NEC busts out "world's highest resolution" LCD

The leapfrog game played by manufacturers wanting to hold that oh-so-coveted "world's largest" claim has spread from megapixels to HDTVs, and now onto resolution. This time around, however, NEC is simply outdoing itself, as its latest 21.3-inch a-Si (amorphous silicon) LCD rocks an astounding 2,800 x 2,100 resolution. The previous "record" holder was NEC's NL256204AM15-01/01A, whose sesquipedalian model number was only trumped by its prodigious 2,560 x 2,048 pixel count. The panel also sports the company's own "super-fine TFT (SA-SFT)" technology, which enables a brightness of 1000 cd/m2 and a 1000:1 contrast ratio. If you're mulling over picking one of these up to really show off that kilowatt-burning quad SLI setup, you should probably know that this uber-fine monitor comes in monochrome only, as its sole purpose (for now) is to examine detailed medical imagery such as digitized X-rays. It's probably for the best, though, as we don't envision these black and white bad boys coming in cheap at any rate.

[Via TGDaily]

[Kai @ Oct 17th 2006 9:48PM]

tee hee... i know what that is!

[Neiko @ Oct 17th 2006 9:48PM]

Sorry, not even close. IBM T221 FTW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T221

[Andrew @ Oct 17th 2006 10:23PM]

haha it's a boobie! or that's what i think it is too kai.

[Deluxe @ Oct 17th 2006 9:58PM]

Sorry, Stabbed in face.

[Edward K. @ Oct 17th 2006 10:30PM]

huh?

[Top @ Oct 17th 2006 10:37PM]

2,800 x 2,100 resolution on a 21.3 screen?

Get me a 2,800 x 2100 with a 30-inch screen and I'll consider.

[Brian @ Oct 17th 2006 10:40PM]

As Neiko said, not even close. I saw that IBM display at my university a year ago, and I haven't seen a higher resolution display yet. (Thanks, Neiko! I've been wondering what make/model that display was)

[Top @ Oct 17th 2006 10:44PM]

Not just IBM that was already 3840 x 2400 QUXGA - 22.2-inch - 9.2 mega pixel - 204 pixels per inch.

There's also IDTECH and ViewSonic

http://www.idtech.co.jp/en/920LCD/index.html
http://www.viewsonic.com/companyinfo/pressrelease_detail.cfm?key_press_release=155

[mercuryswitch @ Oct 17th 2006 10:52PM]

Actually, if you read the Wikipedia article, the IDTech and ViewSonics are just rebranded IBM monitors, which is why the picture off the IDTech link you provided is the same as the one on the Wikipedia article.

[don @ Oct 17th 2006 10:55PM]

Not to mention this Westinghouse on display at CES that Engadget already reported on! http://ces.engadget.com/2006/01/07/westinghouses-56-inch-4x-1080p-lcd/

[Top @ Oct 17th 2006 11:02PM]

Rebranded for the Japanese market eh?

sorry I still didn't read wikipedia article

anyway, a '56" 3840x2160 QuadHDTV display' sounds nice

[Charlie @ Oct 17th 2006 11:15PM]

The resolution isn't really very impressive - a 1600x1200 color LCD is really a 4800x1200 panel. So there are only a few more pixels on this display.

[matt @ Oct 17th 2006 11:26PM]

DAG YO! thats freakin crazy!

[DrBuzz0 @ Oct 17th 2006 11:48PM]

This (see above image) just once again proves my point: the driving force behind any display technology, be it medical, computer, television, portable is always the same: To deliver better, sharper, more acurate pictures of boobies

[Marty McFly @ Oct 18th 2006 2:05AM]

"This side boob turn you on? It shouldn't because its my side boob."

[daaper @ Oct 18th 2006 8:47AM]

marty mcfly FTW on "best comment"

[BeetMan @ Oct 18th 2006 2:07AM]

So is this is considered 2100p then?

[Ozi @ Oct 18th 2006 9:47AM]

Actually professional grade medical imaging lcds like these are the only lcd screens garantied to
be dead pixel free and image defect free. Problem here is you have time to get old and grey before you can get a good lcd screen like this to come out in color and for general public...

[Chris @ Oct 18th 2006 12:31PM]

"bust out" is right.

[phantomano @ Oct 18th 2006 10:37PM]

Only monochrome? Bah! Buy 3, then build 3 DIY projectors like you are in your other article, and put a Red Green or Blue filters in front of each LCD. Then you just split the signal in software to each to only send the right color component. You have the worlds highest resolution DIY rig. Totally sweet for those with both money and time. Consider it my gift.