Transparent LCDs look extremely cool and though electronic companies have not yet settled on a desire medium for their appliance, they still look extremely cool.
So you’ve just spunked a couple of grand on a new 3D TV, you’ve worn the silly glasses and watched Premier League match replays on the one 3D channel in the whole of the UK and Ireland – what next? Umm, hate to break it to you but maybe you should buy a new TV. You’ll certainly feel that way when you get a glimpse of transparent LCDs.
That’s right, Samsung are stepping up their R&D in transparent LCD technology by beginning began production of 22-inch transparent LCD panels. The panels come in two colours, the black-and-white type and the color type, and have a contrast ratio of 500:1 with WSXGA+(1680*1050) resolution.
Samsung’s transparent LCD panel boasts the world’s best transparency rate of over 20% for the black-and-white type and over 15% for the color type.
The transparent LCD panel has a high transparency rate, which enables a person to look right through the panel like glass, and it consumes 90% less electricity compared with a conventional LCD panel using back light unit.
This is because the panels use ambient light such as sun light, which helps reduce the dependence on electricity. As you can see below, the results are dazzling:
It is thought that transparent display panels greatest possibilities are as an advertising tool, applied for windows and outdoor billboards. Certainly, that makes a bit more sense than being able to see right through your television – which would perhaps defeat the purpose of owning one in the first place.
Younghwan Park, a senior vice president of Samsung Electronics LCD Business, has said of the company’s investment: “Transparent displays will have a wide range of use in all industry areas as an efficient tool for delivering information and communication.
“With the world’s first mass production of the transparent LCD panel, Samsung Electronics plans to lead the global transparent LCD market by developing various applications.”
Sure, we have no way of knowing exactly what route transparent LCDs will eventually take in their future appliance but for now, they look awe-inspiring and that’s enough to merit a mention in these pages.
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