Samsung Unveils 'Soda-Lime' LCD Panel

Samsung Electronics is really going all out with innovative ideas. The company is displaying a 19-inch LCD monitor panel (called Soda-Lime) at the ongoing FPD International 2007 trade show in Yokohama, Japan. It features a resolution of 1,280×1,024 (SXGA)

Instead of using ordinary TFT LCD glass substrate, Samsung has adapted ordinary window glass that contains sodium to produce the panel. The company claims that the sodium will not affect the light passing through, thus making it a great option as a building block.

Why? because it's cheap! The Soda-Lime panel is produced at the company's fifth-generation (5G) plant. The panel features a brightness of 300 cd/m2, contrast ratio of 1,000:1 and NTSC of 72%.

It will hit the markets 'soon', according to Samsung.