Like many of you, we're intrigued by the possibilities offered by the availability of affordable round LCD panels. But beyond the smartwatches they were designed for, it's not always easy to come up with an appropriate application for such non-t...
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LG is developing three new standalone displays that may end up being for Apple, including one based on the current 24-inch iMac, one based on the upcoming 27-inch iMac, and a 32-inch model that may be a new Pro Display XDR with an Apple silicon chip,...
For the past 30 years, cathode-ray tube (CRT) technology has dominated the PC monitor market. With LCD prices falling and screen sizes growing, however, a major shift to LCD displays may be around the corner. We recently surveyed 1,350 TechRepublic m...
For as big, bulky, and power-hungry as they were, CRTs were an analog joy of the early days of TV, video games, and computers. The crackling high-voltage, the occasional whiff of ozone, the whizzing electrons lancing through a vacuum to excite a phos...
Last night, we saw the release of a extensive research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who laid out his timeline for product releases from Apple in the coming year. MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera recaps Kuo's predictions in this video which covers...
Apple charges $5,000 for its Pro Display XDR and has described it as a display designed for professionals, even claiming that it can match the performance of some professional reference monitors on the market that sell for much more.Vincent Teoh, a T...
Apple has adjusted the marketing of its high-end Pro Display XDR in the UK following complaints to the country's Advertising Standards Authority that it was misleading customers.As reported by 9to5Mac, the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) had re...
The Society for Information Display today announced its selections for the 26th Annual Display Industry Awards, and Apple has once again taken one of the top spots, this time with its Pro Display XDR that debuted last year alongside the revamped Mac...
Apple on Tuesday released firmware version 2.2.2 for its Pro Display XDR, adding support for customized reference modes. The feature also requires macOS 10.15.4 and is reflected in the release notes for the update.In a new support document, Apple say...
Alongside the Mac Pro, Apple launched the Pro Display XDR, a 6K professional display that's designed to be used with the Mac Pro and other high-powered Apple machines.We picked up a Pro Display XDR alongside our Mac Pro, and it arrived today, so we t...
Apple's patent applications always provide an interesting peek into what Apple researchers have been working on. In one of the more interesting patent applications we've discovered, Apple appears to be researching 3D displays in which the user w...
With Retina-class displays releasing across smartphones and tablets, it’s not uncommon for someone to posses a mobile device with an extremely high resolution screen. Displays continue to improve, though, as LG has proven with the production of...
Almost a year ago, rumors spread that Samsung might manufacture OLED screens for the next iPhone. At the time, we examined the rumors and called them plausible, given that OLED technology continues to improve at a reasonable pace, while LCD technolog...
Apple kicked off the era of capacitive touchscreen smartphones, but its display technology has fallen a little behind in recent years. The AMOLED panels used by smartphone makers like Samsung can best Apple’s LCDs in every category, but Apple m...
Google is actively investigating reports of major screen burn-in in Pixel 2 devices. Multiple end users are reporting significant problems with burn-in, even after just a few days of using the device.Screen burn-in has been a problem for literally as...
A schematic of the display structure shows the conductive wire pattern embedded into the thermochromic layer(Image: Applied Physics Letters:)A flexible, thermally-activated electronic display made from a mixture of metal nanoparticles and plastic has...
A solution of plastic-coated iron oxide particles changes colour under a magnetic field. Field strength increases from left to right.(Image: Yin laboratory, UCR)A liquid that changes colour when exposed to a magnetic field could cheaply replace the c...