Here’s one of those pieces of techno-goodness that serves as foreshadowing to what we might be seeing in the not-too-distant future. Samsung has just created the first 3-inch LCD panel that not only has enough pixels for 640×480 (VGA) resolution, but also has the industry-standard interface needed to fit into digital still cameras.
Until now, the video standard used for still-camera viewscreens would only work with LCDs with 320×240 pixel resolution. The only way designers could get that video to work properly was by using a convoluted process that had to convert the 30Hz signals of digital cameras to an LCD-friendly 60Hz. This new LCD panel from Samsung operates at 30Hz, bypassing the extra conversion step and allowing that higher 640×480 resolution, too.
Expect to see Samsung cranking out this LCD panel in the first half of next year, with digital cameras featuring the 3-inch 640×480 viewfinders appearing on the market not long after that.
Samsung develops LCD screen of 3inch VGA for digital cameras [AVing.net, via Newlaunches]
