http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Displays Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2013 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:51:43 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:51:43 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Perfect-TV-Panasonic-VT60-Sells-for-3000-2-248-3000-361249.shtml There is no such thing as perfect, not that humankind has been able to create at any rate, but there are some things that come close, and we dare say Panasonic's VT60 TV comes close.

Priced at $3,000 / €2,248 – €3,000, it would normally come across as an unreasonably expensive piece of equipment.

... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Perfect-TV-Panasonic-VT60-Sells-for-3000-2-248-3000-361249.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Perfect-TV-Panasonic-VT60-Sells-for-3000-2-248-3000-361249.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/IDC-Average-Monitor-Size-Grows-Demand-Drops-361223.shtml The decline of the desktop personal computing market is something that nothing will be able to stave off, or perhaps we should say that it is nothing that can be slowed down, since it has been going on for months.

Meanwhile, market analysts have been keeping track of everything as well as they could. The consequences, as expected, are far... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/IDC-Average-Monitor-Size-Grows-Demand-Drops-361223.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/IDC-Average-Monitor-Size-Grows-Demand-Drops-361223.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/This-Robotic-Touchscreen-Touches-You-Back-By-Moving-Back-and-Forth-360361.shtml Most people and scientists doubt that true interactive displays can be achieved, so they're holding their breath for when holography becomes a reality.

There are still some who think it's possible to make displays that actually let you touch what they're showing on screen though.

In fact, a YouTube vid... (read more)]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/This-Robotic-Touchscreen-Touches-You-Back-By-Moving-Back-and-Forth-360361.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/This-Robotic-Touchscreen-Touches-You-Back-By-Moving-Back-and-Forth-360361.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-s-Smart-TVs-Now-Have-Console-Quality-Cloud-Gaming-360107.shtml Cloud-based gaming has been causing muttering all over the world, ever since NVIDIA came up with the GeForce GRID graphics accelerator and said it was made for gaming servers. LG is now releasing TVs that can play cloud games.

And by cloud games we don't just mean the sort of small-scale games like on Miniclip, but actual titles... (read more)]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-s-Smart-TVs-Now-Have-Console-Quality-Cloud-Gaming-360107.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/LG-s-Smart-TVs-Now-Have-Console-Quality-Cloud-Gaming-360107.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Announces-4K-UHD-Monitor-based-on-IGZO-Technology-357337.shtml LCD screens can be made in multiple ways, but the backlighting usually determined the worth and price differences, at least until LED stopped being so much more expensive than CCFL.

Display makers are experimenting with the other layers of liquid crystal displays though. Sharp, for example, has the IGZO technology.

read more)]]> Fri, 31 May 2013 07:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Announces-4K-UHD-Monitor-based-on-IGZO-Technology-357337.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Announces-4K-UHD-Monitor-based-on-IGZO-Technology-357337.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/BenQ-LCD-Monitor-of-24-Inches-Released-357077.shtml Another day, another monitor. BenQ has formally launched the BL2411PT, whose name doesn't exactly do a great job of telling everyone just what the display is capable of, beyond the screen size.

Indeed, the BenQ BL2411PT has a display diagonal of 24 inches, which is actually above the norm for common consumer and office monitors.

... (read more)]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/BenQ-LCD-Monitor-of-24-Inches-Released-357077.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/BenQ-LCD-Monitor-of-24-Inches-Released-357077.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Professional-27-Inch-ASUS-Monitor-Unveiled-356697.shtml Taking a break from all the desktop, notebook and tablet PC announcements (not that we can blame companies for the abundance of those, given what's coming next week at Computex), ASUS has launched a monitor.

Said monitor bears the name of PA279Q ProArt series and uses an AH-IPS monitor, which means it has a wide color spectrum and excelle... (read more)]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 08:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Professional-27-Inch-ASUS-Monitor-Unveiled-356697.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Professional-27-Inch-ASUS-Monitor-Unveiled-356697.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vizio-Finally-Ready-to-Ship-M-Series-Smart-TVs-356650.shtml Since the 4K resolution standard won't become a rave for a while yet, regardless of what display makers would have the world believe, moving forward with HDTV releases is the logical step.

