USB-Powered Desktop PC Monitor Currently In Development By Samsung

USB Displays have been getting more and more popular as of late but usually they are around 7-inches, which is pretty tiny. They are pretty well suited for people who want to get that Tweetdeck or IRC window off their main desktop, but thats really about it.

Samsung is about to change that with its new 18.5-inch LCD display. By "improving the transmittance of the panel and the luminance efficiency of the backlight,", the company should be able to keep power consumption down to 6.3W, which is low enough that a USB 2.0 cable is sufficient to power the device as well as supply the data.

There is ONE drawback though, apparently the device uses and edge-lit backlight that limits the device's lifetime to 30,000 hours compared to 50,000 for existing monitors. According to Tech-on! we should be able to see the displays hit store shelves sometime in 2011.