Without expensive and difficult-to-maintain tracking systems, there is no way for flat panels to continuously face the sun.
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The tube-shaped panels, put together on racks, capture more sunlight than flat panels, which are usually tilted in one direction.
Now with today's flat panels, it would be difficult for TV designers to even consider great sound in a TV as a goal.
Remember back at the turn of century when the bubble was bulging and flat panels were something found only on Cribs.
Reminds me of what happened to the TV business when flat panels when from a boom market to low single-digit percentage rate growth.
V3Solar proved that point when it unveiled its new spinning, cone-shaped solar panels, which can generate 20 times as much energy as flat panels.
The teenager figured that solar panels designed like the trees might be a more efficient way of collecting energy than the simple flat panels mostly in use.
When I started out, I figured I would be looking at DLP based sets since they offer the larger flat screens at a lower price than the plasma or LCD flat panels.
Clever, but flat-panels with keyboards may end up not much cheaper than full-fledged notebook PCs.
Flat-panels were down 1.5% in units, while ASPs dropped more than 8%.
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Richardson expects that transparent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) will be embedded in structural glass, so that flat clear panels will provide a plethora of lighting options.
Mitsubishi also made a go of it in flat-panels, but ditched those efforts last year and will now focus on the professional market and home-theater projectors here in the US. In recent years the tech has improved with thinner models, integrated soundbars and even larger screens available.
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More capacity for flat-screen panels is also expected to become available later this year.
Aside from ultra-lux furnishings, a bounty of Jacuzzis and enough flat-screen LCD panels to tile a roof, Connor says "Solemates" also lets guests keep fit in style.
Global market demand for large size LCD panels was flat with shipments rising just 1 percent quarter-on-quarter to 179 million units, while average sales prices of panels fell across the notebook PC, monitor and TV panel segments.
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Available in black and white finishes, the TSX models are all-in-one systems with attractive rounded chassis and flat, real wood top panels that blend seamlessly within most living environments.
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Some of your investors are already familiar with some of the innovations in rare earths, like the new windmill technology and flat-screen TVs and the possibility of solar panels down the line.
The construction site consists of tidy stacks of flat-packed, prefabricated wall units, roof panels and other jumbo components trucked from Michigan and labeled and numbered like parts for a giant Ikea Akurum cabinet.
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Solyndra asserts that the novel form of its solar panels, which are cylindrical, in contrast with the flat ones now on most rooftops, will help it win more business.
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