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LCD panel makers LG Display and AU Optronics are said to have received certification from Apple to start mass production of displays for the upcoming iPad mini, a rumored product that has been getting quite some attention in the media lately. We’re still not convinced Apple is rolling out this niche product, b... |
17 May 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Monitors come in many shapes, sizes and connectivity capabilities, some more common than others, and Philips has just extended the availability of one of the rarer ones.
The product that has now made its way to European stores is a certain liquid crystal display monitor called 221S3UCB.
The words “liquid cry... |
10 May 2012
03:56 GMT |
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People checking out retail stores in Japan may run across a certain monitor, or pair of monitors, that a company from the Country of Sunrise completed not too long ago.
Hermitage Akihabara is again conveying news about products that have only just been launched in Japan.
The company now getting attention is Green... |
8 May 2012
19:01 GMT |
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They may not be going through the same type of supply strain as hard disk drives did early in the year, but large-size TVs aren't exactly in abundance right now.
That isn't to say that there aren't enough of them to sell, because the world isn't in that kind of bind just yet, and hopefully never... |
7 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) experts, led by professor of chemical and biological engineering Juan J. de Pablo, say that manipulating liquid crystals at the small scale can lead to the creation of new materials with unsuspected properties.
Liquid crystals are commonly known today as the materials in LCD fl... |
3 May 2012
05:01 GMT |
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ASUS has reportedly introduced today the PA248Q ProArt Series LCD IPS display with excellent color fidelity and nice features such as four USB 3.0 ports. This monitor is targeted for photography and design professionals.
This is one of the few 16:10 aspect ratio monitors we’ve seen lately. It has a 1920 ... |
2 May 2012
12:41 GMT |
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There are two new Acer monitors gearing up for availability in Japan, and probably the rest of the world too, eventually.
They are part of the G Series and are called G225HQLAbmid and G225HQLAbd. They will start selling by the end of next month (May, 2012).
The screen diagonal measures 21.5 inches and the panels ar... |
26 April 2012
09:54 GMT |
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Mitsubishi has made one of those product announcements that provides all relevant information without actually being accompanied by market availability.
There are, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that there will be, two new DiamondCrysta monitors in Mitsubishi's collection.
Both of them have a dia... |
24 April 2012
07:46 GMT |
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We've seen how the HD resolution has supplanted 1,024 x 768 as the most popular worldwide and, now, we find out that Intel wants things to move even faster on the display market.
According to Liliputing, the Santa Clara, California-based company fully expects higher resolution displays to start gaining in promi... |
13 April 2012
16:41 GMT |
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It looks like Sharp really is doing badly nowadays, having decided to sell so much of its LCD production in Sakai, Osaka, that Foxconn will be the one with the greatest stake in it.
It was last month that Sharp sold a stake of 46.5 percent to Foxconn.
That left it with the same share, while 7 percent went to Sony... |
10 April 2012
16:01 GMT |
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As far as Smart TVs go, Samsung and LG are the main names, but Lenovo is also determined to carve out a share of the market.
You'd think Lenovo would be satisfied with its reputation as the fastest growing PC maker, but that's not the case.
The company also eyes other market segments, Smart TVs being the ... |
7 April 2012
06:52 GMT |
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Acer has a new monitor listed, for the price of 299 Euro, $394 according to exchange rates.
Envisioned for designers, researchers and office workers, it has a considerable screen size (27 inches in diagonal), but the rest of the spec sheet is pretty generic, minus the contrast ratio at least.
To elaborate, the dyna... |
4 April 2012
08:27 GMT |
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It looks like Samsung was able to complete its LCD business spin-off plans in record time, or close enough for that choice of words to apply anyway. Samsung Electronics reached the conclusion, back in February, that it was in its best interest to separate its liquid crystal display business from the fold. Instead ... |
2 April 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Philips has reportedly announced its new 24-inch Brilliance 241P4LRY monitor. It comes with a special technology called ErgoSensor that allows it to turn off if you’re not in front of it and also chastises you regarding your neck posture, optimal viewing distance and too much staring at it. I know it sounds fu... |
29 March 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Princeton may have already unveiled two monitors this month, but that doesn't mean it can't or won't bring out some more. The two displays that Princeton has unveiled in the country of sunrise are called PTFBYF-24W and PTFBYF-19W. Their names already make it more or less clear what their sizes are, ... |
26 March 2012
09:09 GMT |
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After reading about so many price drops or hikes, caused by one factor or another, we at least get to see one IT market segment where companies aren't tossing tags around like a pachinko ball.
The market for liquid crystal display panels is experiencing a sort of tranquil period now, as the world prepares for ... |
21 March 2012
10:55 GMT |
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In the midst of all those strange and new displays, I-O Data brings a dose of normality by releasing fairly common monitors that still keep up with the times.
