Samsung unveils "world's first truly double-sided LCD"
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jan 4th 2007 8:01AM
posted Jan 4th 2007 8:01AM
They already tout the "world's slimmest" LCD panel for mobile phones, now Samsung is announcing the "world's first" truly double-sided LCD. Samsung's new double-sided LCD can display two entirely different sets of information simultaneously on the front and back of the same screen whereas conventional double-sided LCDs can only show a reverse image of the same data. The magic results from Samsung's new double-gate, thin-film transistor (TFT) architecture. The LCD has two gates -- not one -- which operate each pixel for separate control of the liquid crystal on the transmissive and reflective sides. The 2.22-inch display is 2.6-mm thick and features a QVGA (240x320) resolution, support for 265k colors, and a 250-nit brightness on the transmissive primary screen which drops down to a weak sauce, 100-nit on the secondary reflective screen. Still, thin is in and the new panel can shave a full millimeter off today's dual-panel devices. Hitting the streets in the form of consumable product sometime before July. Check the mystery, prototype handset after the break.
[Via AVING]
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I guess Engadget hasn't mastered the "doing things double" thing like Samsung has? :)
Is AVING.net the site which advertise the Korean companies?
Not that I'm against the technology but isn't part of the point of a flip phone to protect the screen?
Personally I'm more interested in that Hitachi 800x480 display.
The article says "TRULY".
AVING is a Korean's site and is mainly introducing the South Korean company news.
engadget ties up with aving and introduces many korean company news of aving.
Lee,
That Mitsubishi uses a single gate reflective LCD. Therefore, it isnt a "true" double sided LCD. However, The Samsung uses a double gate design using transflective AND reflective at the SAME time which makes it a "true" double sided LCD.