On November 12, 2008, the US Justice Department stated that LG Display (Korea), Sharp (Japan) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT, Taiwan) pleaded guilty for participating in fixing the prices of LCD panels. LG Display will pay a US$400 million fine. The three companies have agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department to continue investigating the [...]
LG Display (LPL) is planning to showcase a bunch of displays at the upcoming FPD International 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Japan from October 29 through 31. Here is the list:
42″ Shine Out LCD: World’s lowest reflection ratio (<0.5%). Low reflections are important when installed in bright ambient environments.
15″ Double-sided reflective LCD: Displays [...]
Universal Display Corporation (UDC) announced an OLED display made out of metal foil at less than 50 micrometers thin. That is very thin and thinner than a sheet of paper! The metal foil substrate allows for flexiblity and has “excellent thermal, mechanical and permeation barrier properties” according to UDC. The super-thin OLED exceeds the industrial [...]
The 8th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) is being held in Korea from October 13 to 17. At IMID, LG Display (NYSE: LPL) showcased a 19″ OLED display. From the picture, the 19″ OLED display from LPL seems to sport a regular aspect ratio of a 19″ TFT LCD at 5:4. The pixel format [...]
LG Display (NYSE: LPL), one of the largest LCD manufacturers in the world, announced Q3′08 shipment results. LPL is shipping quite a bit more, but due to intense downward pressure on LCD prices the company’s revenues declined 8% Q/Q and 2% Y/Y to KRW 3861 billion from KRW 4211 billion in Q2′08 and KRW 3953 [...]
On October 9, 2008, LG Display (LPL) announced a 14.1″ TFT LCD panel geared for notebook PCs. With a single touch the viewing angles, normally 175 degrees, can be reduced to just 60. The technology is called Viewing-angle Image Control Display (VIC) technology. This becomes increasingly important as more and more take their notebook PCs [...]
AU Optronics (AUO) is the largest LCD manufacturer in Taiwan and ranks in the top three with two others: LG Display and Samsung. AUO disclosed that the company will be constructing a 11G TFT LCD fabrication plant in 2H’09. Volume production is expected to commence in 2011 or 2012. The glass substrate size has not [...]
LG Display 17.1″ Notebook PC LCD Panel with RGB LED Backlight Specifications
Display: 17.1″ Wide TFT LCD with RGB LED Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1200
Color Gamut: 105% NTSC
On September 16, 2008, LG Display announced that it has begun mass production of its 17.1″ TFT LCD panel with a RGB LED backlight. The RGB LED [...]
AU Optronics (AUO) is the largest LCD manufacturer in Taiwan and one of the largest in the world. Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is the second largest Taiwan-based LCD manufacturer. It has been reported by DigiTimes that AUO and CMO’s G7.5 TFT LCD fabrication plants are running at full speed. But.
South Korea’s LG Display, one of [...]
On September 10, 2008, LG Display announced that it will most likely not meet its initial guidance for the third quarter of 2008 (Q3′08). The main reason given is the sluggish global economic environment and the more-than-expected declines in LCD panel prices. In terms of area shipments, LG Display is expecting an increase in the [...]
