Samsung ready to release filterless low power displays

[Jim_Fear]

Samsung filterless LCD means faster responses, less power

And less expensive
By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 12 October 2005, 10:44
KOREAN CHAEBOL Samsung said it will intro a 32-inch LCD panel next week which doesn't need a colour filter.

And this means higher quality LCD panels at a lower cost, the company said.

The LCD panel uses a sequential processing method that can display accurate colour tones and pixels are not spatially arranged throughout, meaning a filter isn't needed.

Samsung said ordinary LCDs need a cold cathode fluorescent backlight and a filter to separate the white light from the backlight into RGB sub pixels.

The breakthrough, Samsung reckons, won't only mean better pictures, but also consumes 82 watts, 60 per cent of the power an average backlight consumes. It will also mean response times of 5ms or faster, Samsung claimed. µ

Looks like a nice breakthrough!

 

[remi]

So It may be worth waiting a couple of months to see how the new LCD panels perform before purchasing a LCD tv.

 

[peahead]

cant wait for these mmm proper blacks

 

[freekbear]

So It may be worth waiting a couple of months to see how the new LCD panels perform before purchasing a LCD tv.

If they release the panel now, then that probably means it will be in the TV's for the xmas 2006 lineup - if not later.

 

[RockySpieler]

That's if they get good quality off the production line. I have read some new LCD fab plants having 100% failure rate for weeks.... think of the money. That would not happen in Europe, they would send out the dodgey panels, and wait for consumers to complain.