That is why Vizio has finally announced the arrival of its M-Series Smart Television Sets. Their existence was exposed months ago, but only now is ... (read more)]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 07:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vizio-Finally-Ready-to-Ship-M-Series-Smart-TVs-356650.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vizio-Finally-Ready-to-Ship-M-Series-Smart-TVs-356650.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Finally-Joining-the-4K-UHD-TV-Crowd-356434.shtml It looks like it's really fashionable these days to name things starting with Z8. Intel is preparing Haswell chips compatible with Z87 chipsets, motherboard makers are bringing platforms based on the Z87 core-logic, and Toshiba is readying the release of the Regza Z8X TV.

Toshiba's television set is what we are going to invest words and ... (read more)]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 11:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Finally-Joining-the-4K-UHD-TV-Crowd-356434.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Finally-Joining-the-4K-UHD-TV-Crowd-356434.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml Back in 2011, 3D panels became a rave, only to quickly fade into their own niche after just a few months. There were a few tries at trade shows to promote them as the new groove, but not much came of them, not without glasses-free support that has remained rare to this day.

Now, though, a new so-called "savior" has appeared... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analysts-Unsure-If-UHD-TVs-Will-Avoid-the-fate-of-3D-Sets-355142.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml Toshiba could have invented and released an augmented reality headset like the Glass that Google is going on about these days, but that's not what it revealed at a recent trade show.

It's thanks to the folks at Tech-On website that the news has reached the Internet. Long story short, Toshiba has invented a pair of glasses that make yo... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/OLED-Glasses-Toshiba-s-New-and-Strange-Eyewear-354869.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/23-Inch-High-End-Professional-Monitor-Launched-by-NEC-354046.shtml NEC could probably make a lot of money if it really tried its hand on the consumer display market, but it is content with creating and selling monitors to customers from the professional/enterprise segment.

The MultiSync EA EA234WMi is the newest monitor launched for that particular sector, but not a particularly expensive one.... (read more)]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 06:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/23-Inch-High-End-Professional-Monitor-Launched-by-NEC-354046.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/23-Inch-High-End-Professional-Monitor-Launched-by-NEC-354046.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bravia-X9-TV-of-55-and-65-Inches-priced-and-Dates-353528.shtml That Sony would eventually unleash one or more TVs with support for 4K resolution was a given, and often mentioned in the press over the past several months, and even back in 2012. Now, the company has acted on its promises.

4K is a term used to refer to display resolutions of 3840 x 2160 pixels or greater. 3840 x 2160 is the one t... (read more)]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bravia-X9-TV-of-55-and-65-Inches-priced-and-Dates-353528.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bravia-X9-TV-of-55-and-65-Inches-priced-and-Dates-353528.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/13-3-Inch-Flexible-E-Ink-E-Paper-Displays-Expected-in-2H13-353504.shtml There's been lots of talk about flexible LCDs, flexible AMOLEDs and flexible OLEDs, but there are people who are preparing flexible e-paper as well. E Ink is particularly eager to launch a few.

We've seen some proof-of-concept and product demos at trade shows in the past, like CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and IFA (Inter... (read more)]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 11:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/13-3-Inch-Flexible-E-Ink-E-Paper-Displays-Expected-in-2H13-353504.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/13-3-Inch-Flexible-E-Ink-E-Paper-Displays-Expected-in-2H13-353504.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-MultiSync-MD211C2-and-MD211C3-Medical-Grade-Monitors-Released-352226.shtml NEC's MultiSync collection of monitors continues to grow. The 22-Inch MultiSync E223W came out the other day, and now the MD211C2 and MD211C3 have joined their siblings as well.

The E223W is a more or less normal, office display, so it didn't bother trying to integrate too many perks. Even its resolution isn't legen... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 07:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-MultiSync-MD211C2-and-MD211C3-Medical-Grade-Monitors-Released-352226.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-MultiSync-MD211C2-and-MD211C3-Medical-Grade-Monitors-Released-352226.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Releases-22-Inch-MultiSync-E223W-Monitor-351940.shtml NEC's MultiSync collection of monitors seems to grow a bit every month, either by one or more models. What we have here is this month's latest addition to the line: MultiSync E223W.

