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During the next 18 months there will emerge several new flat screen technologies to take on LCD and Plasma screens. LG.Philips LCD has revealed some of the new screen technologies.
LG.Philips LCD has given a hint of what is coming next in the flat screen market by revealing a variety of next-generation display technologies at SID (Society for Information Display) in the USA.
Among the technologies revealed are active-matrix (AM) OLED (organic light-emitting diode) products, flexible color displays, a multi-touch LCD screens, and advanced LCD TV panels.
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They have also revealed a hair-thin flexible AM OLED display which can reproduce a full 16.7 million colors, along with a 14.1-inch flexible color A4-size electronic paper (e-paper) display and a 6-inch e-paper display which could replace a number of current paper products because of their crisp output and low power consumption.
Another advancement showcased at the exhibition is a 47-inch multi-touch screen that recognizes different points of contact in relation to each other. This allows users to actually manipulate data or images with their hands.
The company is also demonstrating a 42-inch panel with Intelligent Power Control technology, which reduces average power consumption by 30%. Another 42-inch screen includes a built-in LCD picture improvement chip, allowing TV set manufacturers to more easily create TVs with high picture quality. On a smaller scale, LG.Philips LCD is showing off a 2-inch handset panel designed to reduce power consumption and enhance dynamic contrast ratio.
Full HD LCD TV panels in the spotlight
LG.Philips LCD is showcasing its complete line-up of full high-definition (HD) LCD panels for LCD HDTVs, including its 37, 42-, 47- and 52-inch widescreen displays. These displays all have full HD resolution, a viewing angle of 180 degrees, a brightness of 500 cd/m2, a dynamic contrast ratio of up to 10,000:1, and a color gamut of 92%. These, along with a variety of other large and widescreen LCD HDTV panels featuring technological enhancements such as motion blur reduction through 100/120Hz refresh rate technology and copper bus implementation are on display.
Larger, brighter, wider panels for monitors and notebooks
LG.Philips LCD is demonstrating a number of high-quality LCD panels for notebooks and monitors, focusing on widescreen models. Among the monitor panels shown are several for which LG.Philips LCD is claiming world-leading features such as; the largest monitor panel measuring 30-inches diagonally, best performance numbers in a 26-inch model, and the thinnest 24-inch widescreen monitor panel.
LG.Philips LCD is also displaying a 20.1-inch widescreen notebook panel which it is claiming as the largest in its class. A 4.8-inch touch screen for ultra-mobile notebooks is noteworthy too.
Full line up of applications
This year, LG.Philips LCD has expanded the selection of small- to medium-size displays it is exhibiting. They range from very small displays for use in mobile phones to ultra-high resolution displays for use in medical devices.
The company’s medium-size displays include 7- and 8-inch models for automotive use, including 1,000-nit high-brightness displays and Dual Screen with One Panel (DSOP) displays that allow drivers to see one image and passengers to see another on a single screen. Another featured product category will be panels for portable navigation systems ranging in size from 3.5-to 7-inches. These panels are driven by a single chip solution that allows end user products to be created with narrower bezels.
This year’s mobile display panels include an array of new functions and features. Highlighted products include 2.2-, 2.4- and 3-inch OLED displays, 2.6-, 2.8- and 3.5-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) displays, and a 2.2-inch IPS LCD display with a transflective setting. The company will also demonstrate a 2-inch module that is 0.79 mm thick.
A 3-inch OLED panel for use in digital still cameras (DSCs) is shown along with 2.2-, 2.4- and 3-inch versions for a number of different applications.
