CineMassive OmegaPlex Sells Massive Display

CineMassive OmegaPlex is now selling a massive display for the cheap price tag of $12,995.

LG unveils bizarre double-sided LCD display

LG recently unveiled a double-sided LCD panel. The unit’s display, as the name suggests, can be seen from both sides. It’s also ultra-thin.

USB Connecting Displays

Samsung has unleashed its $379 19-inch USB connected 940UX. Now we can connect multiple screens via USB and no need for a graphics card or any special video hardware.
There is an onboard video card and embedded driver software in each display and you can connect up to six screens to one PC.
The new LCD [...]

NEC 24-Incher

If you linger and yearn for one of these displays (like I do), here is NEC’s latest - the 24-inch LCD2470WVX with 1920 x 1200 resolution, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, a 5 ms response time, and a 400cd/m2 brightness rating. NEC adds Ambix dual analog and digital input technology, as well as its NaViSet software, [...]

Transparent Electroluminescent Displays

Planar Systems has introduced its transparent and segment electroluminescent (EL) displays. The TASEL technology removes constraints imposed by flat, rectangular, non-transparent displays.

“Our innovative electroluminescent technology enables glass displays to be curved into different shapes and configurations, opening up markets with new OEM customers,” said Doug Barnes, general manager and vice president of the industrial business [...]

iRiver NV PMP Is Nifty, But Will it Ever Hit the States?

Just released in Korea, the iRiver NV PMP is a beautiful example of consumer design. It’s specifications are pretty nice as well:

GPS via SiRFStar III chip
T-DMB (for those who get it, of course)
7-inch, 800X400 screen
Small display on the control wheel
1.3-megapixel camera
Great format support (OGG, MP3, WMA, XviD, AVI, AAC, etc.)
Two SD slots

It’s going for $536, [...]

Thompson Makes World’s Easiest-to-Lose Player in the A1

I’m sure other vendors would argue with Thomson that the A1 is the world’s smallest media player, but they’ve definitely gone small at 3 inches and 87 grams. Still the unit has can play MP3, WMA, WAV, and AVI, has a 16:9 display, comes in 4GB and 8GB flavors, and even sports an FM tuner. [...]

Traffic Assist Highspeed 7934

Harman/Becker Automotive Systems is introducing its Traffic Assist Highspeed 7934 GPS. Featuring –* Detailed maps of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico* 3.5-inch touch-screen with color display and a day/night display option* 400 MHz processor for fast route calculations* Two internal speakers for better sound quality* Speed limit display (legal speed limits are shown [...]

Flexible Display, on the Way Thanks to LG Philips

LG Philips is overcoming many of the manufacturing issues with flexible OLED displays (such as heat) by using a mixture of oil, water, and plastic electrodes. An electric charge applied to oil floating on top of and hiding colored pixels underneath would cause the oil to separate and show the underlying color. The manufacturing process [...]

Need Two LCDs in Your Rack? Here You Go!

Nothing too fancy here, just a dual-LCD monitor getup from NLS, the RFT-2L19, that fits in a server rack for much easier administration. I’ve often found myself jonesing for just such a thing while working on servers, thinking to myself: if only I could drag this window out of the way… Pretty standard fair, and [...]