14 DAY TRIAL // Sharp announced the development of its high-contrast ratio in-car LCD applications and highlighted that the contrast ratio of 1.500:1 achieves the industry's highest level. According to Digitimes, the contrast ratio of the latest solution triples the 500:1 contrast from a previous version. Sharp emphasized that its solution has high resistance to vibration and it is reliable over a broad range of temperatures while supplying a unified appearance in contrast with the typical black color of instrument panels.
More specs: Size (inch): 8; Pixel: 800 x RGB x 480; Contrast ratio: 1500:1; Viewing angle: 176/176; Brightness (cd/m2): 400; Operating temperature range (C): -30 - 85.
The latest Sharp technology demonstration was an LCD panel capable of displaying three different full-screen images simultaneously. Which of the three you see depends on which way you face the display.
Dubbing the "triple-view liquid crystal" display, the system uses a parallax barrier to angle the light from the three images to the right, to the left and straight on. Sharp didn't specify how the three pictures are rendered simultaneously - presumably they're shown sequentially at a triple-speed refresh rate, so that each view sees a flicker-free image.
Applications for the system are clear. Sharp suggested an in-car screen allowing back-seat passengers to view different content - or even the same show - from a centrally positioned screen. We can imagine a TV based on Sharp's technology ending forever family arguments as to which program they're going to watch - now they can view three channels at once, according to Reghardware.
The development builds on the two-way display Sharp showcased last year. The company didn't say when the technology might make it to market. I would want one of those!