Does the New MacBook Pro Use an IGZO Retina Display?

Dr. Raymond M. Soneira, President of DisplayMate Technologies, speculates that Apple may be using a Sharp IGZO display for the new Retina Display MacBook Pro.

Traditional high PPI displays (with amorphous Silicon) are inefficient with both brightness and power. As a result, the new iPad 3 with a Retina Display needs a 70 percent larger battery than the non-Retina Display iPad 2, but the MacBook Pro with Retina Display has only a 23 percent larger battery with the same 7 hour running time as the non-Retina Display MacBook Pro. How can this be? You may recall that IGZO technology has been making headlines for months, first rumored to be the technology used in the Retina Display for the new iPad 3. IGZO is significantly more efficient than amorphous Silicon. It wasn't ready in time for the new iPad 3, but Sharp announced that production of IGZO LCDs with up to 300 PPI started in March of 2012... Just in time for the MacBook Pro... These facts lead me to speculate that the MacBook Pro is using a Sharp IGZO Retina Display...

Soneira also notes that the new notebook uses an IPS LCD with a very wide viewing angle and no visible color shifts.


"There are very few Laptops that have IPS displays, so this is a Bigee too..."

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