LCD screen technology has seen significant improvements over the years and it appears that there are no signs of progress slowing down as a Japanese company, Zeon, has developed a film for the polarizing plates found in LCD screens.
The new film, called phase difference film, makes use of Cyclo Olefin Polymer making it ideal for LCD panels that rely upon IPS technology (In Plane Switching). With the new technology, screen contrast is said to improve by a factor of ten times and marked improvements in the viewing angle are also noticeable. Phase Difference Film is said to work by preventing light diffusion from the backlight resulting in a clearer picture and better signal quality.
Several popular LCD display vendors such as Panasonic and Hitachi already employ IPS technology in their screens which means that they will directly benefit from Zeon’s Phase Difference Film. Zeon currently offers the technology to Samsung whose screens are designed upon vertical alignment technology and later this year, the technology will be mass produced and offered to LCD TV manufacturers for their screens that measure 40-inches and above.
Via: Slippery Brick, Device Mag
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