From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Syntax-Brillian and AEG: Digital Signage

2007.01.31

AEG and Syntax-Brillian Corp., a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS™ HDTVs and digital entertainment products, announced a marketing partnership that feature the company’s Olevia™ brand [...]

LG Electronics 60PT1: 60″ Plasma TV with Wood Triming

2007.01.31

LG Electronics (LGE) is introducing a 60″ plasma display panel (PDP) TV with a wood bezel or frame. LGE is releasing only 1000 such units in the South Korean domestic market in March.
Continued research to improve flat panel display (FPD) TV into its surroundings is the likely reason why LGE is releasing such a unique [...]

AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes Slow New Fab Investments

2007.01.29

AU Optronics (AUO) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) have decided to slow investments toward new fabs in Taiwan. AUO originally planned to invest NT$400 billion (about US$12 billion) but has trimmed that number down to NT$254 billion. CPT will reduce the number of new LCD fabs from four plants to just two in Taiwan.
We are [...]

Panasonic TH-50PF9UK: 50″ 1080p Plasma TV

2007.01.29

Panasonic’s TH-50PF9UK plasma display panel (PDP) TV sports Full HD 1080p capability with a pixel format of 1920 x 1080. Unlike other “1080p capable” PDP TV sets, the TH-50PF9UK is truly a real Full HD PDP TV. The contrast ratio is 5000:1, viewing angles are 160 degrees and response time super fast, like any PDP [...]

Chi Mei Optoelectronics to Invest US$1.5 Billion on New Fab

2007.01.29

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), the second largest LCD manufacturer in Taiwan, is planning to borrow NT$52.5 billion (about US$1.59 billion) to construct a next generation LCD fab in Taiwan. The amount is NT$12.5 billion more than originally planned. The loan will be financed by 20 banks including Bank of America, HSBC Holdings, Bank of Taiwan, [...]

LG Electronics Prada: KE850 Mobile Phone

2007.01.29

On January 18, LG Electronics (LGE) announced the Prada phone, also known as the KE850. As the name suggests, the Prada phone was codesigned with Prada. According to LGE, the Prada phone is the first to ship with a control system completely based on touch. From the looks of it, there are three buttons on [...]

CMO Approved for Ningbo Expansion

2007.01.29

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has been approved for its US$400 million investment plan to expand its capacity of LCD module (LCM) production in Ningbo, China. CMO is also awaiting approval for its LCM production capacity in Nanhai, China.
Source: FPDisplay

Samsung SDI to Invest in Production Capacity

2007.01.29

Samsung SDI, a South Korean plasma display panel (PDP) manufacturer, will invest 710 billion won (about US$758 million) to increase production capacity in 2007. The production capacity will be used for PDPs as well as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). This is response to Matsushita, who took over the #1 position from Samsung SDI in 2006. [...]

TPO Displays 1.8″ LTPS Mobile Display

2007.01.29

TPO Displays announced on January 25 a 1.8″ LTPS sporting a pixel format of just 120 x 160 to 128 x 160 also known as QQVGA or Quarter QVGA. The 1.8″ display can display up to 262,000 colors with standard CPU and RGB interfaces. Size was minimized by incorporating one of the smallest driver ICs [...]

Hitachi P42T501: 42″ Plasma TV

2007.01.29

Hitachi’s P42T501 is a 42″ plasma display panel (PDP) TV that sports a pixel format of 1024 x 1080. The pixel format does not show it, but the P42T501 has a 16:9 aspect ratio. PDP TVs have always had pixel structures that are not squares but rectangles. The P42T501 features the Picture Master HDII image [...]


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