Archive for July, 2006

Gateway N10 Notebook Bundle at Wal-Mart

The N10 Notebook Bundle will be available at 3200 Wal-Mart stores and will include:
-14.1″
-Mobile AMD Sempron 3200+ CPU (1.6GHz)
-Integrated WiFi
-DL +/-RW DVD burner
-nVidia GeForce Go 1600 GPU
-512MB DDR2 RAM (max 4GB)
-60GB HD
-Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
-2-year Computrace Lojack subscription
-2-year McAfee Internet Security Suite subscription
-Targus backpack
-128MB USB 2.0 flash
All of this for $798.
No other specifications [...]

Acer AL2616W: 26″ Wide LCD Monitor

The AL2616W is part of the trio of LCD monitors that Acer recently announced. The other two are the AL2216W (22″) and the AL2423W (24″). The AL2616W is one of the very first 26″ LCD monitors to hit the market. Of course, there have been many 26″ LCD TVs, but those displays have a limited [...]

Acer AL2216W: 22″ Wide LCD Monitor

Acer AL2216W
Size: 22″
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1680 x 1050
Response Time: 5ms (GTG)
Contrast Ratio: 700:1
Brightness: 300 cd/m2
Viewing Angle: 170/160
Input: DVI with HDCP, VGA

The AL2216W is part of Acer’s Value Line, meaning very affordable line, though pricing for this unit has not been announced yet. The AL2216W has a 1680 x 1050 resolution with a 5ms response [...]

Sharp LC-37D90U: 37″ LCD TV with 1080p

There are only a few 37″ LCD TVs out there that can claim a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Sharp’s LC-37D90U is one of them. With two HDMI inputs, Full HD or 1080p content can be pushed through, such as Blu-Ray or a Playstation 3. The 1080p content does not need to be scaled up or [...]

Samsung Syncmaster 244T: 24″ Wide LCD Monitor

One inch larger than Apple’s superb 23″ Cinema HD LCD monitor, Samsung’s 244T offers the same resolution of 1920 x 1200 but at a more affordable price. On Pricegrabber, you can get the 244T for around $800. On the other hand, Apple’s 23″ is $1300 with only a few dollar discounts elsewhere online. For some [...]

Liquid Crystal Eyeglass Lenses

By applying voltage to liquid crystals, eyeglass lens focusing power can be changed, having the potential to replace bifocals, trifocals, multifocals and other applications that require multiple levels of focusing power.
One of the difficulties in using bifocals is that the wearer must look up and down through the lenses depending on the desired focusing power. [...]

Nu Horizons to Distribute AUO TFT LCD Panels in US

On July 27, Nu Horizons Electronics announced that it will be distributing AUO TFT LCD panels from 1.5″ to 47″ in the US. Although the distribution market for TFT LCDs pale in comparison to how many are procured from HP, Dell, Gateway, Apple and others, the business is lucrative due to higher margins for customization.
This [...]

Quanta Computer Lands Toshiba LCD TV Contract

Quanta Computer, an integrator in Taiwan, will be building LCD TVs for Toshiba. LCD TV panels will be sourced from AUO and CMO, who work with Quanta closely. Quanta will be building 32″, 37″, and 42″ LCD TVs for the Japanese brand and is targeting to ship 500,000 LCD TVs by the end of 2006.

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AUO to Supply Samsung with 40″ LCD TV

It seems Samsung can’t get enough 40″ LCD TV panels from its joint venture S-LCD with Sony and its new, and second, G7 plant located in Tangjeong, South Korea. Although the new G7 plant has been operational only about 3 months, so capacity is probably being limited with normal ramp issues such as yields.
Samsung has [...]

Samsung G7 Equipment Install, Not Part of S-LCD

Located in the same complex as S-LCD’s G7 fab in Tangjeung, South Korea, Samsung’s G7 line with a dimension of 1870 mm x 2200 mm is the same dimension as S-LCD’s G7 fab, a joint venture between Sony and Samsung with 50% of the capacity going to each of the partners.
This G7 line is operated [...]