After the US International Trade Commission (ITC) found that Epistar’s OMA, MB, and GB LED products infringe on Philips Lumileds patents, the ITC issued an exclusion order banning the importation of the aforementioned products into the US on July 12, 2007. According to Philips Lumileds, the ITC found that all of Epistar’s current and next [...]

Victor Company of Japan, better known as JVC, announced new D-ILA (or Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier) imagers that have 4096 x 2400 pixels with a diagonal size of just 1.27″. The company claims the new imager is the world’s smallest (as of June 20, 2007) and is a reduction of JVC’s previous D-ILA imager by [...]

Samsung’s 81 Series LCD TV features some innovative technologies. First up is the use of a LED backlight instead of the conventional CCFL backlight. A LED backlight allows the modulation of brightness to improve black levels (by dimming) and increasing the overall contrast ratio. This is a much more effective method compared to the brute [...]

Samsung introduced the SyncMaster CX2232GW/BW, which is a 22″ wide LCD monitor with a 1680 x 1050 pixel format. A smaller 20″ SyncMaster CX2032GW/BW was also introduced with the same pixel format. It is obvious pretty much right away that folks who like larger fonts will opt for the 22″ version while the budget-conscious with [...]

On July 3, 2007 (Japan time), IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd. (IPS Alpha) announced the completion of construction work on its LCD module facility located in the Czech Republic. Construction was completed ahead of schedule and in time to meet the growing demand for TVs in the European market. The second half of each calendar [...]

Sharp AQUOS GD4U Series
Size: 26″ (LC-26GD4U), 32″ (LC-32GD4U), 37″ (LC-37GD4U), 45″ (LC-45GD4U)
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768 (26″, 32″, 37″), 1920 x 1080 (45″)
Response Time: 16ms (26″, 32″, 37″), 12ms (45″)
Brightness: 450 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 800:1
Viewing Angle: 170/170
Input: HDMI, DVI-I, Component (2), S-Video
Sharp AQUOS GD6U Series
Size: 26″ (LC-26GD6U), 32″ (LC-32GD6U), 37″ (LC-37GD6U), 45″ (LC-45GD6U)
Pixel Format: 1366 x [...]

It is final, according to DigiTimes. Sharp’s G10 (generation 10) LCD plant will be able to process glass substrates with a dimension of 2880 x 3080mm. This is slightly larger than the 2850 x 3050mm that was considered. Sharp will focus on manufacturing 57″ and 65″ LCD TV and large public display panels at its [...]

Xiaolin Yan is the president of TCL Research. Yan gave the negative comments about LCD TVs during an executive session at the FPD Expo Taiwan 2007. In the Chinese market, there is only one type of TV and that is LCD. But Yan made his opinion known by stating that CRT TVs are the best [...]

Vizio L32HDTV
Size: 32″
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768
Response Time: 8ms
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 800:1
Viewing Angle: 170/170

I was introduced to Buy Dakota (Dakota International Trading) last week from a friend. Dakota is a clearing house for returned merchandise that have been refurbished. They also sell some new gear as well. I was looking through what [...]

I was having a conversation with someone in the TV industry and there seems to be some interest in developing a 22″ LCD TV. Now this would compete directly against 23″ LCD TVs that are already out there. But, there might be a trend here. For instance, in the monitor world, the 22″ wide size [...]