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Samsung Unveils 82 Inch LCD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the all-the-better-to-doom-you-with dept.

karvind writes "Physorg is reporting that Samsung Electronics has developed the world's largest liquid crystal display panel. This 82-inch TFT-LCD is 17 inches larger than LCD flat panel previously developed by Sharp. This development challenges plasma display panels in this market area. This full HD image quality (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) TFT-LCD panel was developed at the company's new production complex in Tangjeong, Korea. The soon-to-be operational 7th-generation production facility uses glass substrates that measure 1.87m x 2.20m."

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  1. Blue pixels? by dereklam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looking at that picture, it seems to me they are avoiding demoing blue pixels. Does anyone know if LCDs of this size have issues showing blue?

  2. Megapixels? by imroy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From TFA:

    Pixels: 6.22 million (number of RGB sub-pixels)

    Yes, that's 1920 x 1080 x 3 = 6220800. I can't wait until the camera manufacturers catch onto this new method to inflate the number of "megapixels" in their cameras. Fifteen megapixels here we come!

    (Just don't mention the bayer pattern used on CCD's)

  3. Re:rejects by jcr · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's true, but another factor is the feature size. The bigger the pixels, the less likely it is that any impurity on the surface will result in a bad pixel.

    There's a Xerox spin-off company that's been making 200+ DPI color LCDs for quite some time, but they have yield problems, since at that feature size, it's much easier to have a flaw that takes out a whole row or column of pixels.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."