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It’s Official: Samsung Decides to Ditch Its LCD Business

February 21st, 2012
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Out with the old and in with the new — that’s the motto driving Samsung’s latest business decision. The display maker officially announced its intentions of spinning off its liquid crystal display (LCD) division so it can better focus on the future of display technology, which Samsung feels has everything to do with organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels and little to do with LCDs.

“Currently, the display market is undergoing rapid changes with OLED panels expected to fast replace LCD panels to become the mainstream,” Samsung said. “Amid this structural change of the Display industry, adopting measures for change and innovation, including business restructuring, are essential to improve our competitiveness for our Display business.”

Samsung’s LCD business will be spun off into a new wholly-owned subsidiary, and as time goes on, the company will consider “various restructuring measures,” one of which could include a possible merger with Samsung Mobile Display and S-LCD Corporation.

The spin-off is hardly surprising. It was previously rumored Samsung was considering ditching its LCD business, which reported a hellish operating loss of $666 million (750 billion won) last year. Samsung has set April 1, 2012 as the effective date of the spin-off.

Source:http://hothardware.com/News/Its-Official-Samsung-Decides-to-Ditch-Its-LCD-Business/

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Samsung Looks Ahead With “Optical Sensor In Pixel” LCD Panels

December 5th, 2011
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Ever heard of an Optical Sensor in Pixel panel? Now you have. Samsung just announced that it began mass production of 40-inch ‘Optical Sensor in Pixel’ LCD panels, which feature highly advanced optical sensors, in November this year.

The Optical Sensor in Pixel LCD panel detects reflected images of an object on the panel using Infrared sensors that are built into the panel. With optical sensor in each pixel of the panel, the new panel can much more accurately assess touch sensitivity compared to existing touch panels.

Using next-generation image sensing technology, the Optical Sensor in Pixel panel can detect more than 50 touch points simultaneously and can display images with Full HD resolution and wide-angle viewing.

All of the input functions of a keyboard, mouse or scanner can be carried out on the panel itself. The panel can be installed in a variety of applications including table top and wall-mounted types. Its tempered glass is strong enough to withstand external loads over 80 kilograms.

As the panel can perform touch and multi-touch sensing and image display simultaneously, it represents a new paradigm for massively interactive communications, compared to the one-way communication of today’s kiosk touch panels.

Samsung’s ‘optical sensing per pixel’ technology can perform accurate image sensing without interrupting the image signals displayed on the panel, so it should be well received by many types of professional consultants including stock brokers and financial analysts. Also, it can be handily used in eDesk applications for schools or business conference rooms.

The Optical Sensor in Pixel LCD panel has been installed in ‘Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface’, a table-type PC product, co-developed by Samsung Electronics and Microsoft®. SUR40 has been available for pre-order since last month.

“Our Optical Sensor in Pixel panel has overcome the limitations of touch functionality that have hampered the effectiveness of most interactive displays,” said Younghwan Park, senior vice president of sales and marketing team, Samsung Electronics LCD Business. “With the world’s first mass production of an Optical Sensor in Pixel LCD, Samsung Electronics has set its sights on taking the lead in the global interactive display market,” he added.

Hard to say if this stuff will ever skip beyond Surface and touch more mainstream gadgets, but we’re pretty sure Samsung didn’t make these kinds of investments for nothing.

Source:http://hothardware.com/News/Samsung-Looks-Ahead-With-Optical-Sensor-In-Pixel-LCD-Panels/

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New ezLCD Smart Touch LCD Introduced for 5.6” Embedded Display Applications

November 9th, 2011
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EarthLCD.com, the recognized leader in smart touch LCD’s, today announced the immediate availability of their new ezLCD-005 graphic display module. Its all-in-one design unites a color LCD, touchscreen, control electronics, memory and I/O, with an easy to use, command driven programmable firmware environment. Helping engineers minimize development time and reduce hardware costs, while speeding time to market for applications requiring a color touchscreen display, the ezLCD-005 proves to be an effective solution as a graphical user interface (GUI).

