[1]https://patents.google.com/patent/US4972094

   On Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 4:02 PM Steven Schear <[2]schear.steve@gmail.com>
   wrote:

   In the early 80s I worked with Alvin Mark's, a very prolific inventor,
   who was one of the first to realize the great potential of optical
   rectennas. He also realized the possibility of running them backwards
   to create efficient color displays.

   On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 11:52 PM Zenaan Harkness <[3]zen@freedbms.net>
   wrote:

     A)  There is one major step to "peak flat panel monitor" technology
     and that is active nano-aerials tuned per wavelength (RGB etc),
     which will eliminate the problems with various LCD (brightness,
     color
     gamut) and OLED (burn in) tech, from the point of view of
     programmers, digital graphic artists and other "dekstop" crowd
     computer users.
     We've seen this tech in development for a little while now, for
     example with articles over at New-Atlas:
       Nano antenna amplifies light by a factor of 1,000
       [4]https://newatlas.com/nano-antenna-amplifies-light/16460/
       Optical antenna may allow LEDs to replace lasers in host of
     devices

     [5]https://newatlas.com/nano-optical-antenna-led-laser-optical-commu
     nications/35917/
       Graphene optical lens a billionth of a meter thick breaks the
       diffraction limit

     [6]https://newatlas.com/optical-lens-one-billionth-meter-thick/41588
     /
       Single photon emission from graphene quantum dots at room
       temperature
       [7]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05888-w
       Let there be light: Controlled creation of quantum emitter arrays
       [8]https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170522080752.htm
     So no burn-in, tuned (perfect gamut) spectrum production, high
     lifetime and durability, maximum efficiency, infinite contrast (like
     OLED).  That's active nano light emitting devices on the horizon,
     and
     what glorious ocular abundance we shall "soon" indulge in :)
     B)  In the meantime, ye olde hacker or Gimp photo shopper "just
     wants" LOTS of pixels, a large display with lots of pixels, a curved
     display (really for anything beginning at ~40" (16:9 aspect ratio)
     and above, probably with a 21:9 super wide display format.
     Oh, and lots of pixels.
     So how large is ideal for a desk bound keyboard code jockey?
     Large enough to cover a goodly portion of muh field o' view!
     Probably around the 55" mark tops, may be a bit less, but again, it
     simply must be curved, and at an ideal viewing distance from screen
     of under a foot (30cm for the rest of the world thank you very
     much),
     we needs lots of precious pixels - "8K", but stretched out to 21:9,
     is:
       8960 x 3840 pixels, around 50 inch diagonal, 21:9 aspect ratio
     That should be enough for anybody (with no apologies to anyone!).
     So lots of pixels.
     Finally, you can have either black or white external decor, but the
     inside edge MUST be held by white plastic!
     For those who sit real close (and use a top or bottom of screen
     button/ icon/ window bar), a black (or metal/gray) internal clamp
     holding that beautiful screen in place, is a notable shadow!
     So strict white on the inside to minimize "internal border" shadows,
     and black or white or as you please on the outside.
     Today we're on the way, with LG pumping out a rather nice but oddly
     un-curved ultrawide 5K2K monitor.  If it were curved, I'da bin
     beggin, borrowin and savin to buy one, but since it ain't curved,
     there's just one too many deficiencies to bother:
       34" Class 21:9 UltraWide® 5K2K Nano IPS LED Monitor with
       HDR 600 (34" Diagonal)
       [9]https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-34WK95U-W-ultrawide-monitor
     In other words, this monitor, if it were curved, is roughly two
     thirds of the ideal monitor: just give it white internal clamp
     sections
     to avoid those internal border shadows, and expand it to the above
     resolution and size and boom, we're done!
     1st world "problems" hey?

References

   1. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4972094
   2. mailto:schear.steve@gmail.com
   3. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   4. https://newatlas.com/nano-antenna-amplifies-light/16460/
   5. https://newatlas.com/nano-optical-antenna-led-laser-optical-communications/35917/
   6. https://newatlas.com/optical-lens-one-billionth-meter-thick/41588/
   7. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05888-w
   8. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170522080752.htm
   9. https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-34WK95U-W-ultrawide-monitor