Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute (phew, that was long!) has developed a new display technology that it is calling Dynamic ECD. Dynamic ECD is a reflective display that does not require a backlight to light up. Instead of a backlight it uses ambient light. The limitations of reflective displays was that they tended [...]

LG Display (LPL) is planning to showcase a bunch of displays at the upcoming FPD International 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Japan from October 29 through 31. Here is the list:

42″ Shine Out LCD: World’s lowest reflection ratio (<0.5%). Low reflections are important when installed in bright ambient environments.
15″ Double-sided reflective LCD: Displays [...]

The TA1 has a 14″ touchscreen LCD with a pixel format of 1280 x 768 with a 15:9 aspect ratio. The 14″ LCD is rotatable. HP’s DV1000 14″ wide NBPC had the same panel format but the industry is moving toward 14.1″ wide with 1280 x 800 pixel format and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The [...]

LG’s domestic brand for NBPCs is Xnote. Before, a while back actually, they partnered with IBM and basically rebadged the ThinkPads to LG IBM, made the keyboards Korean and loaded up a Korean-language Windows OS. Not any more. LG has been making Xnotes really neat lately. Take for instance the T1. This is a 14″ [...]