The ezLCD-005 features:

* 5.6 Inch Color TFT LCD with LED Backlight
* 320 x 234 Resolution, supporting 65,536 Colors
* 330 Nit Brightness
* 300 to 1 Contrast Ratio
* Integrated 4 Wire Resistive Touchscreen
* Intelligent Control Module with 32 Bit ARM Microprocessor
* 1 Mbyte Serial Flash Memory
* SD/MMC Card Slot for memory expansion up to 4 GB
* USB, SPI, and RS232/TTL Interfaces
* +5.0V Supply Voltage
* 0 to 60°C Operating Temperature
* Command driven programmable firmware environment
* EarthSEMPL (Simple Embedded Macro Programming Language) language

“The ezLCD-005 provides OEM’s the fastest way to integrate a 5.6” color LCD with touchscreen into their new or existing embedded application,” said Randy Schafer, EarthLCD.com CEO. “Engineers can focus on interfacing the ezLCD-005 into their product design instead of sourcing all the individual components necessary to accomplish their goal. And not having to manage the supply chain for all those unique parts saves them time, money and improves their time to market.”

The ezLCD-005 was developed for industries such as Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Test Equipment, Kiosk, Point of Sale, Medical, Automotive, and others where products might require a color LCD with touchscreen to be utilized as a user interface. Pricing for the ezLCD-005 starts at $330.00 ea.

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20111108005458/en/Color-LCD/LCD/TFT

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Six LCD makers fined for price fixing

November 2nd, 2011
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Samsung Electronics and LG Display were among the companies that were charged with colluding from 2001 to 2006 to artificially control the price of LCD television and PC monitor panels according to the Fair Trade Commission in South Korea.

The group of companies included AU Optronics, Chimei Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and HannStar Display and they reportedly held over 200 secret meetings to discuss suspending or slowing down production of panels to prevent prices from declining.

“They colluded on minimum prices of panels, pricing policies on each product type, timing of price increases and a ban on cash rebates,” the commission said in a statement.

The fine imposed is $176 million (R1.4 billion) though this could be adjusted according to each company’s current LCD sales and share of the market.

Samsung said it respects the commission’s decision and would abide by free-trade laws. LG however said it objected to the decision and would appeal to the Seoul High court.

Source:http://mybroadband.co.za/news/quick-news/37260-six-lcd-makers-fined-for-price-fixing.html

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NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 and The Asus VG278H LCD Review

October 17th, 2011
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On many levels, 3D Vision 2 is very similar to 3D Vision. The technology works in exactly the same way. It uses the same software, and the new glasses we’ll be showing you are backwards compatible with the original emitters. Conversely, the original 3D Vision glasses are forward compatible with newer 3D Vision 2 kits. But NVIDIA has made a number of physical and technical tweaks that enhance the technology in a few key ways. NVIDIA has redesigned its active-shutter glasses and incorporated 20% larger lenses and worked with ecosystem partners to bring new, larger, full-HD 3D Vision compatible monitors to market. They’ve also developed a new technology dubbed LightBoost that ultimately results in brighter on-screen imagery and better environmental lighting characteristics as well

Source:http://hothardware.com/News/NVIDIA-3D-Vision-2-and-The-Asus-VG278H-LCD-Review/

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Toshiba DX1215 Joins The All In One PC Stakes

June 22nd, 2011
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We’ve seen plenty of choice hardware crawl across our view from Toshiba, and now we’ve got a whole new piece of exciting Toshiba hardware as they bring out an entrant in the growing all in one PC field. It’s called the Toshiba DX1215, and it’s packing quite a bit of power under its hood.

