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Samsung Develops World's First three-inch VGA LCD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the teeny-tiny dept.

Nomad05 writes "Samsung announced this week it has developed the world's first three-inch VGA LCD panel that "directly meets industry interface standards for digital still cameras." What this means is that future LCD screens on digital cameras will allow multimedia to be viewed at a resolution of 640x480. Presently, a majority of camera LCDs only display multimedia at a resolution of 320x240 — significantly lower in quality than Samsung's new LCD. In layman's terms, expect significantly brighter, more detailed LCD displays, which will enable you to review your photography more thoroughly after you take an exposure. This innovation will make it easier to spot blurry images and ensure your photo is framed properly. "

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  1. Batteries ? by Sb1 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Don't get me wrong, this is a step in the right direction.

    But now your batteries will last really long now!!

  2. In Layman's Terms... by glancep · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Samsung's new LCD. In layman's terms, expect significantly brighter, more detailed LCD displays, which will enable you to review your photography more thoroughly after you take an exposure. This innovation will make it easier to spot blurry images and ensure your photo is framed properly.


    So, when we are explaining new tech to people who do not know better, we can just make stuff up, right? Okay, maybe I could buy that you can verify framing easire in some circumstances, but how does resolution have anything to do with brightness?
  3. Re:Shame displays are not like other tech products by kfg · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The entire LCD display industry currently operates at a per unit loss, so they have to make it up in volume.

    No, I am not making that up.

    KFG

  4. Nearly an inch smaller VGA screen makes news? by tlhIngan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sharp and Toshiba both make PDA-sized VGA screens. Maybe NEC, too. I think the Toshiba is a 640x480 screen, while the Sharp is a 480x640 screen.

    Look up the Toshiba e805 PDA. Or the Dell Axim x51v (which can be had cheaply). Both feature a 3.8" VGA screen.

    So all that's been accomplished is the screen is an inch smaller.

    I've had QVGA screens that were 1.6" in size, so they had the same DPI as this screen...

  5. Re:Stay close by XHIIHIIHX · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it's 10 (+.2) cm (4.0"), you rounded down twice. The image will be better between 4" and 8", 1/2 vga = .190 mm using your numbers. That's about the distance where you look at a camera picture.

  6. How times have changed by Nybble's+Byte · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It was hard enough reading text on the 5" screen of the Osborne 1, especially when run in 80 column mode back in the 80s. Heck, not too many years before, geeks were having fun getting the HP-41C goose to fly backwards.

    Now these young whippersnappers at Samsung are rocking the boat! Get your microscopes out!

  7. Re:Resolution by jcr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What are yojuu talking about apple for?

    Perhapsyou missed the news about Apple investing a couple hundred million dollars in a joint venture with Samsung to build an LCD factory and R&D facility? Apple's 30" displays come from that factory, and chances are that the first 200 DPI + displays for the Mac aren't too far off.

    -jcr

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