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Good ole Samsung has just announced the world’s first 3in LCD with VGA (640 x 480) resolution that is fit for use in digital cameras; you know, the bit on the back that shows how blurry your snaps are?
If you think we’ve reported similar displays in the past, you’d be right, so why the big deal. We’ll let Samsung explain themselves:
“Digital camera makers use an interface known as ITU-R601, an international standard for cathode ray tube TVs that operate at 30Hz. This standard is incompatible with LCDs, which normally run at 60Hz. Manufacturers have had to reconcile the difference either by compressing the images or by manipulating the signal. However, such approaches will only work with LCDs having a resolution of qVGA (320 x 240 pixels) or less.
“Samsung’s new LCD operates on 30Hz, allowing VGA images to be obtained from a digital camera without having to create another interface.”
We can expect to see the new panels in the first half of next year.
(Via Samsung)
Yoshi’s take: Any improvement in LCDs has to be welcomed, as many camera displays are just too low-res to be much use.
11:34 AM 
Mark Hiratsuka •
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