Mitsubishi Electric has developed the world's first “Reversible LCD,” which is capable of displaying imagery on both its front and rear surfaces. Such a display is ideal for use in Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) and mobile handsets, where it saves significant space and weight. The Reversible LCD module utilizes a single liquid crystal panel, making it lighter, thinner and less costly than conventional designs that stack two LCD modules back to back. Image quality is equivalent to that of conventional module designs.
  Mitsubishi Electric plans to make the Reversible LCD a strategic LCD that is applicable to mobile handsets, PDAs, and other products requiring a folding type display.
  The majority of current folding type mobile phones possess two displays: a large, main display and a smaller sub-display located on the outside top of the closed handset. A larger sub-display is convenient for users who wish to check mail messages or take photographs, although until now, it entailed a much heavier, thicker and costlier handset. The Reversible LCD eliminates these drawbacks.
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