Samsung LED LCD TV
In recent years, Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese makers of liquid-crystal display panels have fought hard to establish dominance in the key tech market. And for most of 2007 and 2008 there was plenty of business to go around. Today, though, the economic crisis is slashing demand for the panels, used in flat-panel TVs, computer monitors, and cell-phone screens. While that’s likely to hurt everyone in the battle, the Koreans expect the downturn to play out to their advantage. “This challenging period will give us a good opportunity to widen our lead,” says Lee Bang Soo, a vice-president at LG Display, the world’s second-largest LCD panel maker after its compatriot Samsung Electronics.The Koreans are already gaining. Manufacturing costs today exceed what producers can charge for the panels, so Taiwan’s four biggest makers have slashed output by half or more. AU Optronics (AUO), the leader in Taiwan and the global No. 3, saw its market share for panels bigger than 10 inches plunge to 11% in November, from 19.2% in January, while share for Taiwan’s Chi Mei Optoelectronics fell to 9%, from 12%, says market researcher DisplaySearch. Samsung, meanwhile, increased its share in the segment by 8.5 percentage points, to 32.5%, during the period, and LG jumped 3.1 points, to 23.5%.
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TV Stand for LCD TV or Plasma TV
When it comes time to choose the perfect TV stand for your living room or home theater, you may be surprised to learn how many different styles are on the market today. When choosing the right TV stand, first you must determine the size stand you need in order to safely accommodate your television. Aside from that, you are free to choose any style stand you see fit. You can choose to match the stand to your existing décor or make a statement with a bold style that becomes the focal point of the room. Below are some brief descriptions of a variety of TV stand styles that are available today.
Traditional style TV stands have an antique quality and bring an heir of style and sophistication to any room. Often constructed of hard wood and featuring ornate carvings and molds, traditional stands have tend to warm up a room and are usually offered in darker finishes like mahogany and cherry.
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One item that manufacturers don’t usually make a big deal about happens to be the aspect of any display that seems to matter most - LCD panel technology. There are three main categories of panel technology: TN (twisted nematic), MVA/PVA (multi-domain vertical alignment/patterned vertical alignment), and IPS (in-plane switching). Opinions about which technology is actually best differ somewhat, but there’s no denying the fact that TN is substantially cheaper to produce whereas PVA and IPS are more expensive. These days, the vast majority of LCD are once again using TN LCD panels, largely because of the pricing advantage. If you want a higher quality panel using MVA, PVA, or IPS you will need to be prepared to pay anywhere from 50% to 300% more, depending on overall quality.
Panasonic IPS-Alpha LCD Panel Technology
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Contrast Ratio Comparison Between LCD TV
Many LCD specifications are prone to inflation by the manufacturers or have become largely meaningless. Take contrast ratio for example. That’s the white level divided by the black level, and if you could actually get pure black on any LCD contrast ratio would be “infinity”. In practice, anything over 500:1 is sufficient, and 1000:1 is about the best you can see before the manufacturers start playing tricks. What sort of tricks? How about dynamic contrast ratio, where the backlight intensity changes according to the content currently being shown on the display.
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LG Display has developed what it claims is the world’s first Trumotion 480Hz LCD TV panel, which has a 480 refresh rate per second, accelerating the advent of ultra high-speed images, without sacrificing picture quality.
LG Display - TrueMotion 480Hz
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