Archive for the 'Optical' Category

Telescopic Pixels: New Display Technology by Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research has published a paper in Nature Photonics that details a new display technology based on telescopic pixels that use two micromirros allowing for fast on/off switching times of just 1.5 milliseconds. 1.5ms isn’t too big a deal since there are monitors that you can buy right now that feature 2ms response times. So, [...]

NPD: Blu-ray 92.5%, HD-DVD 7.5%

These numbers are based on latest NPD Group report as blogged by Engadget. The numbers are based on, I believe, retail sales of Blu-ray and HD-DVD players from places like Best Buy.
I do believe that a single high-definition format for optical discs would help the market grow a bit faster since there are many folks [...]