If anything, NEC is aiming for people who work in cubicles or in other positions that do not need too much work space.

Then again, while all th... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Releases-22-Inch-MultiSync-E223W-Monitor-351940.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/NEC-Releases-22-Inch-MultiSync-E223W-Monitor-351940.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Curved-LG-OLED-TVs-Will-Now-Up-for-Pre-Order-Will-Ship-in-June-349161.shtml LG probably didn't want to overwhelm bank accounts by adding 3D support on top of the curved design of its upcoming OLED TVs. At $13,515 / €10,357, the displays already cost a fortune.

It is probably part of why the company isn't hurrying to send the displays all around the world. Instead, it will use its home market o... (read more)]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Curved-LG-OLED-TVs-Will-Now-Up-for-Pre-Order-Will-Ship-in-June-349161.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Curved-LG-OLED-TVs-Will-Now-Up-for-Pre-Order-Will-Ship-in-June-349161.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-23-Inch-IPS-Monitor-Released-by-iiyama-348775.shtml Some of the displays released nowadays are packed full of borderline unnecessary features and have such high specs that few will afford to buy them. Then, there are the moderate ones, which everyone will consider getting because of being well-rounded.

The iiyama ProLite XB2380HS-2 is one of the latter types, measuring 23 inches in diagona... (read more)]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-23-Inch-IPS-Monitor-Released-by-iiyama-348775.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-23-Inch-IPS-Monitor-Released-by-iiyama-348775.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-24-Inch-NEC-Professional-Desktop-Monitors-Debut-347544.shtml When we read “entry-level,” we usually assume that the device we are looking at has the minimum set of features for its kind, in order to reach a low price, but NEC has broken the mold with its two newest MultiSync monitors.

Measuring 24 inches in diagonal, they are described as “entry-level professional desktop... (read more)]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-24-Inch-NEC-Professional-Desktop-Monitors-Debut-347544.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-24-Inch-NEC-Professional-Desktop-Monitors-Debut-347544.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Releases-Full-HD-EliteDisplay-E231-347063.shtml Since there never seems to be a lull in demand for professional and business-oriented displays, HP has formally launched the EliteDisplay E231, complete with three different video inputs.

Since this isn't something meant to excel at video streaming, it has not HDMI input. Instead, it comes with a normal VGA input, DVI and DisplayPort.
read more)]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Releases-Full-HD-EliteDisplay-E231-347063.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Releases-Full-HD-EliteDisplay-E231-347063.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AH-IPS-24-Inch-Monitor-Released-by-ASUS-345415.shtml ASUS seems to be on a roll today, having revealed or leaked information on the Taichi 31 13.3-Inch ultrabook, the Cube Google TV box, an 18.4-inch Android desktop-tablet hybrid and, now, a 24-inch LCD monitor.

In some ways, the new display is quite ordinary, but in others, it is not, although one might argue that it is all based on point of ... (read more)]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/AH-IPS-24-Inch-Monitor-Released-by-ASUS-345415.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/AH-IPS-24-Inch-Monitor-Released-by-ASUS-345415.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Super-Cheap-Seiki-UHD-TV-Up-for-Order-Price-Cut-by-10-000-7-645-Euro-345168.shtml It isn't exactly accurate to say that there was a price cut on the market of ultra high-definition television sets, but when a UHD TV launches with a price of $1,300 / 995 Euro, people notice.

Japanese company Seiki is the one that made the product, a 50-inch model with a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. ... (read more)]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Super-Cheap-Seiki-UHD-TV-Up-for-Order-Price-Cut-by-10-000-7-645-Euro-345168.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Super-Cheap-Seiki-UHD-TV-Up-for-Order-Price-Cut-by-10-000-7-645-Euro-345168.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Plasma-Development-not-Really-Stopping-345153.shtml What we have here is one rumor whose rebuttal should actually be well received: Panasonic has stated, or one of its executives has, that the company has not, in fact, stopped developing Plasma screens.

