They said they’d do it, and by golly it’s nearly here — Samsung just revealed that its assembly lines are beginning to churn out see-thru computer screens that don’t require power-sucking backlights to operate. Unfortunately, it appears like the amazing AMOLED variety continues to be at the drafting board, but ambient light-powered LCDs are at the way, with Samsung offering a 22-inch, 1680 x 1050 resolution panel with a 500:1 contrast ratio first of all. Sammy suggests we’ll see it in HDMI and USB-compatible monitors and suspects it’ll be utilized in advertising and teleconferencing first — which means this display won’t come cheap — but everyone knows the genuine killer app might be a pleasant big frameless laptop screen . We’ll take two, please. PR after the break.
Samsung Electronics Becomes the arena’s First in Mass Production of Transparent LCD PanelSEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it all started mass production of a 22-inch transparent LCD panel in March this year.
“Transparent displays could have a variety of use in all industry areas as a good tool for delivering information and communication. With the realm’s first mass production of the transparent LCD panel, Samsung Electronics plans to steer the worldwide transparent LCD market by developing various applications.”
The panels are available in two types, the black-and-white type and the colour type, they usually have a contrast ratio of 500:1 with WSXGA+ (1680*1050) resolution.Compared with the normal LCD panels that use back light unit (BLU) and feature 5% transparency, Samsung’s transparent LCD panel boasts the arena’s best transparency rate of over 20% for the black-and-white type and over 15% for the colour type.
The transparent LCD panel has a high transparency rate, which enables someone to see during the panel like glass, and it consumes 90% less electricity compared with a traditional LCD panel using back light unit. It’s because a clear LCD panel utilizes ambient light corresponding to sun light, which consequently reduces the dependency on electricity for generating power.
Also, Samsung’s transparent LCD panel maximizes convenience for not just manufacturers but in addition consumers by incorporating the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface.
Transparent display panels have endless possibilities as an advertising tool, which are applied to reveal windows and outdoor billboards or utilized in showcase events. Corporations and schools could also adopt the panel as an interactive communication device, which enables information to be displayed more effectively.
Younghwan Park, a senior vice chairman of Samsung Electronics LCD Business, said, “Transparent displays could have quite a lot of use in all industry areas as an effective tool for delivering information and communication. With the sector’s first mass production of the transparent LCD panel, Samsung Electronics plans to steer the worldwide transparent LCD market by developing various applications.”
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