Displays
Princeton
Announces 36" Direct-View TV/HDTV-Ready/XGA Display -
Princeton Graphic Systems introduced the AI3.6HD, a 36"
viewable 4:3 direct-view CRT, NTSC TV/computer monitor with
integrated Ch.1(TM) internet services for enhanced TV and
internet functionality. The AI3.6HD monitor system supports
video, 480p, 1080i and 720p (letterbox) digital formats as
well as displaying VGA, SVGA and XGA graphics from computer
sources. The AI3.6HD offers an impressive list of firsts for
the television industry. The inclusion of Ch.1's interactive
services, which offers high resolution internet access, web
browsing, email, chat and entertainment guide, will make the
AI3.6 the first to ship with these capabilities built-in and
fully integrated. With its integrated universal remote/keyboard/mouse
the display is the first to fully provide a complete single
commander for a Web enabled home entertainment system. The
AI3.6HD is the first television to integrate DVDO's state
of the art line doubler for unequalled performance from all
standard video sources. [-more-]
Zenith's
60-Inch Plasma Display Panel HDTV Monitor - Zenith introduced
one of the world's largest and most innovative PDPs -- a 60-inch
widescreen model capable of displaying digital high definition
television (HDTV) images. The Zenith 60-inch PDP HDTV monitor
delivers high-resolution images on an ultra-thin, lightweight
display panel with a screen as big as four 30 inch wide TVs
combined. It also features a viewing angle of 160 degrees.
The giant PDP is designed to produce whiter whites and enhanced
blacks than previously possible, achieving an impressive contrast
ratio of 350:1 and a peak brightness of 200 cd/m. This unit
displays rich, full-color images representing 256 gray-scale
definition and a color palette of 16.77 million colors. [-more-]
eMagin
and IBM's New OLED Display - A prototype high resolution
Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display was shown at the
Consumer Electronics Show in a Linux watch developed by IBM.
The watch-sized display was jointly developed by eMagin Corporation
and IBM Research by forming the organic light emitters directly
on a custom silicon chip. With a pixel density of 740 per
inch in a format of 640 by 480 pixels, the OLED display prototype
can show extremely fine yellow on black text and graphical
images. The display has high contrast that allows users to
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Olympus'
62-inch Pocket-Size Television - Eye-Trek takes a standard
NTSC television signal and makes it as impressive as a 62-inch
screen seen from a distance of 6 1/2 feet. This sleek design
is compact, lightweight and as comfortable as a pair of your
favorite sunglasses. Frequent travelers, commuters, video-philes
and movie buffs alike will enjoy the Eye-Trek FMD-250W, which
will debut in America in Spring 2001. The new Eye-Trek 250W
comes equipped with a new and improved controller, creating
a cleaner signal with less color bleed and noise. The new
model also uses Sound Retrieval System (SRS) headphone technology
that produces a three-dimensional sound by faithfully reproducing
the stereo component. The 250W is 86% lighter then previous
models and features SRS headphones technology allowing the
unit to achieve maximum realism at a minimum size and weight.
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