Samsung develops super-reflective LCD for outdoor use
By Marc Perton 
posted January 26th 2006 5:26PM
posted January 26th 2006 5:26PM
Addressing the needs of countless cellphone and digital camera users, Samsung has unveiled a super-reflective LCD screen that the company says can be read outdoors in bright sunlight. The 1.72-inch display uses silver instead of aluminum as the reflecting metal, relies on a new reflective lens, and uses transflective panel technology, which makes greater use of natural light. Samsung rates the display at 100 nits, with a contrast ratio of 220:1 and 50% color saturation. That doesn't quite put it at the same level as a similar display from BOE-Hydis, which claims a brightness level of 260 nits and a 700:1 contrast ratio, but it's still enough of an improvement to make reading a phone number on a cellphone screen an easier task.
i smell a dupe. since when did i get slashdot at engadget.com????
My DSC-F505V can do this for about 6 years already...
Hey, wait a minute. Camera and cell phone users aren't the only people who can benefit from this. Anyone else ever try to play Nintendo DS in the passenger seat of a car on a sunny day, slouched low towards the door, only to shift forward to get closer to the glove compartment just because the sun started creeping through a different window? Please put this in the DS lite Nintendo! Maybe then I'll consider an upgrade. And also better scratch resistance on the touch screen.