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Apple to Use IGZO Displays to Achieve a Thinner Lower-Power iPad 3?

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Regardless of the source, Apple's penchant for using only tried & true technology - especially in this component area - this seems unlikely. But, you know, who knows.
 
iWantThat said:
Anyone else a bit disappointed that a product that has been out for 20 months is severely showing its age and has been doing so evers since ios 5 came out? I understand that iPads typically run 1/2 of the price of a macbook but I'd like to think that I'd be able to keep an iPad for 3 years without HAVING to upgrade. My parent's original iPad is downright sluggish at this point.
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Ugh, I fear this is a growing trend with Apple products. The programming (OSX and iOS) demands more and more and it seems with every update, our 1-2 year old products are begging to be replaced. Since most people are already uncomfortable not having the latest gen of their product, it's becoming the acceptable cycle of Apple products.

(Not for everyone though, for sure. I just replaced my 5 year old mini and my little bro is now using it. It chugs, but works.)
 
iWantThat said:
Anyone else a bit disappointed that a product that has been out for 20 months is severely showing its age and has been doing so evers since ios 5 came out? I understand that iPads typically run 1/2 of the price of a macbook but I'd like to think that I'd be able to keep an iPad for 3 years without HAVING to upgrade. My parent's original iPad is downright sluggish at this point.
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Hey...i was bummed that the imovie app doesnt work on the ipad 1....or that it didnt have a camera like the ipad 2, but i look at it this way....i jumped to own the ipad 1 when it came out in April of 2010 and have no regrets. Thats the price you pay for being an early adopter. It was the first model, and thats that. But it definitely convinced me to move away from carrying my laptop around. I travel alot, and the ipad 1 although not perfect for everything...won me over.

I haven't updated to ioS 5 on it yet, and probably won't, as its already kinda slowing down in many tasks....and i dont think the battery or the 256 megs of ram will like ios 5 very much. Lol.

Does this suck? Perhaps. But my ipad 1 does what it needs to do. It surfs the web. I draw on it. I email. For such things, it will be viable for a long time.

Do i want more power? Yup. And thats why i am waiting for the ipad 3.
i think it being the 3rd gen....should hold up even better. Do i find my slowing ipad 1 slightly annoying? Yup. But it works, and besides, thats the nature of the beast.
 
MacDarcy said:
Hey...i was bummed that the imovie app doesnt work on the ipad 1....or that it didnt have a camera like the ipad 2, but i look at it this way....i jumped to own the ipad 1 when it came out in April of 2010 and have no regrets. Thats the price you pay for being an early adopter. It was the first model, and thats that. But it definitely convinced me to move away from carrying my laptop around. I travel alot, and the ipad 1 although not perfect for everything...won me over.
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Take the long term view. Apple is going to build a lot of iPads over the next ten years. Do you want to buy an iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad 5 and so on? Probably not. So you might buy an iPad, iPad 3, iPad 5, iPad 7, iPad 9. Someone else buys iPad 2, iPad 4, iPad 6, iPad 8, iPad 10. At any time, one of you is ahead of the other. So what?
 
firewood said:
Nobody is producing consumer media content for any higher DPI than 1080P.
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...yet.

firewood said:
Plus 1080P across the living room is already retina in angular resolution...
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Who says I'm across the room? Who says I'm only watching movies on this screen? Who says I can't have 4 1080p signals on one screen? Who says a 30" screen at 3 feet away is ok at 1080p? Movies are now being shot at 1k, 2k, 4k, 5k, and even 8k. 35mm film is xfered to digital at 2k now.

This is like saying the old Nokia brick phone is fine cause no one is ever going to use a phone for anything but calls and snake.

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will be waiting on the Ipad 3 I just returned my Ipad 2 which was a Christmas gift so I can get the Ipad 3 when it comes out. I looking forward to the higher res and many other features.
 
What's sad is every lalala'ing site picks up Digitimes rumor as "news". Just google IGZO to see what I mean.
 
IGZO - Don't hold your breath

This is an iPad 4 feature, not iPad 3. iPad 3 will be released in the next 3 months, this won't make it in till the next one as a feature to save power and make it thinner.
 
dokujaryu said:
Why do you say [the maximum resolutoin will be 1920x1080]? Is there an FCC regulation or something? Why can't we have a higher DPI large format screen?
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As I stated originally, because home theater enthusiasts want 1:1 pixel display. If we go beyond this you have to scale the source to the display resolution.

blackpond said:
If its one of the few sets that will playback the 4K Extended Editions of the two new Hobbit movies, Spider-Man 4k edition and Prometheus 4K Edition, Avatar 2 4K etc... (of course all Optionally in 3D) it might make a big difference...
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And what consumer electronics devices will allow such playback? If you're answer is "oh, you'll stream it", try again. It will be disc-based. We already have to resort to lossy compression formats to fit 1080p HD on a Bluray. When that device does appear, I'm sure it will require a connection method not supported by the Apple TV -- you'll still have to buy a new TV set. Just ask people who bought first generation HDTVs, besides many of them being 4:3 or 16:10 aspect, none of them had HDMI connections.

