Toshiba's New 6.1" Display Packs 2560×1600 pixels

Toshiba has revealed a new 6.1-inch LCD display crammed with 498 pixels per square inch. Eat that, Apple.

ZoomThursday Toshiba Mobile Display (TMD) said that it had developed a direct-view 6.1-inch LCD display with the world's highest level of resolution: as high as 498 pixels per square inch (ppi). LG’s Retina display for Apple's iPhone 4 only does 326 per square inch.

More specifically, Toshiba's new panel -- slated for tablets and other mobile devices -- has a resolution of up to 2560 x 1600, a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a viewing angle of 176° or broader in both the vertical and horizontal directions. It also has a 61-percent NTSC color gamut allowing for 16.7 million colors... all crammed within a 6.1-inch form factor.

"This newly-developed world-class, high-definition LCD panel is based on our processing techniques for forming fine-pitch and high-performance, low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistors (TFT) on glass substrates, and other precise fabrication techniques which have been cultivated over the years," the company said. "This direct-view LCD panel achieves high-definition images with photographic quality, and although the images are displayed in 2D format, they impart a sense of depth and realism."

Currently little else is known about the new display. However Toshiba said it plans to exhibit the high-res LCD at FPD International 2011 next week in Yokohama, Japan.