Nano HDTV could change your outlook on HD

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they have produced a true 1080p display on a screen that only measures 0.7 inches.

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Even phone screens are quite a bit bigger than .7". Gotta wonder if this display might be aimed at 3-D virtual reality type applications. One little HD display for each eye with the proper lensing to make the display fill the majority of each eye's field of view. With hollywood making big noises about 3-D being the next big thing it would be a natural. It's obvious that direct viewing is not what these are intended for.

its just to prove that they can do it, and it can be any size bigger than that, for use in phones and other things like say maybe psp2?

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WTF! What is up with that??? What kind of oxymoron is that? WILL NOT BUY! Jesus, HDTV is supposed to help our eyes, not strain them on phone-sized screens

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1080p on a screen that measures .7 inches! Just think what kind of resolution you could get in 42, 50, and 65! If nothing else, think about how much it willd drive HDTV set prices down! It'll take 2 years, but its still good news. Even recent innovations can affect currect market prices. Bring on technology!

You guys are kidding right? The .7 inch screen they developed is a LCOS imager. That means it is a chip used for projection TVs (may it be rear or front). So while the chip is .7 inches, the projection TVs they develop with it can be huge. Can you just imagine a front projector with that kind of resolution? And with all their talk about affordability, it can truly be the catalyst of something special.

w-yo Thanks for clarifying that. LCOS = Liquid Crystal on Silicon. Ahhhhhh.... Now it makes sense. Too many acronyms to keep track of.

lcarbutt, I didn't read the whole article, just the first paragraph. I know, shame on me. But anyways, I finally did read the article and still have the same relative feelings. If they ever did make this, I still won't buy! What a waste of technology!

"its just to prove that they can do it, and it can be any size bigger than that, for use in phones and other things like say maybe psp2?"- That was my interpretation as well. It's actually rather impressive and anything that would make HDTV more affordable is fine by me.

Well thanxs for the clarifications that its not for sale yet.

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size of your fingernail

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even if its cheaper to make an its HDTV an so on those companies will milk your pocket for it even if costs are low for them how much you wanna bet your still gonna see expensive prices.....i see these major companies like oil campanies some times see how much people will pay for it then mark it down...well jsut my opinion but lets see where they go with this

Now everyone just imaging (drum roll) a High Definition iPod Video!!! Now I would definetely buy one of those.

"even if its cheaper to make an its HDTV an so on those companies will milk your pocket for it even if costs are low for them how much you wanna bet your still gonna see expensive prices"- That's why you can always count on generic nobody companies to make a product with just the same quality at a rediculously lower price.

I wouldn't get too excited. It's par for the course to see announcements of wonderful new technologies that will revolutionise displays/battery life/CPU power/whatever. It's always a case of "they won't be available for a couple of years yet", and they usually quietly fade into obscurity. I can remember at least three occasions when people have announced fuel cell technology that's "just about to go into production" in the last 6 years. You still can't buy it as a consumer product, though. Same with flexible screens and various other advances in display technology.

Nano Technology is a means of miniturizing components to a fraction of their current size. Needless to say it goes way beyond this simple description. The point is this, when manufacturers can miniturize components, they can minimize costs, thus passing these savings on to us the consumer. The fact that they placed it on a screen 7/10th of an inch simply indicates just how small these internal components really are, nothing more. Is it a major leap? Considering that Nano Technology is still in its development stages I'd dare say yes. It's an amazing technology that's been scientist have been experimenting with in the meical community. It's good to see that it's finally making it's way into other areas of technology and soon into our living rooms.

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...this type of technology could very quickly make its benefit known to the consumers.

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...they can minimize costs, thus passing these savings on to us the consumer.

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