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Updated LCD Controller Summary

23 February 2012

The Digital View LCD Controller summary on the website has been completely revised and a downloadable version also made available. This summary makes comparison more straightforward than the previous presentation. Each of the items on the … [more]

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New Controller Summary

22 February 2012

The Digital View LCD controller page has been completely rewritten with a new summary together with a version for download. This can be seen here.

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LCD Panel Brightness

22 February 2012

LCD panel brightness is normally expressed in terms of Nits or Candelas/meter2 (cd/m2), they are equivalent, and refers to the manufacturers measurement under the following conditions: After the backlight has had time to warm up to reach … [more]

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HDMI – who sets the specification?

22 February 2012

HDMI is a consumer products video interface specification as set by the HDMI organization (www.hdmi.org). The organization was founded by consumer products companies to both simplify the inter-connection of consumer media devices as well as … [more]

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LCD Displays As Art

22 February 2012

Daniel Howe and Bill Seaman have put together a very impressive installation comprising 16 LCD panels in the Hong Kong City University, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre. This is on exhibit now until the … [more]

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LCD Panel Types – IPS etc

21 February 2012

Common to most LCD panels used in display systems is that they are Thin Film Transistor (TFT) ‘active matrix’ type, each pixel has its own thin film transistor which acts as the switch. So what … [more]

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Multi-Panel Timing Support…

18 February 2012

The Digital View website has frequent mention of ‘multi-panel’ support, maybe more accurately expressed as multi-panel timing support. What is multi-panel support? Different LCD panel models have different signal timing requirements – Digital View LCD controllers … [more]

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LCD Panel Specifications

17 February 2012

When choosing an LCD panel, size and resolution are probably the two characteristics that are at the top of everyone’s list – but for a display system that matches the needs of the target market … [more]

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Transparent LCD’s

16 February 2012

As shown in the Corning video ‘A Day Made of Glass’ (mentioned in an earlier blog) and movies like Avatar and Minority Report, transparent displays look exciting.  Attendees of certain trade shows will know that … [more]

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System Developer Blog

16 February 2012

I have started a Display System Developer blog on displaysystem.tumblr.com for notes and various information related to developing LCD display systems.

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Connectors & Input Signals…

16 February 2012

Common input signal connectors as shown above include: HMDI: Designed for consumer electronics but increasingly appearing on professional grade products as well. DVI: Comes in two designs, digital and digital & analog. DisplayPort: Promoted as … [more]

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Displays In Our Future…

15 February 2012

A look at how displays might be part of our daily life in the future… this is Corning’s excellent A Day Made of Glass 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkHpNnXLB0

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