Epson produces world’s smallest LCD

Epson today announced that they were starting to mass produce its 3LCD chips, these tiny LCDs have a diagonal of just 0.55 of an inch and support a resolution of 1024×768. These chips are believed to be the worlds smallest LCDs and are to be used in data projectors.

Using the new 3LCD chips will enable projectors to deliver up to 2600 lumens of brightness, apparently the company managed to achieve this by combining an organic alignment layer to a liquid crystal material with high light resistance.

With portable media players becoming ever popular demand has grown for portable projectors, such as the MiLi Evolution Mini Power Projector which allows you to plug your iPhone or iPod Touch directly into the projector. Therefore smaller internal components are allowing such technologies to become possible.

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