{"id":98023,"date":"2019-08-07T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/new_switch_models_to_reportedly_benefit_from_sharps_energy_efficient_igzo_displays"},"modified":"2019-08-07T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T10:45:00","slug":"new-switch-models-to-reportedly-benefit-from-sharps-energy-efficient-igzo-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/07\/new-switch-models-to-reportedly-benefit-from-sharps-energy-efficient-igzo-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"New Switch Models To Reportedly Benefit From Sharp&#8217;s Energy Efficient IGZO Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a2413536d7e13\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a2413536d7e13\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Switchlite\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a2413536d7e13\/switchlite.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a2413536d7e13\/switchlite.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switchlite\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/guide_where_to_pre-order_nintendo_switch_lite\">Nintendo Switch Lite<\/a> launching next month, as well as an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/new_and_improved_nintendo_switch_model_reportedly_on_sale_in_australia_and_hong_kong\">upgrade<\/a> to the already-existing machine now appearing in stores, we&#8217;re starting to be presented with new hardware options which offer improved performance over the flagship model. A <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-nintendo-switch-to-have-igzo-display-from-sharp-11565160555\">report<\/a> from the Wall Street Journal suggests that new Switch consoles will also benefit from advanced display technology.<\/p>\n<p>The report says that Japanese-Taiwanese electronics maker Sharp will provide Nintendo with its IGZO display panels &#8211; a product Sharp describes as &#8220;a breakthrough in display technology&#8221;. IGZO (or indium gallium zinc oxide) panels are said to provide high resolutions, ultra-low power consumption, and improved touch panel performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch model that has been on sale since launch uses older amorphous silicon display technology, and while it&#8217;s unlikely that any improvement in picture quality will be noticeable, the new IGZO displays should definitely help with battery life and durability.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear which consoles exactly will benefit from the new display &#8211; the Switch Lite seems like it would be the obvious contender, but perhaps the revised standard model will also receive the upgrade. If Nintendo is planning on releasing a &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/guide_nintendo_switch_lite_and_nintendo_switch_pro_everything_we_know_so_far\">Switch Pro<\/a>&#8216;-type machine later down the line, you&#8217;d expect that to include the better screen, too.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Nintendo is updating a number of the Switch&#8217;s components without necessarily shouting about it for all to hear &#8211; which can only be a good thing for consumers going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Nintendo Switch Lite launching next month, as well as an upgrade to the already-existing machine now appearing in stores, we&#8217;re starting to be presented with new hardware options which offer improved performance over the flagship model. A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that new Switch consoles will also benefit from advanced display [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}