Last week while watching Avatar in the theater a friend of mine commented on how cool the transparent touchscreens and tablets used in the movie were. I then remembered reading about transparent display concepts in 2009 and thinking we may have such devices soon.

Now as further confirmation that devices like those used in the movie are indeed on there way we need to only look at devices like the laptop with the transparent screen and the Samsung Ice Touch. …Continue reading … »

Samsung continues to wow and amaze. They again show themselves to be the pioneers in LCD technology. This time they have created a LCD television that is only 6.5mm thick. …Continue reading … »

It seems that since the Macbook Air was released everyone wants to do their version of it. Now Samsung has thrown their hat into the arena with the Samsung X360 notebook. …Continue reading … »

Remember Samsung’s video of optical tricks? Well, here is another video from them. This time it features Samsung’s dino-robot. …Continue reading … »

Here is a very cool commercial from Samsung which special effects to show various illusions. I’m not exactly sure how they did the optical tricks but they are pretty well done.

Check out the video below. …Continue reading … »

Samsung continues to show itself a pioneer in LCD panel technology.
It has created a new LCD technology called “Blue Phase”.

Blue Phase mode will allow images to be displayed at 240 Hertz or higher, allowing for even more realistic moving images then what is currently available from current LCDs which display images at 120 Hertz.

The Blue Phase panels do not require the overdrive circuits needed in current LCD panels. The new panels are also cheaper to produce because they do not require liquid crystal alignment layers like today’s standard LCDs.

This new technology is called “Blue Phase”because of the bluish hues seen while in operating mode.
Samsung will unveil a 15” model at the SID (Society for Information Display) 2008 symposium and they expect to mass produce the Blue Phase LCD in 2011.

[source: Fareastgizmos.com]

Thankfully it looks as if Samsung is beginning to bring the excellent contrast ratios of their home theater lcds to their pc lcd monitors. Samsung’s new line of pc monitors are part of the “Touch of Color” line which feature a black glossy face with a red accent. These are the first pc lcds to have a dynamic contrast ratio of 20,000:1.

There are four models in the lineup, the T190 (priced at $259), the T220 (priced at $359) the T240 (priced at $499) and T260 (priced at $599). All the monitors feature MagicColor intelligent color control, MagicBright Dynamic Contrast control, Samsung’s SoftPower standby mode and Samsung’s Multi Screen function.

The T190 and T220 have response time of 2ms and are available now. The T240 and T260 have response time of 5ms and are in July.

[source: Slashgear]

A 16GB version of the Samsung YP-P2 can now be ordered online by Canadian consumers.

This new 16GB model was advertised to the Korean market earlier this month.

In Canada the Samsung YP-P2 is priced at $369.99CAD (or $329.99CAD with discount).

I thought that products such as these are usually introduced in the United States before Canada or in both countries simultaneously. So it seems strange that it would be available in Canada first.

Regardless, now that the YP-P2 is available in Canada it should show up in the US very soon.

[source: Dapreview.net]

Samsung has announced its new 250GB Spinpoint MP2 notebook hard drive. This is the highest capacity model in its line of Spinpoint MP2 notebook hard drives.The smallest capacity is 80GB.

The 250GB Spinpoint MP2 is a 2.5-inch hard drive that has a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, 16MB cache and uses a 3Gb/s SATA interface.

Additional features include the performance boosting Native Command Queueing, and two silencing technologies, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard. The 250GB MP2 will be available to OEM manufacturers beginning march 2008.

[source: Slashgear]

 In Korea Samsung has launched two new plasma television models which have 3-D capabilities. These televisions, the PAVV Cannes 450 and the full HD PAVV Cannes 550, can be used to display 3-D images with the aid of special pc software and 3-D glasses. The software developer Electronic Arts is developing 3-D content for these televisions. …Continue reading … »