by John Gaudio LG was showing a 102 inch panel with breathtaking resolution and color. The images included a container of orange juice being poured. In it you could clearly see the tiny bubbles forming and disappearing. They also included a woman with perfect skin and striking eyes. The detail was outstanding. LG had one of the best 3D digital displays I've seen without the need for special glasses. It's new, and yet it isn't new. Remember the pictures that were popular many years ago? They would change from one image to another depending on the angle of view. It appears they've figured out how to do the same thing with high resolution video displays. Each eye is at a slightly different angle from the screen, and the video is designed to provide slightly different images based on that angle. Toshiba was showing a similar technology with better depth perception, but the Toshiba units were small prototypes, while the LG units appeared much more like a finished product. Sharp had a couple of displays at their booth that also show different images depending on your viewing angle, but the idea here wasn't to create a stereo image, but two distinct images. One application is for automobile drivers. From the driver's side the image is a map guiding him with the help of a GPS system. From other angles it might show be your family's favorite DVD. This unit is already in production. They also had a larger unit, intended for signage in retail locations, airports, and the like, works the same way. From a distance an overhead panel may show ads, as you get closer to the panel, because the angle changes as you get closer, it becomes a set of instructions on how to proceed through checkout or the like. Beautiful images and innovation. Those seem to be biggest things here at CES 2006. Plus competition, of course. I noticed on the second day of CES, a beautiful 103 inch display in the Panasonic booth. I guess size really does matter. ;-) | 