The new LCD-MF242E might not be quite as refreshing as some would like, though, not with the price it sports.
Granted, we've seen monitors and TVs that... |
21 March 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Last month, reports said that Samsung had decided to spin off its liquid crystal display business and, now, the plans are starting to come to fruition.
Granted, it will take a while for all the proceedings to complete, but at least the green light now shines down upon the plans.
The shareholders have approved the d... |
17 March 2012
06:53 GMT |
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There is a new monitor on the way to retail stores, or at least those located in Japan, the Country of Sunrise, courtesy of none other than I-O Data.
The last time we wrote about an I-O Data LCD was back in February (2012), when the LCD-AD202X and the LCD-MF222E showed up.
Now, the LCD-MF274XVBR has appeared, tho... |
14 March 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Two executives from AU Optronics have been found guilty of fixing the prices of LCDs over a period of several years.The individuals, HB Chen and Hui Hsiung, are two of the five people that were investigated.The other three are LJ Chen, Hubert Lee and Steven Leung, though the third is not out of the woods yet.While C... |
14 March 2012
11:52 GMT |
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Acer's collection of monitors has entered a growth spurt, so now we have several new LED-backlit models to talk about, all of which can already be found online, save for two.
One of the displays that have not yet started shipping, and will do so only next month (April, 2012), is the Acer S271HL. Its price is o... |
13 March 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Samsung may have decided to spin off its LCD business, but until that's over and done with, it will continue to provide the market with this type of products, like the MD Series and the SL46B.
Samsung is present at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) electronics show.
There, it ... |
8 March 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Like most companies, SteelSeries has a Twitter account, which means that, once in a while, it will let something slip. This time around, the company is deliberately being a tease, showcasing what appears to be a mouse with an integrated display. It is hard to tell why the display is there, especially since the us... |
2 March 2012
10:06 GMT |
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In a world where every new monitor covered by the media seems to be a new Full HD panel with display parameters within a certain range, Princeton Technology has launched a somewhat different pair.
Contrary to what its name might make one believe, Princeton technology is not a British or American company, but a Japa... |
2 March 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Samsung may be quite the power on the display market, but it looks like its liquid crystal display business is not doing as well as some may think.
The company has decided that it was time for the liquid crystal display business to break apart from the whole and follow its own path.
Given recent events, this may ... |
20 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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It appears that I-O Data now has two more monitors to sell, both of them featuring the 16:9 aspect ratio and largely similar specs, save for the screen size and native resolution.As revealed in the Japanese announcement, the LCD-AD202X measures 20 inches in diagonal, while the LCD-MF222E has a screen size of 21.5 inc... |
15 February 2012
11:04 GMT |
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In Japan, Sharp has made the official introduction of a beastly liquid crystal display, one that almost puts LG's new 3D, glasses-free monitor to shame as far as pricing goes.
Sharp's new liquid crystal display TV set is a large and high-quality product that, even without featuring support for 3D, has a p... |
14 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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iPad parts reseller Eye Lab Factory has put together a leaked Sharp display with a leaked iPad 3 dock connector and back plate and concluded that the parts match. Based on the results, Apple’s next iPad should be slightly thicker than the current-generation model. iLab.cc “combined and evaluated the qual... |
13 February 2012
09:05 GMT |
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I-O Data is almost ready to start shipping a new monitor, one that has an arguably peculiar combination of performance specs and pricing.
The LCD-MF234XPGBR, as the company's new monitor is called, is not exactly the most revolutionary of displays.
That would imply that it is intended either for regular consu... |
9 February 2012
12:11 GMT |
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According to iSuppli, liquid crystal display panels do not appear to be as unfortunate as semiconductors, and definitely not in the same boat as NAND and DRAM products.
Based on some recently published financial estimates from IHS iSuppli, LCD prices are not going down anymore, at least not as fast as a few months ... |
7 February 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Panasonic has just made an announcement in which it promotes the PT-LZ370U, a video projector that will come in handy during art history and film classes, plus engineering R&D, among other things.
The PT-LZ370U can project images in Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) and at a brightness of 3,000 lumens.
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7 February 2012
10:38 GMT |
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NEC has introduced a new member of the P Series of large-screen, professional-grade displays, intended for applications where high endurance and long lifespan are required, such as public venues.
The new panel that the company is almost ready to start shipping has the name of P552 and, as one would expect, possess... |
6 February 2012
09:57 GMT |
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If 2011 was the year when 3D panels picked up steam, 2012 may just be the one that sees transparent panels, like the one Samsung has announced, actually become a true part of the market. It was not too long ago that Samsung revealed a new transparent liquid crystal display panel, one that was a sort of successor to... |
17 January 2012
05:54 GMT |
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There aren't many displays that can truly qualify as wall panels and, either way, none of them actually covers the space that HP's VantagePoint does. HP has just revealed a so-called collaborative multitouch solution for corporations, public spaces and commercial venues like retail. It is a wall-sized di... |
17 January 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Looks like Green House has finally gotten around to unleashing a new multi-purpose display, one that should already be shipping to customers.
