Samsung Electronics just unleashed what I would like to call a behemoth of a model. Samsung announced today that it has developed the first three-inch LCD panel with VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution that directly meets industry interface standards for digital still cameras. With the new LCD panel, users can enjoy the direct viewing of their digital pictures on camera screens, personal digital players and other devices.

Measuring 3 inches and featuring a VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution transmissive display, the device incorporates a dot inversion scheme that lowers power consumption while substantially reducing the image flickering that has prevented such an approach in the past. Perhaps the most striking factor is the working of the LCD panel, which works at 30Hz frequency, which is a norm that CRT makes use of and which is incompatible with LCDs which run at 60Hz. The new Samsung's LCD panel ensures the hassle of another interface is avoided as it operates on 30Hz frequency.

Samsung will exhibit its new device at IMID 2006, which opens in Daegu, Korea on August 23. Samsung will begin commercially producing the new VGA-resolution LCD panel in the first half of 2007.

Via DPreview