Also... don't underestimate the impact of Apple TV Apps that could make use of the resolution long before movies and Television would...
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At TV-viewing distances you can't tell the difference between "Retina" sharpness and normal displays. :rolleyes: Go back and re-read the info about distance vs. visual acuity from when the iPhone 4 first came out.
 
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SeaFox said:
As I stated originally, because home theater enthusiasts want 1:1 pixel display. If we go beyond this you have to scale the source to the display resolution.
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Technology is about the future, not the present. If the original shot was done on a 2k, 3k, 4k, or 8k camera, your are downsampling the master to 1080p since the theater will show it at 2k, 3k, 4k, or 8k in their projectors. By 2020, we might even have broadcasts in UHD.

Here's some links to watch. I guess since it's asian people making the products rather than crazy Apple lunatics who don't understand enthusiasts, it will sink in?

http://gizmodo.com/342997/concept-samsung-82+inch-lcd-worlds-largest-ultra-high+definition
http://gizmodo.com/5547081/lg-shows-off-84+inch-3dtv-with-3840-x-2160-resolution
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/28/lg-unveils-84-inch-ultra-definition-4k-tv-its-bringing-to-ces/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U7e_quvkPQ#!
 
firewood said:
Nobody with that kind of money cares about you. The people who can afford to invest in multi-billion dollar display fab lines only care about what many many millions of consumers might do.
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Just in case the links above to the efforts of LG, Samsung, and Sharp don't compel you to rethink what people who can afford to invest in multibillion dollar display fab lines are thinking about what consumers might do, here's two products at above 1080p available now:

Sony:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/28/sony-4k-home-cinema-projector-coming-in-january-for-18-000/

JVC:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/09/jvcs-procision-reference-series-projectors-now-available-repl/
http://www.ecrater.com/p/13402486/jvc-dlax90-3d-3840x2160-d-ila-1200001

These are real products. Sony's will be out next year.
 
It should actually be pointed out that IZGO is just a type of transistor. IPS panels need transistors just like any other TFT LCD. Meaning the two technologies are not mutually exclusive.

In plain English the benefit to using IGZO transistors is that they can be made smaller than the current amorphous-silicon transistors while performing just as well. By making the transistors smaller you're left with more space on each pixel for light to travel through.
 
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Abazigal said:
As you say, it's news. Having something to report brings a steady stream of readers knocking every day, which in turns increases readership and improved advertising revenue.

If they used only verified facts from reputable sources, macrumours would probably have what...just 1 news update a week? :p
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It's baseless rumours is what it is. And it really is pointless I think quoting anything Digitimes says then putting a statement in stating it' most likely BS anyway!
 
My iPad 1 is son the verge of getting out-dated again but my iPad 1 still works fine haha xD

Right, how will Apple improve the screens of anything behind an ips and retina display/screen? That is what I'm interested to know to be honest.
 
Mr.DD216 said:
This sounds like the perfect solution for apple! I didn't have a problem with making the iPad just a lil thicker but if this can make it thinner then of course go with this! All I want is the Retina display, better cameras, Siri, & that A6 Processor…so if this can help with that then I'm all for it
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I have a feeling that a lot of folks would say the same thing. Depending on how much thicker a little thicker actually is. If we are talking about gaining a way better battery, screen, processor or even all three at the price of going 2MM thicker than the iPad 2 instead of 2MM thinner it seems like a fair trade.

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justperry said:
As long as Apple hasn't released these panels and there is no more information on Sharps site the answer is NO.
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Indeed. I suspect one of the clauses in all of Apple's supply contracts for 'new tech' is that you don't post anything about specs until the end product is really go to. That way when the rumors start they can't go that far because there's just no info.
 
dokujaryu said:
Technology is about the future, not the present. If the original shot was done on a 2k, 3k, 4k, or 8k camera, your are downsampling the master to 1080p since the theater will show it at 2k, 3k, 4k, or 8k in their projectors. By 2020, we might even have broadcasts in UHD.
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Okay -_- I think you know very well when I say "source" I mean the source resolution of the playback format, not how the movie was originally filmed. Until a playback device is released that actually outputs a 2k, 3k, etc. picture you're not going to see much of a market in the U.S. for any sort of TV beyond 1080p HD. And that's years beyond the release of the Apple TV.

If anyone here thinks Apple is going to market a product meant for playback of resolutions beyond next Christmas you're more than drinking kool-aid, you're drinking kool-aid that's been spiked.
 
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You mean a source like... Oh, I don't know, a com-pew-tar?
 
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