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[JimH]

Dutch firm Philips Electronics said on Monday it was preparing to mass-produce a slim, book-sized display panel onto which consumers could download newspapers and magazines -- then roll up and put away.

Article at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040126/tc_nm/tech_philips_displays_dc

[DocLotus]

Well... Roll Me Up

Have you heard anything about the new "Organic" displays that are on a very few of the latest digital cameras ?.

They require no backlighting as they produce their own light & are very readable even in bright sunlight or total darkness.

They are also very sharp as there seems to be no real pixel but a continuous image.

Also they do not have the lag time of LCD screens.

One last thing... they are very thin as no backlight is needed.

Sounds like a win-win situation.

Can't wait for the technology to make it into larger screens for monitors.


Also, have you heard about the latest advances in LCD screens ?

As we all know LCD's are not quite as bright as a really good CRT (yet).

There is a new way to produce LCD's without the fluorescent backlighting that is presently being used.

Instead, they use a panel of special LED's (behind the viewable LCD) for the backlighting.

The side-by-side comparison is simply amazing... more like Plasma brightness plus a truer rendition of color.

The new screens can be produced on the same assembly lines as today's LCD's so there is no additional re-tooling cost involved.

After looking at one of the newer displays you will never go back to simple LCD again

Isn't technology great

[pat1066]

I thought...  "Ah! A roll-up AW - that sounds good!"

[Doof]

When can we expect some sort of MC remote contol function to appear on a roll-up screen?

[KingSparta]

There is one very big and major problem with this.

The cost of killing a fly will go up.