Up Close With Sharp's Stunning IGZO Display Technology

SweX · Sep 19, 2012

In a corner of the booth of Japan's Sharp are several prototype displays based on a new type of LCD (liquid crystal display) called IGZO.

The clunky IGZO name is derived from indium gallium zinc oxide, the semiconductor material on which the screen is based. Each pixel in an LCD screen is controlled by its own transistor and making those transistors on IGZO brings several favorable characteristics over the amorphous silicon that is used in today's LCD panels.

One prototype 6.1-inch screen on show at IFA crammed in 2560 pixels by 1600 pixels, or 498 pixels per inch. That's a 50 percent increase on the 326ppi screen used in Apple's iPhone 4S and roughly double that of the new iPad. The difference is easily apparent: the Sharp screen displayed a stunningly detailed image.

Pricing of the screens hasn't been announced, although Sharp's Okano said it wouldn't be substantially more than current LCD panels because the basic manufacturing cost is similar.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/261738/up_close_with_sharps_stunning_igzo_display_technology.html

A YouTube video of the IGZO prototypes at IFA
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZARbiKI7gqc

SweX · Sep 19, 2012

I so hope that many manufacturers will start buying panels from Sharp so they can get a big hit with the IGZO tech, because they are really worth that IMO. Great company with great technology

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