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Backlight-free thin-fi lm-transistor LCD colour and monochrome applications. Display driver cuts power Weighing just 23 g and having dimensions of 44.36 × 21.8 × 28.16 mm, the projection consumption by 35% module is compact and mobile. Images www..com generated can yield a brightness up to Samsung Electronics has announced plans 1,800 fL (6,167 cd m–2) in red-green-blue to mass-produce its 256-channel display- mode. HOLOEYE claims that its fill factor of driver (DDI) for plasma greater than 93% is able to deliver smooth, display panels (PDP). This new DDI is high-quality 9.6 × 7.2 mm (12-mm-diagonal) based on Samsung’s unique power-saving images without any pixelation. According to technology — an energy-recovery circuit. HOLOEYE, other benefits include a generous According to the company, apart from field of view, long eye relief, a large eyebox and providing greater high-definition clarity low distortion. Equipped with liquid-crystal for plasma screens, the device is also able

TMDISPLAY technology and a non-organic light-emitting to reduce the DDI power consumption diode, this device features a long lifetime and of a conventional PDP by over can operate in a wide range of temperatures www.tmdisplay.com 35%, enabling a slimmer and lighter (from –20 C to 60 C). Following the proposed investment ° ° television module. The new DDI also of ¥30 billion ($270 million) in a new offers greater cost efficiencies as the production line of low-temperature poly- LCD reach record size number of DDIs per panel can be reduced. silicon LCD panels in its Ishikawa Works For example, the sixteen 192-channel in Japan, Toshiba Matsushita Display DDIs previously needed in a full Technology is now gearing up for mass high-definition 40-inch PDP can now be production of monochrome LCDs. The replaced by twelve 256-channel DDIs. The device in question is a high-resolution, introduction of this DDI will help meet 16-level greyscale, high-reflective, 5-inch the high demand for 40-inch, and larger, VGA monochrome thin-film-transistor PDP screens, which is expected to reach LCD. According to the company, the recently 18.84 million units in 2010, according to developed thin-film-transistor LCD adopts DisplaySearch, a market forecast firm. a new, highly efficient reflective surface and internal-reflection technology to maximize its optical performance in ambient light and offers 10,000 lumen output to make small, well-defined characters easy SHARP www.panasonic.com to read. The technology also eliminates the Panasonic Projector Systems Company, use of a , enabling a low-power www.sharp-world.com a division of Panasonic Corporation of system design and ensuring longer battery- Sharp, a worldwide leader in flat-panel North America, is launching two new powered operation, which is an important LCD televisions, unveiled a prototype of a three-chip, digital-light-processing (DLP) requirement for portable devices, such as 108-inch LCD television at the Consumer for use in the commercial electronic dictionaries. The panel has a Electronics Show held in January 2007 digital-cinema, rental, staging and higher- native resolution of 640 × 480 (VGA), in Las Vegas. With dimensions of education markets. The two models, a contrast ratio of 12:1 and a response time 2,386 (height) × 1,344 (width) mm, Sharp PT-D10000U (1,400 × 1,050 pixels) and of 20 ms. It consumes about 4 mW when claims that this is the world’s largest LCD PT-DW10000U (1,920 × 1,080 pixels), being used in binary mode, and 20 mW in television so far (as of 8 January 2007). both provide bright, professional- 16-greyscale representation. The combined The previous record was the 102-inch quality images and improved reliability features of high resolution and high plasma model introduced by Samsung features. High brightness is guaranteed reflectance make the display particularly Electronics last year. The giant television by Panasonic’s four-lamp system, which suitable for use in electronic dictionaries, features a Black Advanced Super View delivers 10,000 lumens, while their electronic books and office equipment, such Full-Spec High-Definition LCD panel dynamic iris technology achieves an as printers, scanners and facsimile machines. made at Sharp’s eighth-generation glass- outstanding contrast ratio of 5,000:1. substrate production plant in Kameyama, With a three-dimensional colour- Microprojector boasts near-to-eye Japan. It offers a high-quality image management function, the projectors are ultrahigh performance with 4,096 × 2,160 resolution (four able to deliver approximately 1.07 billion times higher than that of current high- colours. Equipped with an automatic www.holoeyesystems.com definition televisions) and the world’s filter-cleaning system, each model can be HOLOEYE Systems, Westlake Village, highest contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1. This used for about 2,000 hours without the California, has produced a near-to-eye television is further complemented by need for filter maintenance. Panasonic microscale liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) the ability to process fast-motion images says that another attractive feature is projection module. The microprojector thanks to a 120 Hz frame-rate conversion support for connection to a wired local- offers high-brightness, full-colour and and a pixel response time of 4 ms. The area network, which allows remote- high-resolution SVGA images thanks to latest news means that Sharp has now control, monitoring and e-mail-alert the use of the Z86D-3 LCoS microdisplay demonstrated its ability to produce LCD messaging functions through a standard by Brillian, a manufacturer of mirodisplays televisions in sizes ranging from 13 inches web browser. The company claims for the high-definition television market. It to 108 inches, and its mission in meeting PT-D10000U is now among the world’s has a resolution as high as 800 × 600 pixels, the growing demands of LCD high- smallest DLP projectors with a brightness a contrast ratio of 80:1 and suits both definition televisions. of at least 10,000 lumens.

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