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Sharp Developing LCD Screens In Almost Any Shape

Posted by Soulskill on from the looking-forward-to-my-dodecahedral-computer-display dept.

jfruh writes: Traditional LCD panels are rectangular because the tiny chips that drive each pixel of the display are fitted along the edge of the glass panel on which the screen is made. But in a new breed of screens from Sharp, the chips are embedded between the pixels so that means a lot more freedom in screen shape: only one edge of the screen needs to be a straight line, which could give rise to a host of new applications.

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  1. Re: Screens need not be Sharp anymore by jd2112 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like an invitation for a lawsuit from Apple.

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  2. Re: What shape would you like by jd2112 · · Score: 4, Funny

    GUI windows are rectangular now. Just wait until GNOME 4 is released...

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  3. Re:The Simpson Special by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    His family would never see him agains

    My wife wants to know if these will be available by Christmas.

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