Engadget | 6 June 2012
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Smartphone displays are becoming larger in size, and along with that, we're seeing a nice trend that's bringing greater pixel density.
While LG Display's newly-announced 1080p HD mobile display isn't the most pixel dense that we've seen -- a distinction that belongs
to Toshiba -- the five-inch panel is more appropriate for consumer applications and boasts an impressive pixel density of 440ppi. Its
16:9 aspect ratio was designed with HD content in mind, and the LCD technology isn't anything to sneeze at, either: it's a variant of
IPS known as Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS), which is said to boast wide viewing angles, fast response times
and improved brightness efficiency.
LG’s Full HD AH-IPS panel ends up with what works out to a pixel density of 440ppi, an improvement of almost 35% over the density
of the iPhone’s screen. It’s unclear if this represents a limit for how densely LG can manufacture displays with the technology it’s using,
and if we’ll eventually see 1080p on something smaller than a five-inch component. If you're eager to get an early look at the display,
you can still catch it at SID 2012 Display Week in Boston starting June 4th to 8th.
Best yet, it seems that consumers won't have long to wait before the panel works its way into consumer technology -- the five-inch HD
display is now availability and should be in manufacturers' products by the second-half of this year.
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Smartphone displays are becoming larger in size, and along with that, we're seeing a nice trend that's bringing greater pixel density.
While LG Display's newly-announced 1080p HD mobile display isn't the most pixel dense that we've seen -- a distinction that belongs
to Toshiba -- the five-inch panel is more appropriate for consumer applications and boasts an impressive pixel density of 440ppi. Its
16:9 aspect ratio was designed with HD content in mind, and the LCD technology isn't anything to sneeze at, either: it's a variant of
IPS known as Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS), which is said to boast wide viewing angles, fast response times
and improved brightness efficiency.
LG’s Full HD AH-IPS panel ends up with what works out to a pixel density of 440ppi, an improvement of almost 35% over the density
of the iPhone’s screen. It’s unclear if this represents a limit for how densely LG can manufacture displays with the technology it’s using,
and if we’ll eventually see 1080p on something smaller than a five-inch component. If you're eager to get an early look at the display,
you can still catch it at SID 2012 Display Week in Boston starting June 4th to 8th.
Best yet, it seems that consumers won't have long to wait before the panel works its way into consumer technology -- the five-inch HD
display is now availability and should be in manufacturers' products by the second-half of this year.
