Samsung's 'unbreakable' display survives UL scrutiny
Phone makers have promised unbreakable phone screens for years, but they tend to involve awkward compromises like soft, scratchable surfaces. Samsung Display might just fulfill that promise, though. Underwriters Laboratories certified an "unbreakable" Samsung panel (
not yet pictured) as capable of surviving military-grade durability tests without damage. This included dropping it 26 times from a height of four feet [1.2 meters] and subjecting it to extreme temperatures. It even survived a drop test at 6 feet [1.8 meters] without any battle scars.Update: Samsung Display posted a video of its new screen [1m55s video], showing how its lightweight plastic cover compares to traditional glass. In the video it survives several strikes from a hammer with no damage to show for it.
Also at The Verge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 27 2018, @01:52PM (1 child)
Care to elaborate which models you're using? I too am looking for a dumb screen driven by a small computer running XBMC/Plex.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 27 2018, @06:39PM
I have a Samsung just a few years old that's a "dumb TV". They still make them, you just have to look. Often the really large models on display will be "smart", and you can find smaller models boxed on the shelves without that stuff. I haven't looked around on the 'net though, might be someplace you can order larger dumb TV's.