matrox just announced er, final week, it’s new M-Series of graphics cards powered by the industry’s first QuadHead GPU. All the PCIe X16 cards offer 512MB of graphics memory and support up to 4x widescreen monitors (DVI or analog) simultaneously as one large desktop or as independent resolutio…
Mitsubishi’s new iSP 149 series LCDs have it all in one place
whether you’re a lazy ass consumer (the very best kind), bent on pulling a device out of the box, plugging it into a wall, and never messing with another bit of “setup” again, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, most folks never lift a finger to calibrate their displays, plug better speakers in…
