From the monthly archives:

October 2006

Haier 46″ LCD TV and PVR

October 30, 2006

Haier, a Chinese brand that sounds European, unveiled a 46″ LCD TV at the Korean Electronics Show. The 46″ unit has 1920 x 1080 resolution, 800:1 contrast ratio and 178-degree viewing angles. There isn’t too much information, but FYI only Samsung (or should I say S-LCD) makes 46″ LCD panels and so I would think [...]

Sanyo PLV-Z5: LCD-based Front Projector

October 30, 2006

Sanyo’s PLV-Z5 is a LCD-based front projector with an impressive 10,000:1 contrast ratio. Improved gradation is achieved with a twin-iris system that integrates a lens aperture and lamp aperture. Pictures are sharpened by the company’s new TopazReal Technology that blends brightness levels of the lamp and LCD panels. There are two HDMI ports, a VGA [...]

Sony SRX-R220: 18,000 Lumen Front Projector

October 25, 2006

Sony’s SRX-R220 is a front projector that has a brightness of 18,000 lumens and a resolution of 4096 x 2160. The ultra-bright unit uses a 4Kw lamp and is one of the brightest front projectors around and that brightness is more or less required for its intended purpose: digital theaters. It is based on Sony’s [...]

LG Flatron M4200D: 42″ 2D/3D LCD TV

October 25, 2006

LG’s Flatron (the sub-brand used in Korea and other Asian countries) M4200D has a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080, 500 cd/m2 of brightness, a 8ms response time, and a 1600:1 contrast ratio. All very good specifications. The 3D comes from using an auto-stereoscopic image and does not require the use of nerdy 3D [...]

NEC 1940WCXM: 19″ Wide LCD Monitor

October 25, 2006

NEC’s 1940WCXM is a 19″ wide LCD monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution, 700:1 contrast ratio and 300 cd/m2 of brightness. It has a VGA port and DVI inputs. The response time is a respectable 5ms. 1-watt integrated speakers come with the monitor. Nothing very interesting about this monitor, though the price is okay at [...]

NEC LCD3735WXM: 37″ LCD TV

October 25, 2006

NEC’s LCD3735WXM is a 37″ LCD TV with 1366 x 768 resolution, 1600:1 contrast ratio, and 9ms response time. The LCD3735WXM (what an interesting model name!) sports an ATSC tuner (that means you can get HD from your antenna right out of the box), VGA (for your computer), DVI+HDCP (so you don’t copy stuff) and [...]

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Clairvoyante PenTile RGBW

October 19, 2006

CPT is using Clairvoyante’s PenTile RGBW technology to manufacture 4.0″ and 7.0″ TFT LCDs that have a pixel format of 800 x 480 (typically called WVGA). The two panels are geared for UMPC-type devices that would do good with high resolutions, wide aspect ratios and low power consumption.
With the PenTile RGBW, there are 1600 [...]

Sanyo Epson 2.8″ Transflective LTPS LCD with Pixel-Integrated RAM

October 19, 2006

I’m not going to pretend I know what a “pixel-integrated RAM” is and what good it does a LCD, but Sanyo Epson has developed one. The main benefit of having RAM (SRAM to be exact) is that power consumption is reduced. This 2.8″ transflective (this is not a real word and is just a combination [...]

Sanyo 7.1″ 1080p TFT LCD

October 19, 2006

Wow. Now incorporate this into a UMPC design. Quick! It is amazing what Sanyo did squishing 1920 x 1080 pixels into just 7.1″. 1080p content on something like this will look remarkable.
If Sanyo can put 1920 x 1080 on a 7.1″ sized LCD, I’m guessing they can do it on 13.3? How about 1920 x [...]

Sanyo Epson 1.1mm 2.2″ TFT LCD

October 19, 2006

Sanyo Epson has a strategy and it is called HCL-S. It stands for High quality, Compact design, Low power consumption and System solutions. True to that strategy, Sanyo Epson developed a 2.2″ TFT LCD that is only 1.1mm thick. Brightness is 350 cd/m2 and pixel format is 320 x 240. Ultra-thin components such as the [...]


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