The Toshiba DX1215 all in one PC offers up a 21.5 inch LED touch screen showing at 1920 x 1080 resolution, supported by your choice of an Intel Core i5 or Intel Core i7 processor, a terabyte of hard drive space, four gigs of RAM, two USB 3.0 ports and four USB 2.0 ports (complete with the Sleep and Charge option which lets you use those ports to recharge your USB devices even when the desktop itself is in sleep mode), a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, an HDMI input in case you want to use that monitor with, say, a Blu-ray player, as well as built-in Onkyo speakers backed up by Dolby Sound and MaxxAudio tuning for that extra punch.

It’s a pretty solid piece of hardware overall–looking at that spec list shows a computer with more than a little muscle on its side–and should fare well for most anybody’s basic needs and then some besides. Sure, this isn’t the most potent of muscle machines we’ve seen lately, but it’s still got plenty of juice in its systems.

If you like the looks of this one, don’t worry, as you’ll be able to lay hands on it July 3rd out at Best Buy locations, and then you’ll have the Fourth of July holiday to play around with it in between barbecues and explosions. But you’ll need to bring a good chunk of cash along, as this one will set you back $929.99.

A little pricey for my tastes, especially given the spec list, but for people in tight spaces this should be pretty welcome. What do you guys think? A good buy, a best buy, or a bye buy, if I can be permitted a pun? However you feel about the Toshiba DX1215, head on down to the comments section and let us know what you think!

Source:http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/06/21/toshiba-dx1215-joins-the-all-in-one-pc-stakes-toshiba-brings-a-surprisingly-potent-entry-to-the-all-in-one-pc-race-with-the-dx1215/

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What to Look For in a Rented LCD Monitor

April 20th, 2011
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An LCD monitor rental can be the ideal solution for many short-term business needs – special projects, temporary hires, a weeklong trade fair and other business events like seminars and meetings. You might need many additional units to handle the increase in work and staff – or you may need just one of the latest models to impress your customers. It does not matter whether you need whole new computer systems along with the monitors or just the monitors alone, there are many online and local rental firms offering great packages at very reasonable rates.

With the recent rapid advances in technology, the conventional cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors are quickly giving way to liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. This is because LCDs have many advantages over CRTs, the biggest one being that they are much slimmer and thus take up much less desk space. They also have other features that benefit businesses which are enumerated below and will serve as a guide to picking the right type of LCD monitors for your business.

Look for flat panel large LCD displays

Grab the chance to take advantage of the LCD’s sleek profile by selecting one in a larger screen size. While a large screen in a CRT monitor invariably means considerable additional weight, the LCD does not present the same problem – weight increases only marginally but the larger size offers better visibility and resolution and lets employees see better. This is particularly helpful for staff who work in the visual media and design sectors.

Find an LCD flat panel monitor that can be placed anywhere

Find quality LCD flat screens that offer the functions you need, yet allow you a large degree of versatility where their placement is concerned. It is possible for many to be mounted on walls instead of being placed on office desks, thus freeing up tabletop space for employees. Selecting LCD monitors that enjoy inbuilt power supply will allow you more flexibility when placing them. Do ensure that you don’t give up quality for the sake of flexibility. Try to find a balance between these two essential elements in LCD monitors.

Pick an LCD monitor that offers clear, clean images

When availing an LCD monitor rental select a display that offers high resolution and clarity where image reproduction is concerned. This allows the user to read the content on the screen much more easily. Such features enable images and text to be read very easily and can prove very efficient productivity wise.

Superior LCD monitors are not just slim and sleek in profile and offer functional design features, they are very responsive, and also gentle on eyesight, preventing eyestrain when dealing with extensive graphic content. This type of monitor is especially recommended for people employed in the fields of gaming, architecture and graphic design.

Take a test run

One of the major advantages of a short-term LCD monitor rental is that it lets you try out various models. This is particularly helpful in case you are planning on purchasing LCD flat panel displays later for your enterprise. Go ahead and search online or locally for rental firms that will provide you this additional window of opportunity besides the convenience of an equipment rental.

Source:http://www.booshnews.com/2011/04/19/what-to-look-for-in-a-rented-lcd-monitor/

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