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From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
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Subject: Re: `Improved' quality of small LCD displays.
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Date: 6 Jun 91 01:45:30 GMT
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harry@harlqn.co.uk (Harry Fearnhamm) writes:

>There was a feature on `Tomorrow's World' (UK) last week about a
>special plastic that can be used to improve the quality of small LCD
>displays; it consists of thousands on tiny lenses that defocus the
>image on a small scale, so that the overall picture remains intact -
>just the localised graininess is removed.  They demonstrated it, and
>it did have a significant effect.  As always, they gave no information
>on how to get it; I can try to find out if noone out there already
>knows.

On the subject, there is an LCD shutter material coming out of the
labs which defocuses on command instead of going opaque.  
Your visual system dutifully ignores the blurred image, in an odd
corrollary to Lazy Eye Syndrome.  Supposedly, this conquers the
dimness problem of opaque-style LCD shutters.

Lance