Toshiba Matsushita Display Announce World's Thinnest LCD
Its not only the size that matters, its also the thickness.
Its not only the size that matters, its also the thickness.
Toshiba and Matsushita came together back in 2001 to form a joint venture appropriately called Toshiba Matsushita Display. Since then the newly formed entity has worked to produce some innovative display products including the first 17-inch wide format OLED and the world's highest resolution 2.2-inch TFT-LCD and other advancements using Low Temperature Polysilicon.
The latest announcement by Toshiba Matsushita Display is the world's thinnest 12.1-inch LCD (English). The LCD panels are between 2.9mm and 4.5mm thick and weigh about 183g (about 6.46oz). The new thin LCD can display a resolution of 1280x800 in 16:10 format and has a brightness of 30 0cd/m2. The panel uses LED backlights instead of traditional CCFL tubes.
Toshiba Matsushita Display says these panels are already in the production stage but there has been no mention of it being used anywhere yet. It is safe to assume these displays will be used in notebooks due to the lightweight, low power consumption nature of the product.
Toshiba Corporation has its hands in many other technologies such as the desktop and notebook PC market as well as its recently launched HD-XA1 HD-DVD player. Matsushita, otherwise known in the States as Panasonic, has also had some interesting products lately, including DSLR cameras.
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Twelve Screen Dell 3007WFP Matrix
And you thought you were cool with your single 3007WFP display.
As I type this on my keyboard which is covered in drool, "Crazy Jon" is enjoying the fruits of his labors. Crazy Jon and QJ.NET worked to put together a display matrix which features twelve 30" Dell 3007WFP LCD monitors.
Powering the matrix are six GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB graphics cards and three Turbo-Cool 1KW 1000W power supplies. Cooling duties for the horde of displays are handled by 48 fans mounted behind the displays. From QJ.NET:
After a week of work, the Wall-O-Monitors is finally complete. We've loaded up live traffic and security feeds, a web browser, World of Warcraft, and of course, Fish tank screensaver. Looks nice! 3000 watts of power seems to be powering the wall just fine. The fans are working well and dispersing heat very well. There were some concerns that the power cable extenders wouldn't do the trick, but it has been very stable.
As if that weren't enough, Crazy Jon also has five 30" Apple monitors on his desk. I'm accepting donations for my own Dell 3007WFP matrix in case anyone was wondering.