MacNN | AUO News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us AUO, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ AUO demos curved LCDs, new touch panels http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/19/auo.curved.lcds.and.touch/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/auocurvedlcd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AU Optronics today at the SID Display expo showcased a number of advances it believes should advance LCDs for handhelds. The highlight is the world's first curved LCD, according to the company: a new thinning technique allows the company to produce a screen with a 100mm (3.9in) radius that not only arcs but which has even backlighting across the entire display. The invention could mean a generat... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/19/auo.curved.lcds.and.touch/ Mon, 19 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT AUO, CMO prep new MacBook LCDs for summer? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/new.macbook.lcds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/macbookair-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Two panel makers are evenly splitting orders for new LCDs to be used in upcoming consumer MacBooks, according to a story in Taiwan's Commercial Times. The newspaper claims that two of the island's more prominent display makers, AU Optronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics, are being tapped by Apple to produce the screens for mainstream systems that will be launched sometime during the summer. The Ti... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/16/new.macbook.lcds/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:55:00 GMT AUO demos 16:9 ratio, 24-inch HD monitor http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/11/auo.16.9.24in.lcd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/auo24-inchlcd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Taiwan display maker AU Optronics today revealed what it says is the world's first truly wide-aspect, full HD 24-inch flat-panel display. The LCD adopts the same 16:9 ratio of many HDTVs and is capable of a native 1080p resolution. While shorter than the 1920x1200 resolution of existing 24-inch computer screens, the wider display makes it better-suited to widescreen movies with the image filling... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/11/auo.16.9.24in.lcd/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:05:00 GMT