The Goldman analyst sees LCD glass volumes down 10%-15% sequentially in the first quarter, worse than the single digit decline the Street is expecting.
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So... hyperbole aside, the FX30 is thin and features a 3.6x LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT optical zoom lens, 7.2 megapixel CCD, Mega OIS optical image stabilization, Venus Engine III image-processing for shooting at ISO 1250, and a 2.5-inch 207k pixel LCD (the L74 throws down 230k pixels) with "Power LCD" to boost brightness by 40% (at the expense of battery life) when outdoors.
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In place of the keyboard Stantum has put down its own touchscreen LCD, but despite this thrown together nature, the device is actually surprisingly comfortable to hold and relatively light.
ENGADGET: Stantum multitouch Slate PC prototype hands-on Hands-on
The BBC meanwhile reports that Toshiba has shut down one of its two LCD plants to recalibrate sensitive equipment, while Hitachi has also shut a damaged Tokyo factory.
We don't have the exact specs nailed down just yet but we expect the LCD to be slightly upgraded from the current BV5.
While plasma displays also saw great gains, performance improvements, and price drops this year, LCD effectively fought the war on two fronts, driving down prices in small televisions while getting more competitive with plasma at 42-inch and larger sizes.
Display segment orders were down 14%, due to weaker demand from LCD television customers.
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Last year, shipments of LCD fell for the first time ever, ending the year down 4 percent.
To see the whole thing torn down, then reassembled inside the chassis of an LCD panel, hit up the source link.
ENGADGET: Intel's Thin Mini-ITX platform gets stuffed inside a monitor
Middle-market purchase-price multiples for LBOs dropped further in the third quarter, averaging 7.2x, down from 8.3x in the second quarter, according to LCD.
At first glance, Bug Labs' latest creation actually seems like a bit of a downgrade from the version it replaces -- it loses the onboard LCD display and a handful of buttons, after all -- but we sat down with CEO Peter Semmelhack today on the hustling, bustling floor of MWC to get the straight dope on what makes the BUGbase 2.0 a superior product.
On the real, the outfit is expected to launch the world's first Trumotion 480Hz LCD TV panel in the second half of next year, but we're just about to lay down good money that Sony or Samsung accelerates development in order to beat it to the punch.
ENGADGET: LG Display plans to melt eyes with Trumotion 480Hz LCD TV HD
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