BenQ Announces a 2ms LCD Monitor

It seems like everyone is going to quickly jump on the 2ms bandwagon, but we will have to wait and see if 2ms is really worth anything.

Digitimes with the details:

To decrease its response time, the monitor employs BenQ’s original Advanced Motion Accelerator (AMA) technology that accelerates the twisting speed of liquid crystal by increasing the voltage, which helps the monitor increase its performance to a similar level of a CRT monitor.

The 19-inch monitor also features a resolution of 1280×1024 (SXGA), D-Sub and DVI inputs, a contrast ratio of 700:1 and a brightness of 300cd/m2.

Fast 20 inch LCD from Viewsonic

Soon refresh rates will not matter anymore as more and more monitors make it into the 4ms and under group. Viewsonic has shown a demo of a 19 inch monitor that runs at a blazing 2ms response time, and even more amazing they showed off a 20 inch with an incredible 3ms response time.

Trusted Reviews with some more details:

It has also been joined by a real show stopper: a 20in widescreen brother called the VX2022 (1680 x 1050) which has an incredible 3ms response time. Sadly right now ViewSonic doesn’t have any shots of either model, but that’s no great loss since a photo isn’t going to give any insight into response times and we all know what a 20in widescreen monitor looks like.

Far more important than imagery, is the cold hard fact that the VX2022 absolutely creams the previously record breaking FP202W from BenQ, which just last week held the title [for a 20 inch LCD monitor] operating at 8ms.

AOC Displays Launches ‘Professional Series’

FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 19, 2005–AOC Displays, maker of AOC and Envision Series monitors and Envision Series flat-screen televisions, today announced a new family of high-end LCD monitors distinguished by market-leading performance, ultra-sophisticated design and enhanced ergonomics. The new PC and Mac compatible Professional Series monitors are designed to put the ultimate in performance and style within reach of all discerning business professionals and computer enthusiasts.

Leading off the new Professional Series line are the new Envision Series 20-inch EN2028 and the 17-inch EN7750, both available immediately. The 20-inch EN2028 features a stunningly high picture resolution of 1600X1200 and a 700:1 contrast ratio.

The 20-inch unit’s sleek design and matte midnight black finish earn it a place in the most stylish environments and its added ergonomic features allow users to adjust the display to fit perfectly in any work - or play - space. The unit even folds to lay completely flat for discrete storage or for easy transport, allowing executives who travel with a laptop to take along an additional monitor. With a $549 retail price, the EN2028 offers exceptional value.
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LG.Philips LCD and E Ink Build 10.1″ Flex Display

Tokyo, Japan, October 19, 2005 - E Ink Corporation in USA, the leading supplier of electronic paper display technology, today announced that LG.Philips LCD (NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220), one of the world’s leading innovators of thin-film transistor liquid crystal (TFT-LCD) technology, and E Ink have built a 10.1″ flexible electronic paper display. The display will be shown at the FPD International trade show in Japan, attended by over 60,000 visitors each year.

Less than 300 microns thick, the paper-white display is as thin and flexible as construction paper. With a 10.1″ diagonal, the prototype achieves SVGA (600×800) resolution at 100 pixels per inch and has a 10:1 contrast ratio with 4 levels of grayscale.

E Ink® Imaging Film is a novel display material that looks like printed ink on paper and has been designed for use in paper-like electronic displays. Like paper, the material can be flexed and rolled. As an additional benefit, the E Ink Imaging Film uses 100 times less energy than a liquid crystal display because it can hold an image without power and without a backlight.

LG.Philips LCD and E Ink selected a steel foil material that could be supplied by Sumitomo Corporation in high volume and which was developed by Nippon Steel Corporation (5401.JP), the leading steel company in Japan. The flexible foil is a super-thin, extremely flat, high-performance steel that can easily withstand the high temperatures of a TFT production process.

LG.Philips LCD combined both materials to manufacture the display panel at an existing pilot TFT line in Korea. LG.Philips and E Ink jointly designed the display electronics and produced the final prototype to achieve the world’s largest high-resolution flexible electronic paper display.

“We all need flexible displays,” said Russ Wilcox, CEO of E Ink, “They are 80% thinner and lighter than glass displays, and they do not break like glass displays. You can roll them up and put them in your pocket. You can curve them around the outside of a cellphone. Or you can throw them in your briefcase like a newspaper. As Galileo famously told us, the world is not flat.”

ViewSonic Debuts 2ms LCD Monitor

It is all about the response time. If anyone complains about ghosting on a LCD that has a 4ms response time, they should look at ViewSonic, as they are going to be releasing a monitor with a quick 2ms response time.

ViewSonic yesterday announced the release of a 2ms LCD monitor for the China market, with the company claiming it to be the world’s fastest LCD monitor.

The new 19-inch model (VX922) is priced at 4,222 yuan (US$521) and has a native resolution of 1280×1024, a contrast ratio of 650:1 and features a brightness of 270 nits.

source: DigiTimes

Toshiba Matsushita Thin Display

I was browsing through Engadget today, and saw this post:

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology unveiled their new low-temp TFT LCD yesterday, which features a number of improvements, enabling it to have a thickness of a mere 2.75mm (0.10-inch). The screen itself measures 11.1-inch, and has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It also uses an LED backlight. TMDT has already begun production of this new unit, so expect to see notebooks with still thinner screens on the block soon.

Okay, do you mind if I drool here a bit? A LCD with a thickness of 0.1 of an inch. If this technology is popularized, it could mean even thinner laptops, and LCD’s on your desk, and as your television.

BenQ Rolls Out 5 New Displays

It looks like BenQ is trying to stir up some news with the release of five new displays. Each display looks unique, which goes against what most monitor makers are doing by making displays that have similar appearance for brand recognition.

Engadget with the news:

BenQ has a batch of new LCD displays out, and it looks like the company has decided to use a different designer for each model, since they have completely different bezels, control layouts and speaker designs. At the head of the pack is the widescreen 20-inch FP202W (shown), clad in basic black, and with a 1680 x 1050 resolution and 800:1 contrast ratio. The monitor also has an 8ms response time, which BenQ claims is the fastest for a 20-inch display (for the next few days, at least). Moving down a couple of inches, there are two 19-inchers: the SXGA FP19V, with a 650:1 contrast ratio and a silver casing with built-in speakers; and the all-white FP93V, which has similar specs, minus the speakers but plus a severe case of Apple envy. Last and least are the two 17-inch models, the FP72V, with speaker ears, a 0.3 megapixel webcam and a 1050:1 contrast ratio; and the FP71V, which is basically a shrunken version of the FP91V. All will be out in Japan this month and next, and will presumably show up elsewhere after the Japanese market acts as a real-world focus group and determines which design works best.

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