The future for portables (screens) is here....

segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Mon May 28, 2007 4:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QbQugXy1A

Paper-thin full color (even when bended) display screens (sheets?) Simply amazing, Just imagine the small and amazing portables that can be made from these once they are fully released to the consumer market..

-Segasonicfan

DK · Post by DK » Mon May 28, 2007 4:44 pm

How much ??

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:35 pm

Add these for power and you'll have the smallest portable ever.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Tue May 29, 2007 12:43 am

youd need a pretty big solar array to run something like a 64 or a gamecube

Post by **Triton** » Tue May 29, 2007 11:37 am

did anyone else notice the massive ammounts of lines on the screen after they folded it? its flexible but probably still pretty fragile and also low res like 120x160 i think it was. give it a few years and we will be good to go lol

nubie · Post by **nubie** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:10 pm

Notice some of the other panels, 22" and such, they are 11mm thick?!?!

I am waiting for the new Ipod Shuffle Ring with Video

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segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:24 pm

actually the lines were there before the folding. Not sure why they left them in the image, maybe it's a quirk they are still working out with the IC.

-Segasonicfan

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:49 pm

If that works like the other film thin LCD screen I've read about it requires power to change the screen, and with a refresh rate of 50-60Hz that's fairly often and so I don't know how much power could be saved. The original use for the screens I'm thinking of were for e-books, as you don't need a high refresh rate.

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Tue May 29, 2007 11:49 pm

Sparkfist wrote:If that works like the other film thin LCD screen I've read about it requires power to change the screen, and with a refresh rate of 50-60Hz that's fairly often and so I don't know how much power could be saved. The original use for the screens I'm thinking of were for e-books, as you don't need a high refresh rate.

I believe these are OLED, which consumes different power based on how many pixels are lit(more black=less power used), and require power constantly to display an image. I don't think these will save much more power than the current screens we have. However, being a fraction of thickness will allow much thinner portables. Being bendable allows for some insteresting possibilities, you could potentially have a regular sized NES controller with a fold out 4" screen.

reliant · Post by **reliant** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:29 am

Back when i was a kid, we had lcd screens that were 6 inches thick and we liked it!