Green House has just finished revealing a display that may end up acting as a TV or a monitor, depending on who buys it.
Dubbed GH-TV22JLHDK, it is not so much a Smart TV, b... |
16 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Details about Samsung's CES exhibition continue to trickle in, this time regarding one of the less ambitious but still big and versatile TV panels.
The trade show happening each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, is not called Consumer Electronics Show for nothing.
It is meant to be a convention for the release an... |
12 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Truly large displays are not very common, but when they do show up, they make a strong impression, as Sharp must be more than happy to see for itself.
Of course, when a company makes an 80-inch display, it goes without saying that people will gawk, or at least stare, especially during a public even like CES.
Sharp... |
10 January 2012
13:41 GMT |
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VIZIO has a variety of things on display at CES 2012, monitors and TVs taking up much of its exhibition.
It appears that the company has even done something a bit unusual, namely build a number of LCD HDTV sets with the 21:9 aspect ratio.
That's the same ratio that cinema screens have.
VIZIO aptly named the p... |
10 January 2012
11:31 GMT |
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AOC has just sent out a press release in which it details an USB monitor which it hopes to send to stores at some point next month (February, 2012).
There is something rather strange about the announcement, or at least the product.
Simply put, this is not the first time that the company introduces it.
Then again,... |
5 January 2012
07:31 GMT |
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LCD manufacturers really haven't been taking care of their records as well as they should have.
Oddly enough, it happens again that, just as people are trying to enjoy holiday cheer, courts issue huge fines.
At least this once it is corporations that have to cough up the cash instead of random people.
Sharp, ... |
28 December 2011
09:12 GMT |
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Looks like another one of those famed transactions has happened or will happen, this once between Samsung and Sony. The two companies used to work on the S-LCD joint business, and technically still do. Now, though, Samsung has decided to assume ownership of the whole thing, which means it has to pay Sony quite a bi... |
27 December 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Transparent screens are one of Samsung's most recent and ambitious projects, so the company obviously wants it to gain traction, hence the praise it has been sending its way and the list of prospective customers it has been putting together. Apparently, Samsung is convinced that the time of futuristic windows ... |
27 December 2011
04:47 GMT |
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Not often does a monitor get released that, while featuring the fairly common widescreen form factor, has a native resolution different from Full HD.
NEC is getting ready for the start of a new year just like everyone else, but the product now in sight is one that won't be at the 2012 edition of CES (Consumer E... |
22 December 2011
09:11 GMT |
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Television sets, those with flat panels at any rate, used to have quite hefty prices back in the second quarter of 2011, but that situation no longer applies.
In fact, not only does the situation no longer apply, but one might say it made a 180 degree-turn.
Due to a combination of economic uncertainty and frantic ... |
21 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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You'd think that a 45-inch or 50-inch TV was big, and that 60-70-inch ones were huge, but that way of thinking may not survive the news of what Sharp has planned for the world.Sharp has a history of big panels, but the ones it will send to the US next year (2012) are going to leave pretty much all of them in the... |
19 December 2011
03:54 GMT |
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We saw some pretty off the wall watch ideas over the years, but Tokyoflash may have managed to make some wrist watches that, while not quite as off the wall, are easy to classify as overkill.
Unless you really like LCDs, LEDs and touchscreens, that is.
Basically, the company made the Kisai On Air Black LED Watch an... |
15 December 2011
04:02 GMT |
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People may or may not remember when we drew attention to the SUR40 touch surface, the one over here. Samsung is now mass producing the 40-inch LCD that it is equipped with and which is quite advanced as far as touchscreens go. The panel boasts the Optical Sensor in Pixel technology, which lets the screen use infra... |
1 December 2011
07:23 GMT |
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This might not be immediately visible to the casual consumer, but liquid crystal display sales have been sluggish lately. In fact, it's not easy at all to realize that monitors and TVs have been going through less than stellar times, not with forecasts about impending Smart TV success, although hearing about t... |
23 November 2011
11:17 GMT |
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It so happens that DRAM products aren't the only ones suffering from oversupply, as DisplaySearch discovered that 3D LCD TVs are in a similar bind, though perhaps not as tight.
3D LCD HDTVs may have been among the candidates for the most convenient holiday purchases, if they'd been closer to the mainstrea... |
23 November 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Even with new display sizes being developed and marketed, there are high chances that 2011 will become the first year when LCD TVs sell less than in the previous one.
It appears that oversupply concerns are great enough that some people, market watchers as Digitmes calls them, aren't very optimistic about 2011... |
8 November 2011
05:19 GMT |
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