A couple of days ago, Panasonic published the price list for its 2013 lineup of HDTVs, and also said it had stopped research into pl... (read more)]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Plasma-Development-not-Really-Stopping-345153.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Panasonic-Plasma-Development-not-Really-Stopping-345153.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Headquarters-Raided-by-Police-looking-for-Stolen-LG-Technology-344305.shtml Samsung and LG were supposed to have reached an agreement to drop their feud, but it seems they didn't really get around to actually doing it, or they were never going to, except in some areas.

Then again, the supposed out-of-court arrangement happened before Samsung sued LG again, saying it damaged its brand s... (read more)]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Headquarters-Raided-by-Police-looking-for-Stolen-LG-Technology-344305.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samsung-Headquarters-Raided-by-Police-looking-for-Stolen-LG-Technology-344305.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plug-and-Play-Multitouch-Displays-Released-by-Edigma-344046.shtml When the term “all-in-one” crops up in the description of a device, we know immediately that the product can perform more than the standard share of potential operations, and this definitely goes for the Displax Pad.

Edigma would have the world believe that the Displax Pad is a series of touch panels meant to be plug... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plug-and-Play-Multitouch-Displays-Released-by-Edigma-344046.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plug-and-Play-Multitouch-Displays-Released-by-Edigma-344046.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-55-Inch-and-65-Inch-4K-UHD-TVs-Cost-Less-than-a-Car-Thankfully-343659.shtml Having already covered the 4K media player and 4K UHD OLED displays, we are left with the UHD TVs that Sony revealed during the NAB 2013 trade show: XBR-55X900A and XBR-65X900A.

These aren't OLED-based products. Instead, they are normal LCDs with LED backlighting, insofar as 4K displays can be considered normal. <... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-55-Inch-and-65-Inch-4K-UHD-TVs-Cost-Less-than-a-Car-Thankfully-343659.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-55-Inch-and-65-Inch-4K-UHD-TVs-Cost-Less-than-a-Car-Thankfully-343659.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/4K-UHD-OLED-Monitors-of-30-and-56-Inches-Revealed-by-Sony-343635.shtml
They measure 30 inches and 56 inches, respectively, and already have a following thanks to their appearance at NAB 2013.

Their native resolution is better than normal too: instead of 3840 x 2160, they have screens with 4096 x 2160 pixels.

It is a bit odd t... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/4K-UHD-OLED-Monitors-of-30-and-56-Inches-Revealed-by-Sony-343635.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/4K-UHD-OLED-Monitors-of-30-and-56-Inches-Revealed-by-Sony-343635.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/21-5-Inch-Tochscreen-Monitor-Released-by-I-O-Data-342555.shtml Since most monitors and TVs released lately use IPS panels, I-O Data figured it wouldn't hurt to offer a model that employed one of those good old-fashioned TN screens instead.

IPS panels (in-plane switching) have the advantage of wider viewing angles and, in some ways, better image quality, but they sacrifice response time for it.... (read more)]]> Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/21-5-Inch-Tochscreen-Monitor-Released-by-I-O-Data-342555.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/21-5-Inch-Tochscreen-Monitor-Released-by-I-O-Data-342555.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/EIZO-Releases-17-Inch-LCD-Network-Monitors-342187.shtml Normally, displays link to desktops or even laptops and all-in-one PCs via HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, or VGA, but there are exceptions, and Eizo has one such exception in the making.

The two monitors that Eizo has revealed are unusual because of two things: they don't connect to PCs through those ports, and they are almost square in shape.read more)]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/EIZO-Releases-17-Inch-LCD-Network-Monitors-342187.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/EIZO-Releases-17-Inch-LCD-Network-Monitors-342187.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amazon-CEO-Patents-Wirelessly-Powered-Remote-Displays-342137.shtml Patents are being filed all the time. People get ideas on a regular basis, and those who think they have any chance of doing anything with them usually try to protect their intellectual property. Naturally, people like Amazon's CEO do the same if the situation calls for it.

In fact, Amazon's Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos h... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amazon-CEO-Patents-Wirelessly-Powered-Remote-Displays-342137.shtml Displays http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amazon-CEO-Patents-Wirelessly-Powered-Remote-Displays-342137.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)