Gamers know that there are few things better for improving the looks of a game than to be able to run it at higher resolutions. The same can be said for home theater fans; the difference between higher resolution HDTV sets and standard sets is readily apparent.

While gamers make due with 30-inch displays, like the Gateway XHD3000, that can push resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, that resolution isn’t enough for some uses. DailyTech reported this month that Toshiba had a new, very expensive, 3840 x 2400 resolution display for use on PCs for medical purposes and other uses.

Samsung electronics announced today a new display that just barely trumps the Toshiba display resolution handily at 3072 x 3072. This display is a flat panel X-ray detector (FPXD) for use in X-ray machines. The uses for the display extend well beyond medical purposes according to Samsung.

Samsung envisions the FPXD display being used in traditional X-ray systems, CAT scan machines, for building inspections and in airport security systems. Perhaps this could be a replacement to the X-ray systems that can see through clothes currently installed in some airports.

Samsung attaches photodiodes to a TFT substrate it produces using a proprietary amorphous silicon technology. Samsung also created an enhancement program that eliminates most digital image noise for high sensitivity uses like diagnostic X-rays in a hospital setting. Samsung says the device will be available worldwide in Q1 2008.