Pacific Media Associates (PMA) just announced market share results for projectors for Taiwan. Optoma beat out Epson for the top spot in Q1′08 with 28.7% unit shipment share. A total of 17,700 projectors were shipped in Taiwan in Q1′08. Epson was #2 with 22.2% share followed by Viewsonic with 7.2% and BenQ with 7.1% share.
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There were a lot of developments in displays that were showcased during SID 2008. One of the best stuff was related to OLEDs, lower power consumption, thin profiles and LED backlights generating unheard of contrast ratios. I’ve posted about just a few of them. Here they all are for your convenience:
Epson Electronic Paper Display at [...]
Epson Electronic Paper Display
Size: 13.4″
Pixel Format: 3104 x 4128
Resolution: 385ppi
Contrast Ratio: 10:1
Size: 6.7″
Pixel Format: 1200 x 1600
Resolution: 300ppi
Contrast Ratio: 10:1
13.4″ Epson EPD
13.4″ Epson EPD close to laser printed resolution
6.7″ Epson EPD for e-Book applications
During SID 2008, Epson showcased two electronic paper displays (EPDs). One was 13.4″ and the other was 6.7″. There were many other [...]
Epson OLED
Size: 8″ (20.3cm)
Pixel Format: 800 x 480
Brightness: 200 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 100,000:1 or greater
Epson showcased some impressive OLED displays during SID. Epson improved the light emitting materials by developing a proprietary element structure resulting in extending the life of the OLED device to more than 50,000 hours (to half brightness). The thickness of the OLED [...]
Epson EX90
Pixel Format: 1024 x 768
Display Technology: 3LCD
Brightness: 2600 Lumens
Weight: 6lbs
Price: MSRP US$899
On May 12, 2008, Epson announced its EX90 portable projector geared for the business market. The EX90 features the company’s twin-optimized reflective E-TORL technology that enhance lamp lifetimes of up to 50%. E-TORL technology also enhances light efficiency so that less power is [...]
Epson EMP-TW2000 / PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 UB
Projection Technology: 3LCD
Optical Zoom: 2.1x
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Max Lamp Life: 2,500 - 3,000 hours
Contrast Ratio: 50,000:1 (dynamic), 4,000:1 (native)
Brightness: 1,600 ANSI Lumens
Input: HDMI 1.3 (2), S-Video, Composite, RS-232, Component, VGA
Dimensions: 406 x 124 x 310mm (width x height x depth)
Weight: 5.6kg (12.32lbs)
Price: £2,986.85
Note: The EMP-TW2000 front projector [...]
On April 15, 2008, Epson Electronics America, a US subsidiary of Seiko Epson, and E Ink announced a jointly developed display controller IC for electronic paper displays (EPD). The new display controller IC will enable new exciting capabilities for E Ink’s Vizplex-enabled EPDs.
The new EPD controller IC has part number S1D13521B and has technologies from [...]
Touch Integrated LCDs
Size: 3.1″, 7.0″ Wide
Pixel Format: 480 x 800 (3.1″), 800 x 480 (7.0″)
LCD Technology: Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS, 3.1″), Amorphous Silicon (a-Si, 7.0″)
Display Mode: Transmissive, Photo Fine Vistarich (both)
Viewing Angle: 160/160 (CR>=100)
Touch: Capacitive or Resistive
On October 22, Epson Imaging Devices announced the development of an all-in-one touch-integrated LCD that has a built-in [...]
Apple’s new iPhone has a 3.5″ transflective TFT LCD with a pixel format of 320 x 480. Not the highest resolution, but still very high (160ppi) for Apple that has a penchant for sticking to 100-110ppi. Although I am not sure who the LCD supplier is, I have a feeling that it is Sharp. Sharp [...]