The Morning After: LG’s new twisty display tech can stretch up to 50 percent

Engadget 13.11.2024 13:21 LG Display’s new free-form screen technology can expand from 12 to 18 inches, with a resolution of 100ppi. The display also uses a micro-LED light source smaller than 40 micrometers, so it can apparently be stretched over 10,000 times. While this probably isn’t your next smartphone, we could see the tech in clothing, car panels and more. LG Display has pushed the boundaries of screen tech for a while, revealing folding screens before foldable phones appeared, roll-up TVS before roll-up TVs went on sale and transparent displays before they appeared in fancy stores, theme parks and elsewhere. So expect to see this Bop-it of displays somewhere, eventually. — Mat Smith The biggest tech stories you missed The coffee-table book of Apple Music’s Best 100 Albums will set you back $450 The best travel gifts Elon Musk will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump says The best MacBook for 2024: Which Apple laptop should you buy? Get this delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! Netflix’s ad tier has attracted more than 70 million subscribers However, many have probably downgraded from a premium tier. Netflix is crowing that its ad-supported tier now boasts 70 million global users. Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, says the company continues “to see steady progress across all countries’ member bases.” But there isn’t any information about existing customers. It’s very possible a lot of people downgraded from a premium tier to an ad-supported tier. Continue reading. Fujifilm is developing a 102MP medium format cinema camera With a new sensor 1.7 times larger than full frame. Fujifilm Fujifilm is developing a medium-format, 102-megapixel cinema camera, the company said in a surprise announcement. Due next year, the GFX Eterna will carry a boxy, modular design reminiscent of Sony’s FX6. The new camera will have a medium format GFX 102-megapixel CMOS II HS sensor, the same one used on the GFX100 II. That sensor is 43.8mm x 32.9 mm in size — that’s 1.7 times larger than the full-frame sensor on the FX. The benefits will be extra dynamic range, potentially high resolution and a very shallow depth of field, which should enable cinematic shots with the right lens. Having said that, Fujifilm currently has no GFX glass designed specifically for film production. It’s working on it, though. Continue reading. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-lgs-new-twisty-display-tech-can-stretch-up-to-50-percent-121552798.html?src=rss

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