Corning developed flat glass now used for LCDs in the 1960s for car windshields.
LCDs, one that is much more efficient for screens bigger than 37 inches (94cm) or so.
Flaws says that until now, the primary driver in LCDs has been replacing CRTs.
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Americans were some of the first to rush out and buy new plasmas and LCDs.
Current LCDs are limited to displaying 35 percent or less of the visible color spectrum.
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Another drawback is that LCDs consume a lot of power because they are lit from behind.
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Yet even with their present limitations, flexible screens have some important advantages over LCDs.
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The color is then separated using a filter on the screen, similar to how LCDs show color.
Corning manufactures glass substrates for LCDs and is one the major players in the LCD TV industry.
To that end, Mitsubishi is debuting its new LT-46149 and LT-52149 LCDs with integrated 16-speaker sound projectors.
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The vast majority of TVs use liquid crystal displays, or LCDs, though a sizable minority use plasma technology.
If LCDs have become such a miserable business, why is Hon Hai so keen to get into it?
Super high resolution and clarity: IGZO's transistors are much smaller than traditional LCDs thanks to significantly higher electron mobility.
High performance touch response: Compared to conventional LCDs, IGZO displays have drastically minimized the noise caused during touch input.
In place of those familiar plastic spheres are two big LCDs that comprise roughly a third of Furby's body.
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Samsung has just released information about its 2007 lineup of HDTVs, including new LCDs, DLPs, plasmas and even CRTs.
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LCDs TV shipment growth in the quarter was up just 9%, the slowest year-over-year growth quarter for the segment ever.
Remember those too good to be true priced to move 32- and 37-inch Hitachi 1080p LCDs we told you about?
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The chip has been shown to handle 3D video display on 3.5-inch color LCDs as well as capturing 8 megapixel images.
Moreover, the glass means LCDs are heavy and easily broken, as anyone who has dropped a laptop knows to his cost.
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He also standardized the guts of LCDs, navigational gear, black boxes, instrument landing systems and weather radar, sharing technologies and components.
Samsung is showing off their LED-backlit LCDs today at the ICDL 2007, or Int'l Conference and Exhibition on Display LEDs... where else.
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Today's auto interiors are riddled with technology, festooned with LCDs and feature high-resolution cameras, gesture detection and capacitive touch with haptic feedback.
Few investors or companies have the stomach to invest billions for factories for flash memory, LCDs or even emerging technologies like OLED.
For the real costs to Sharp currently are not buying in the parts to make those LCDs, nor running that production line.
They also both score tilt-out LCDs akin to the poorly-received A380, with the A550 sporting a much higher resolution screen than its sibling.
The ability to control the spectral output of a quantum dot allows QDEF to create an ideal white backlight specifically designed for LCDs.
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LCDs, or liquid crystal displays, are used in many of today's electronic devices, including smartphones, TV screens, computer monitors, laptops and tablet computers.
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In addition to playing up the pixel count, Samsung touted its prototype as a "green panel, " claiming 30-percent lower power consumption than existing LCDs.
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