Samsung to unveil low power display panel without color filter

Samsung said it will unveil a new 32 inch LCD at a display conference in Yokohama, Japan, next week. Unlike other conventional color LCD displays, the new display will not use a color filter to separate out the red, green and blues, but will rely on the backlight to separately transmit colors.

The display will have a 1366 X 768 resolution and a contrast ratio of 1000 to 1. Samsung claims that the new panel uses only 82 watts which is 60% less than other panels. In addition a 5 millisecond response time is promised. Samsung says that mass production of the new displays will begin in mid 2006 and will scale up to larger panels.

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