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Showing posts with label Large Display. Show all posts

Samsung unveils green-friendly 'see-through' LCDs

Tuesday, April 05, 2011 • , , , , • 0 comments


Samsung's new TV panels are transparent like glass, consume 90% less energy than backlit LCDs.

Samsung recently announced a new range of transparent LCD panels that can be peered through 'like glass'. The 22in transparent LCD panels have been in mass production since March.

According to a Samsung press release, the new screens have a transparency rate of between 15-20% - which makes them transparent enough to look through. The 22in panel boasts a contrast ratio of 500:1 and a native resolution of 1680x1050.

The new panels utilise ambient light when in operation, which allows them to be a lot more energy efficient. If Samsung is to be believed, the new panels consume 90% less electricity than conventional backlit LCD TVs.

The 16in panel will come with HDMI and USB interfaces built-in.

Younghwan Park, a senior vice president of Samsung Electronics LCD Business, said, “Transparent displays will have a wide range of use in all industry areas as an efficient tool for delivering information and communication.”

For the time being, the transparent panels have been earmarked for corporate and educational use as well as in advertising.

Article from PCAuthority.
Read full press release here.



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LED Technology — What’s New, What’s Next?

Friday, September 04, 2009 • , , , , • 0 comments


Ever since blue LEDs appeared in the 1990’s, a cascade of development and system evolution has advanced solid state lighting to become a viable and prosperous technology foundation. Today, LED technology is used for general lighting in small and large venues, in the automotive market, and in video displays, roadside signs, and digital signage.

According to Kevin Dowling, Vice President of Innovation for Philips Color Kinetics, the hospitality and retail markets are primary drivers for white light sources, and the broadcast market favors the technology for quality and long-lasting light sources. “Cove and under shelf lighting is driving LED usage because it’s a natural fit for that application,” he adds.

LEDs have come a long way in a short time. Dowling notes that the development of blue LEDs, and the subsequent creation of broadband white light by adding a phosphor coating, occurred in less than 20 years. “The first white LEDs were gray and dismal and there were technology hurdles in how they were driven and controlled,” he says. “In 2000-2004, there was development in improving phosphors and the efficacy of blue LEDs, as well as packages for high power light output. Since 2004, LEDs continue to improve at pace that the industry is astonished by. Efficacy, light output and quality are improving faster than we projected.”

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