Eizo FlexScan EV2303W Specifications

Display: 23″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Power Consumption: 18W (typical), 0.7W (standby)
Other: TCO Displays 5.0

Human Presence Sensor The FlexScan EV2303, a 23″ 1080p LCD monitor from Eizo, features a Human Presence Sensor that detects you within a 120cm range from it. The infrared sensor, which is installed on the lower part of the monitor, puts the monitor in standby mode when you’re not detected within that range for 40 seconds. The Human Presence Sensor is smart in that it determines that a person is not there if the object doesn’t move for 60 seconds, even if the object is within the 120cm range.

TCO Displays 5.0 Compliant What is it? It’s a new international environmental standard that has more and tougher environmental requirements. Eco-friendly LCD monitors has had a TCO-certified seal for a good long time. The TCO certification takes into account the impact on environmental impact of the materials and product content and visual ergonomics. Find out more about TCO Displays 5.0.

Source: TechOn

Samsung LED Co. Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. established a 50:50 joint venture to form Samsung LED Co. on Thursday, April 23, 2009. The new company will be based in Suwon, about 46km south of Seoul.

Future Light Source LEDs will be the light source of choice for use in LCD backlight units. With notebook PCs and LCD TVs quickly transitioning toward LED backlights, the future is bright and companies like Samsung (as well as LG Display) are preparing for dramatic growth in the future.

US$24 Billion Market The global LED market is estimated to have been worth US$5.2 billion in 2008 and is expected to reach more than double that to $US12.7 in 2013 and on to US$24 billion in 2015.

Source: Trading Markets

In short, that’s what Tim Cook, COO at Apple, had to say about netbooks. Here’s the full blown shot at netbooks:

When I’m looking at what’s sold in the netbook market, I see cramped keyboards, junky hardware, very small screens, bad software. Not a consumer experience that we would put the Mac brand on. As it exists today, we’re not interested in it nor would it be something customers would be interested in the long term. We are looking at the space. For those who want a small computer that does browsing/email, they might want an iPhone or iPod Touch. If we find a way to deliver an innovative product that really makes a contribution, we’ll do that.

The last sentence is what Apple does all the time: the company delivers innovative products. Here’s hoping for a convertible multitouch MacBook Air-esque tablet PC of sorts.

Bright Future According to DisplaySearch, OLED has a bright future. Revenues will grow from US$600 million in 2008 to US$5.5 billion feuled by AMOLED (Active Matrix) OLED technology integrated on mobile phones.

Growing Revenues In Q4’08 worldwide OLED display revenues increased 17% Q/Q and 24% Y/Y to US$156 million. In early 2009 mobile phone brands such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson heavily promoted AMOLED integrated phones.

Samsung #1 Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), the resulting organization from a merger of Samsung SDI’s OLED group and Samsung Electronic’s mobile display business, took the #1 position in shipments with a 31% share followed by RiTdisplay.

At Interactive Displays 2009, there were a lot of interesting things but the best was this: MULTITOUCH Warcraft!!! Warcraft III was running on what looked like a 50″ plasma TV and the guys at PQ Labs (http://multi-touch-screen.net) were having a lot of fun so I had to record it. Take a look:

Another video after the jump. (more…)

G1 & Envy I met up with Dr. Andrew Hsu, Product Marketing Manager at Synaptics during the Interactive Displays 2009 conference today in downtown San Jose. Synaptics is the company that is known for its high-end capacitive touch technology. T-Mobile’s G1, a.k.a. the “Google Phone”, sports Synaptics touch technology on its display as does the multitouch trackpad on the VooDoo Envy.

Simple & Solo As you can see from the picture above, Synaptics display sensor is quite simple and it is put on top of the G1′s LCD. It is single touch technology. But you’re asking, “Isn’t Apple’s iPhone multitouch and therefore better?” Well, yes, I think multitouch is better and I am sure Synaptics is working on it. (Update: The Synaptics’ ClearPad sensor is multitouch; it depends on how the OEM implements it.) But there is something that I learned that will surprise you. (more…)

LED LG’s 55LH90 is South Korea’s first 240Hz LED TV. Well, its smaller siblings 47LH90 and 42LH90 will be too. The 55″ LCD TV using a LED backlight has 960 LEDs lighting it up. It’s got local dimming too: 90 LED zones are controlled to generate a contrast ratio of more than 2,000,000:1!

240Hz The 240Hz completely eliminates motion blur. If you’re a sports fan, this is a must have. Most advanced LCD TVs employ 120Hz.

THX This is the first LCD TV to receive THX certification in South Korea. You and I probably already know that sound coming out of a LCD TV is not the greatest. Just a little while ago I did blog about Mitsubishi’s Unisen 259 Diamond Series that make use of a soundbar with 16 speakers, which should sound pretty sweet. The THX certification will certainly make the LH90 series LCD TVs sound very good.

KRW 6,400,000 The 55LH90 will cost about US$4764 (based on today’s currency rate of KRW1343.4 per US$). Quite expensive! The smaller 47LH90 is KRW4,200,00 (US$3,126) and the 42LH90 is KRW3,300,000 (US$2,456). These LCD TVs are certainly not cheap but 240Hz, a LED backlight, local dimming that generates a contrast ratio of more than 2 million to one, and THX certification should be an interesting package to some of you.

Source: LG Electronics (Korean)

720p Panasonic’s CN-HX3000D is the first in-dash monitor that sports a real HD pixel format. The 7″ monitor features a 1280 x 720 pixel format for real HD action in your car. The CN-HX3000D also includes GPS, Bluetooth, a 40GB hard disk, and is iPhone & iPod compatible.

You can pair the 7″ 720p LCD monitor with the CY-BB1000D, which is an in-dash Blu-ray player and you’ve got the perfect HD setup in your car.

Better UI This is a huge improvement over the typical 7″ in-dash monitors that only have a very limited number of pixels. You can see the limitation in movies but also in GPS navigation software where it almost looks cartoonish. Now with 1280 x 720 pixels I am sure everything will look great as long as the UI designers made good use of it. I’m anxious to see this thing in person.

Source: Newlaunches

I was looking through YouTube for videos regarding LCDs. And I found one that is very interesting. The video is titled “Apple LCD Logo Mod” and what a mod it is! The guy was able to put a LCD behind the Apple logo cutout on his MacBook and… well, I’ll let the video do the talking. At 1:14 the video starts playing some music (kind of loud) that shows off the iTunes visualizer from the Apple LCD logo so make sure to turn down your speakers if you’re watching from a quiet place.

LG 42LG50 Specifications

Display: 42″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Response Time: 5ms
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Viewing Angles: 178/178
Tuner: ATSC, ATSC
Connectivity: HDMI (3) with HDCP, VGA, Composite, Component (3), S-Video, RS-232, USB
Power Consumption: 227W (operational), 1W (standby)
Dimensions: 40.7 x 26.1 x 3.6″ (w/o stand)
Weight: 49.6lbs
Price: MSRP $1299 ($799.96 at Tiger Direct)

LG’s 42LG50, a 42″ 1080p LCD TV, can be had for just $799.96 from Tiger Direct. The 42LG50 sports a 1920 x 1080 pixel format, a fairly fast response time of 5ms, great viewing angles of 178/178 and a very bright 500 cd/m2. It’s got a built-in ATSC tuner and comes with three HDMI connections. For a 42″ 1080p LCD TV from a major brand like LG, the $799.96 price seems to be a very good deal.

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