Epson begins mass-producing 'world's smallest' LCD for 3LCD data projectors

Epson's started volume production of what it believes to be the "world's smallest" XGA high temperature polysilicon TFT (HTPS-TFT) panel for 3LCD data projectors. The chip used (an L3P05X-91G00) is approximately 23 percent smaller than its predecessor, and the 0.55-inch panel boasts natural XGA (1024 x 768) resolution. Epson says they're working to increase the resolution on these types of displays, which are currently being manufactured only for 3LCD data projectors. Pretty impressive -- though, we'll just hold out until they start putting these babies into really tiny television sets.

[Via About Projectors]

[JehxOne @ Jun 29th 2009 10:42AM]

isn't the trick to make them bigger?

[OneLove @ Jun 29th 2009 10:50AM]

that's what she said!

[ChrisTheFeral @ Jun 29th 2009 11:39PM]

No, the trick is to increase the pixel pitch. There's no practical use in having a 2x2px 50 inch screen :P

[CityZen @ Jun 29th 2009 12:02PM]

Yes. Like people discovered with film, having a bigger frame gave you higher resolution.

Sure, increasing the number of pixels (for a given size) helps, but so does increasing the pixel quality (ie, things like the active area ratio). As the pixels get smaller, they tend to perform worse.

[ZaxCG2 @ Jun 29th 2009 10:43AM]

But...
Why?

[ZaxCG2 @ Jun 29th 2009 10:44AM]

Oh wait... maybe to make more compact projectors?

[belard @ Jun 29th 2009 10:56AM]

Electronic viewfinders and binoculars, projectors, mobile phones, any kind of small device.

[milkmage @ Jun 29th 2009 11:13AM]

way to go sherlock "Epson says they're working to increase the resolution on these types of displays, which are currently being manufactured only for 3LCD data projectors"

[Tim Brown @ Jun 29th 2009 11:13AM]

This tech could mean native full HD screens on your next phone or pmp, plug and ion into this and you are laughing

[loosely_coupled @ Jun 29th 2009 7:29PM]

"plug and ion into this and you are laughing"

WTF are you talking about?

[10minutehobo @ Jun 30th 2009 6:38AM]

"HAHAHAHA, I'm playing on a screen smaller than the GPU"

[john @ Jun 29th 2009 10:49AM]

Wow. What ever happened to Emmanuel Lewis?

[OneLove @ Jun 29th 2009 10:51AM]

Hes buried at nevaland ranch (behind the feris wheel)

[Randy @ Jun 29th 2009 1:17PM]

He's still around. Still small, but not as cute.

[3Djesus @ Jun 29th 2009 11:06AM]

Netbooks fro 'Bratz'.

[Dan @ Jun 29th 2009 11:14AM]

This is a projector George Papadapolis could be proud of.

[Dave @ Jun 29th 2009 11:17AM]

Make a nice watch phone.

[Snake Robot Podium @ Jun 29th 2009 11:20AM]

Oh LCD, have you forgotten your roots so soon? There are many LCD digital watch readouts smaller than this.

[loosely_coupled @ Jun 29th 2009 7:30PM]

In full-color and 1024x768?

[Mark @ Jun 29th 2009 11:52AM]

It would be nice to see a laptop get rid of the VGA slot and just have an on-board projector. This could kill the standard projector we see today.

[loosely_coupled @ Jun 29th 2009 7:31PM]

Sure, but your "laptop" would be twice the size and 4-5lbs heavier if you wanted a decent projector.

[Tru @ Jun 29th 2009 11:54AM]

I want tv earrings!

[Travis @ Jun 29th 2009 12:15PM]

That's sweet!

[jol @ Jun 29th 2009 12:49PM]

Now if only I could get a 5000x5000 resolution touch phone...

[frankXchange @ Jun 29th 2009 2:33PM]

The human eye has a minimum resolution of detail, which I think is well below that resolution. It doesn't make sense to produce tiny HD screens, but maybe projectors or HD headsets or something.

[loosely_coupled @ Jun 29th 2009 7:32PM]

hence the "are currently being manufactured only for 3LCD data projectors."

[tskowronski @ Jun 29th 2009 5:11PM]

OLED? What do you guys think? Is this better?

[Colonel Panic @ Jun 29th 2009 5:12PM]

...And yet they can not make a netbook-sized XGA screen.

[CityZen @ Jun 29th 2009 6:28PM]

Oh, "they" can, and already do.

But:

1) They are more expensive.
2) Microsoft won't license Windows XP at the netbook rate if the screen is bigger than WSVGA.

[CBXweb @ Jun 29th 2009 10:44PM]

Emanuel Lewis?