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  1. Re:Samsung by cybaea · · Score: 4 · on Super Large, Super Hi-Res LCD Screens?

    Yes, I like the Samsung SyncMaster 770TFT as well (and am using it now!), but the poster asked for;

    • 1600×1200 resolution; the Samsung does 1280×1024.
    • 20" diagonal; the Samsung is 17".
    • Digital input; the Samsung has standard SVGA cables.
    • Square pixels; YES! The Samsung has it.

    So it doesn't really fit the bill, does it?

    I think the poster need the SyncMaster 1100p+. It has

    • 21"(20.0" viewable)
    • 0.21mm(H) dot pitch
    • 1800x1440@75Hz Maximum Resolution
    • Recommended Mode 1600 x 1200 / 85Hz

    but it is still a standard 15-pin connector. A USB option is apparently available, but I'm guessing (does anybody know?) that it involves a converter :-)

    Unfortunately I have no experiences with this monitor, but if somebody would lend me a sample.....

  2. Re:Ferroelectric RAM by eVarmint · · Score: 1 · on What Will Be The Next Generation Of RAM?
    WRT storage technology, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned FRAM. Ferroelectric RAM is nonvolatile and much denser than flash; as dimensions sink, it's even denser than regular DRAM. Which is why the big memory houses are furiously searching for a way to reliably manufacture it.

    I share your frustration. FRAM is actually being researched and produced by big companies such as SAMSUNG in densities as high as 4Mb. You are not correct, though, to say that FRAM is denser than flash. Remember that flash can store two bits in a very small memory cell. So far, flash has also proved more scaleable than FRAM, which is why you see flash densities today orders of magnitude better than FRAM even though FRAM is an older technology. A good reference for reading about non-volatile memory technologies can be found at EDN Access

  3. WAP is close... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Looking For Wireless Handheld E-Mail And Web?
    Cliff, If you haven't already, check out the Samsung SCH-8500. Check to see if you think the display is still too small or the quality/coverage is still pessimal. I live in the Bay Area as well, and picked one up. It's got more display area than the StarTAC (enough to hold an entire month calendar on screen -- it has a "calendar" app). It's dual-mode CDMA/analog, and has served me well as far as signal quality goes.

    WAP is fairly close to actually being here. I finally got a yahoo.com mail account since I can read and send mail from there using WAP on my SCH-8500. Text pages can be sent to the phone via email as well. From the WAP "front page", there are WAP destinations to Yahoo (mail, yellow pages, news, weather...), Amazon.com (ordered and received my copy of the "Sixth Sense" DVD!), CNN, etc. With Google's new WAP search engine combined with a HTML->WAP gateway, the line starts to blur between a WAP browser and a HTML one. Of course images don't work correctly one either of these, with handheld device. In fact, I'm not really sure WAP images work at all on the 8500.

    Sorry to sound like such a salesman (really, I'm not -- I have no affiliation with Sprint or Samsung except as a customer), but these really are exciting times. I didn't expect to see this sort of feature set on a tiny flip phone for another couple of months. There's no single solution for everyone, but the main point is that things are moving even faster than usual in this field lately, and we can all stand to be alert. The world needs more lerts, anyway.

  4. Re:Good way to do it! by Captn+Pepe · · Score: 1 · on 38-Inch LCD Panels

    Well, they have done this in the past, albiet not with panels this large. See this link for an example of an even larger tiling arrangement that uses smaller panels. The major difficulty that really drives up costs is building the underlying interconnects to deliver signal to each pixel, which is a problem that scales with the number of screens involved in the array (as well as the resolution of each one, but I'd assume they're just feeding data into the back of existing panels).

  5. Samsung CDMA Watch Phone due soon by labiche · · Score: 1 · on MP3 Player in a Watch

    Samsung Watch Phone

  6. URL to Samsung press release by HeatherMax · · Score: 1 · on 16.5-inch LCD for Notebook PC

    FYI here's a link to the Samsung Electronics press release

    My laptop is a couple of years old now and only has a 13.3" screen, so I'm looking forward to my next one (about 8 months off) when I can get one of these :-)

    It's gonna get real hard opening it up on the airplane though...