Rebirth: Let's Talk About 1984

According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.

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Chapter 714 The Sci-Fi Technology of the Giant Pit

Xing Baohua has caused such a huge commotion that many prominent people find it difficult to even meet him.

They either had Xie Yingying or Wei Laisong block it.

It's too early to talk about engineering or projects when we haven't even finished the blueprints yet.

This guy also knew that the main reason for coming to him was to sound out Xing Baohua, hoping that Xing Baohua would be the one to be chosen.

Most of them are about interpersonal relationships and social etiquette.

Xing Baohua rushed to the lab as soon as he said he was busy.

Xing Baohua would not meet with anyone who was not particularly important.

At this moment, Xing Baohua, who was in the laboratory, was holding a screen and seemed lost in thought.

The screen in his hand was developed by Sharp and NEC. It was originally a large panel screen, but it was later cut out.

When used in certain devices, this is considered one of the most advanced screens in the world.

I wouldn't say it's high-definition, and it does consume a little power. This is a QVGA screen.

Another meaning of QVGA screen is that it's a quarter-screen version of VGA. It can output a resolution of 240x320 pixels. Often, some people mistake QVGA screens for TFT, TFD, or other similar materials, but they are completely different.

Currently, most rice products use TFT LCD screens.

VGA is a video graphics technology proposed by IBM in 1987. It uses analog signal display technology and was initially designed for computer monitors.

VGA is a technical term that means it can display a 640x480 resolution regardless of the device you use.

Early displays, whether CRT monitors or LCD screens, were basically all at this resolution.

Furthermore, VGA devices can store four complete EGA color plates simultaneously, and they can be quickly switched between each other, making it appear as if the colors are changing instantly on the screen.

In terms of color plates, VGA expands to a 256-color EGA-style color plate, and these 256 colors are modifiable. VGA technology allows any color to be assigned to any color. This significantly alters the original EGA color plate rules, because CGA only has 16 unchangeable colors.

It can also be called 16-color true color, these 16 unchangeable colors are selected from 64-color true color.

It can also be called 64-color lottery, but internally it's called pseudo-64-color lottery.

These are all displayed on a computer, but Sharp and NEC have taken them to a whole new level, cutting them into a quarter and transforming them into something else entirely, resulting in truly excellent color saturation.

NEC also makes pagers and mobile phones, and even computers, while Sharp makes good color TVs, so it's reasonable for the two companies to jointly develop a computer monitor.

Sharp also successfully helped NEC provide displays for small devices, with clarity that far surpassed that of contemporary products.

Saying they completely crushed them is a bit of an exaggeration, but the Japanese spirit in research and development is commendable.

Without relentless research and development, there would be no progress in science and technology!

Look at Changhong, all its technology comes from outside. In recent years, the technology department has been doing nothing but stagnation. They give you the technology, but all they do is focus on one production task.

Yes, research and development requires money. Without technological improvements, how many years can you sell a product?

TFT screens are not suitable for high-end devices.

Xing Baohua summoned the technicians from Changhong stationed at the LCD screen factory and asked, "Tell your factory's R&D department that I hope to see this thing in the second half of the year."

Rice uses Changhong panels for its LCD TVs and computer displays. If Changhong doesn't improve, Rice will fall behind the times.

Since the kid has some good stuff, let's move it over.

But Xing Baohua also knew that it would be difficult for Changhong to make any changes.

Since rice cannot produce its own LCD screens, it would be good if it could get rid of Changhong, the only LCD screen supplier.

NEC and IBM have a strategic partnership and work very closely together. The fact that NEC can obtain standard IBM components indicates that IBM is selling them.

The relationship between the rice and IBM is also good. Since they are selling, they should openly buy the technology instead of imitating or even using the technology they acquired before.

VGA or QVGA technology is only about ten years old, but it's definitely better than TFT. The key is that watching movies on it is a really enjoyable experience.

TFT technology may result in areas appearing as a black blob, but it becomes much clearer on VGA or QVGA displays. Skin tones and vibrancy are clearly visible.

Action movies, in particular, whether it's a single move or multiple moves, will definitely make you feel exhilarated, no, thrilled.

Moreover, this screen also has improved features.

It's not about improving clarity or the overall technology; it's just a slight modification.

The Japanese were able to make the most of this modified technology. Xing Baohua recalled that Sony, NEC, Kyocera, and other companies used this technology to manufacture mobile phones and electronic products.

In 2011, a certain company wanted to follow suit and launched a phone that was touted as a revolutionary device, called the transparent screen phone.

Eleven years! Apart from the transparent screen being a selling point, it was still mainly a feature phone.

To put it simply, it's an old-fashioned phone, and it wasn't cheap. It was a full ten years behind the Japanese when they came out with this thing.

Even though smartphones have been around for 11 years, they're still touting features like transparent screens that can display dynamic images.

HTC has been around for several generations. They've already improved the rear camera, and you're still stuck with feature phones?

Counterfeit iPhone 3 phones with resistive touchscreens are already on the market and being sold, touted as the world's first full-color transparent phone.

If Xing Baohua remembers correctly, the advertisements back then claimed it marked the beginning of the era of handheld multimedia, transforming ordinary screens into transparent color displays, like a futuristic technology.

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