lcd

News.blog: OLED panels promised for 2009

News The liquid crystal display (LCD) industry probably doesn't have much to worry about yet. Sony is betting on OLED's eventual domination of the display market, but it's also heavily invested in LCD. However, Panasonic, which owns the plasma TV market...

Tags: samsung, inch, market, lcd

23 April 2008, 9:12

Photos: High-tech cars shine at NY auto show

News LCD in the Turbo X 9-3 shows GM's standard music and navigation system, with convenient tabbed interface for navigating its various functions. Its LCD touchscreen serves to control the stereo and climate.

Tags: stereo, hard drive, country, class

26 March 2008, 10:02

Photos: Deflating a MacBook Air

News The microphone and camera are located on the lid above the LCD display. The Apple MacBook Air is thin, light and a testament to what good engineering and design can accomplish in a laptop personal computer.

Tags: ram, board, hard drive, air

6 March 2008, 9:35

News.blog: Pioneer drops plasma production

News Pioneer is, however, already planning to buy liquid crystal display panels from Sharp in order to start selling LCD LCD sets have quickly become the fastest-growing TV technology, displacing traditional cathode-ray tube sets, as well as rear...

Tags: pioneer, cent, plasma, panels

6 March 2008, 9:12

Plasma TVs making a comeback

News Given up for dead less than a year ago, plasma TVs are making a comeback, with manufacturers boosting sales forecasts amid a continued shortage of LCD TVs and surging demand in developing countries. But only months later, LCD makers ramped up large...

Tags: consumers, high definition, american, demand

10 January 2008, 10:24

News.blog: Sony repeats its OLED performance

News In the meantime, other TV manufacturers have worked to thin their LCD and plasma TVs. Sony will bring its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs to the US, but the company may be having a size problem.

Tags: inch, manufacturers, las vegas, lcds

7 January 2008, 10:30

News.blog: Panasonic to debut 150-inch plasma

News Rival Hitachi, meanwhile, will show off a series of ultraslim LCD TVs that have yet to be exhibited in the US. Japan Inc will put on the hard sell at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. Panasonic is expected to unveil a 150-inch plasma...

Tags: speech, inch, panasonic, electronics

4 January 2008, 8:36

News.blog: Two new iPhones for 2008?

News But the report doesn't make much sense; it says Apple is going to attach an LCD screen to Apple TV. We had a pretty good idea that a new iPhone would be coming in 2008, but what will it look like? A report from Goldman Sachs on Wednesday, spotted...

Tags: jobs, model, apple, ceo

13 December 2007, 8:42

Photos: Inside the iPod touch

News The battery is glued to the backing plate of the LCD. In case you hadn't noticed, the Apple iPod touch is one of the company's latest portable multimedia devices. The iPod touch includes the usual music-playing features, but adds video playback and...

Tags: fi, battery, wi fi, clip

4 December 2007, 11:15

Photos: In tune with the robot guitar

News An LCD readout cut into the side of the guitar body indicates the tone sequence and tuning category. When guitar maker Gibson USA announced it would launch its self-tuning Les Paul Studio electric, aka the Robot Guitar, on 7 December, some guitar...

Tags: body, credit, self, libraries

27 November 2007, 9:29

Photos: What's inside the iPod nano?

News It is hard to believe that there is an LCD in there that can show videos. TechRepublic's Mark Kaelin cracked open the 4GB third-generation) iPod nano to see what makes this device tick. CNET.co.uk's sister site TechRepublic runs a regular series...

Tags: handle, connections, credit, logo

7 November 2007, 9:30

Photos: Disassembling a digital camera

News This particular LCD is manufactured by AU Optronics. The ViviCam's main circuit board holds the device's LCD screen. Reaching from the screen's bottom to the right is the ribbon cable that connects the LCD screen to the main circuit board.

Tags: credit, battery, cable, lens

2 November 2007, 9:37

Photos: Airbus A380 jumbo jet

News The 60 passengers in business class get 15-inch LCD screens, while those in the 399-seat economy section get 11-inch screens, according to a story in The New York Times. The A380 also has a dozen private compartments with adjustable leather seats...

Tags: class, lcd, inch, screens

17 October 2007, 9:46

Photos: Racing robot cars

News Called Little Ben, the robot is equipped with LCD screens, Mac Minis and as many as 64 external lasers. After a two-year break since its last race, the US government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold the semifinals of its Urban...

5 October 2007, 10:06

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News Dolby, which just officially opened a Japanese branch, is showing off technologies for 3D cinema and for bringing greater contrast to LCD TVs. Sharp is also showing off prototypes of a thin LCD. A bank of LCD TVs.

4 October 2007, 9:32