SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display. SED has the potential to become a serious threat to LCD, PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technologies. Why? SED prototypes that have been shown have color that is as good as the best CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) TVs while maintaining a thin profile as [...]
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Canon’s 5D Mark II is a full frame digital SLR (DSLR). It improves on the original 5D on many accounts. The full frame CMOS sensor has a total of 22.0 million pixels with 21.2 million of them effective. The largest files will have a pixel format of 5616 x 3744. The [...]
Canon EOS 50D Specifications
Image Sensor: 15.1MP APS-C CMOS with EOS Integrated Cleaning System
Performance: 6.3fps continuous shooting. Max burst 90 JPEGs with UDMA card
Image Processor: DIGIC 4
ISO Sensitivity: 100-3200, expandable to 12800
Autofocus: 9-point wide area
Monitor: 3.0″ Clear View VGA LCD with Live View mode, Face Detection Live AF
Monitor Pixel Format: 640 x 480
Body: Magnesium alloy with [...]
Canon LCoS
Size: 0.71″
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
Size: 0.55″
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Pixel Format: 1400 x 1050
On May 20, 2008, Canon announced the development of its own Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) reflective LCD panel. Canon will be showcasing its LCoS panel at InfoComm 2008 that will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from [...]
On February 27 a formal contract between Canon and Hitachi was announced. Based on the agreement, Canon will acquire 24.9% shares of Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi. Hitachi Displays manufacture small/medium LCD panels. The 24.9% equity acquisition will be completed by March 31, 2008 and will be valued around JPY43.2B. Canon [...]
On February 15, 2008, Hitachi and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced an alliance reached on December 25, 2007 by Hitachi, Matsushita, and Canon. Under the terms of this agreement, Matsushita will acquire a 24.9% stake in Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly owned Hitachi subsidiary that makes small/medium LCD panels, from Hitachi by March 31, 2008. [...]
I will focus on the little display of the S3 IS. For an in-depth overview of the camera, I always find DPReview to be the best. The S3 IS comes with a 2.0″ TFT LCD that flips out and twists with a total number of pixels at 115,000. The size has improved from the S2 [...]
SED stands for Surface conduction Electron-emitter Display and Toshiba is the champion of this new display technology. According to Toshiba, SED has lower material costs than LCD. This is a big deal because most of the cost associated with manufacturing LCDs is material costs. Why are material costs so dang expensive? Well, most of the [...]