This is the next in a series of articles taken from the H/DTV Technology Review & CES 2005 Report by Rodolfo La Maestra, published in March 2005. If you are interested in downloading the full version of this report, it is currently available for purchase from our CES Report page.

Manufacturers started to compete in the oversized LCD-TV panels market (40" to 65"), as follows:

Audiovox

BenQ

Other large models will be released

Hitachi

LCD Flat-panel TV Direct-view
32" 32HDL51 $TBA, TTM 4Q04, 768p, two IEEE-1394, two HDMI

HP

Also LC2640N 26 " version for $2700

Infocus

JVC

Other smaller LCD-TVs were announced from 17" to 32" with HDMI, 720-770P resolution

LG

CES 2005
23" RU-23LG10P TTM 2Q05, $ TBA, built-in progressive scan DVD player

55" RU-55LP10 TTM May 05, $ TBA, 1080p, integrated ATSC/NTSC/QAM tuners, 550:1 CR, 500cd/m2 brightness, viewing angle 178 degrees, XD engine, 15watts channel audio output

LG/Philips

Luce/Epoq

Mitsubishi

New Lines (five models) of LCD Flat-panel TVs
40 Series
1280x768, PC compatibility, upgradeable, AMVP
22" LT-2240 $3000, TTM Jun 04
30" LT-3040 $5000, TTM Apr 04

Medallion LCD Flat-panel Monitor
1280x768, TTM May 04, black bezel cosmetics, Color View picture control

30" LT-3050 $5300

Moxell Technology

CES 2005
MAG Innovision
20" HD-202AT $650, TTM now, EDTV monitor

Proview line
14", 17", and 20" smaller sizes
26" HX-263 $1700, TTM Jan 05, HDTV monitor
30" HX-303 $2000, TTM Jan 05, HDTV monitor

GL line
TTM early 2005
20" GL-220-D $700, TTM Mar 05, EDTV monitor
27" GL-427D $1900, TTM Feb 05, HDTV monitor
30" GL-430D $2200, TTM Feb 05, HDTV monitor

Philips

CES 2005
AmbiLight 2 Series Integrated
Rear panel illumination system, TTM 2005, ATSC/QAM Cable CARD tuners, Pixel Plus 2 HD video processing
32"
37"
42" 42PF9830A
50"

Samsung

Oct 04
57" There were no comments issued from the company representatives regarding the status of the 57" version anticipated at CES 2004 (57" LTP578W, $TBA, TTM Jun 04, 1080x1920, 1000:1 CR, 600 cd/m2, DNIe, HDMI, DVI)

CES 2005
The 57" 1080p set anticipated one year ago (left) was finally shown as model:

57" LNR570D $16000 (also reported as $18000), TTM Jun 05, 1920x1080, 600 cd/m2 brightness, 6.2 million color capacity, integrated with ATSC/QAM Cable CARD tuners, 1000:1 CR, DNIe, AnyNet home-networking, response time faster than 8 seconds. Note the delay of one year in availability date announcements, and the improvement of response time to 8ms from the 12 ms of the 46" 468W introduced 6 months ago, although I still see lag at the need but is more tolerable than other LCD screens that run at 20ms.



Samsung also showed a new 46" 1080p model:
46" LNR460D $9000 (also reported as $13000), TTM Mar 05, LED backlighting, integrated ATSC/QAM Cable CARD tuners, LED technology with 100000 hours of panel life, less power, less heat, consistent illumination across the panel, 105 percent of the NTSC color gamut


And two new models with FFL (Flat Fluorescent Lamp) technology:
32" LNR328W $3500, TTM Mar 05
40" LNR409D $5000, TTM Mar/May 05, 1080p, 3.2 billion color gradations, same LED life span of 100000 hours

Sharp

And also 37", 32" and 26" GD6U at 1366x768


Sep 04 (CEATEC in Japan)
65" AQUOS shown as the world's largest LCD panel (according to Sharp), planned production at its 6G plant in mid-2005, no firm TTM dates, 1920x1080 resolution, plans to produce LCD TVs of 50" and larger during FY05 (April 05-Mar 06)

CES 2005
Sharp has shown in the US the 65" model above
65" integrated ATSC/QAM Cable CARD tuners, 1920x1080p, Quick Shoot video circuitry for 12 milliseconds response time, HDMI, IEEE1394, DVI-I, TTM 2H05, $TBA.

Also introduced were the following smaller AQUOS LCD panels:
37" 37GD4U $TBA, TTM Mar 05, 1366x768, ATSC/QAM tuner
And 32" and 26" at 1366x768

D7U and D5U Series
1366x768, EPG, HDMI, IEEE1394, DVI-I, DTUs with titanium finish/bottom speakers, D5U with silver finish/side speakers, TTM 1Q05, $TBA
26" LC-26D7U/D5U
32" LC-32D7U/D5U
37" LC-37D7U/D5U

AQUOS panels use Quick Shoot (QS) Circuit for a response time of 16 milliseconds, 45" AQUOS panels at 12 milliseconds.

Sim2

Sony

Flat Panel Monitors
Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuitry to improve response rates
23" KLV-23M1 $2300, LCD TV, 1366x768
32" KLV-32M1 $4500, LCD TV, 1366x768

Sep 04
LCD Qualia Triluminos technology
46" KDX-46Q005 $10000 (also reported as $12000), TTM end 2004, 1920x1080, 450 cd/m2 brightness, 170 degree horiz/vertical viewing angle, replaces cold-cathode backlight tubes (which Sony says reproduce 65 to 75% of NTSC color space) with 8 rows of red, blue and green LEDs that render richer color (105% of the color space of NTSC).

Syntax

32" LT32HV $2000, TTM Nov 04
37" LT37HV $3000, TTM Dec 04

Thomson

LCD TV
RCA Line Monitor
26" LCDX2620W $2600, TTM Jun 04, 1280x768, open distribution, DVI/HDCP, component, RGB, NTSC tuner, 600:1 CR, 500 cd/m2 brightness
RCA Scenium Line
NTSC tuning monitors, DVI/HDCP, component, RGB, 500:1 CR, 500 cd/m2 brightness, 170 degrees of vertical/horizontal viewing
27" LCDX2722W $2800, TTM Jun 04, 1280x720
32" LCDX3022W $3800, TTM Jul 04, 1280x768

CES 2005
Introduced seven new LCD-TV 2005 panels, two w/ATSC tuners, some w/built-in DVD players
15", 20", 23", 26", and 32"

Toshiba

LCD Monitors
DVI or HDMI, Cable clear DNR+ video noise reduction circuitry
EDTV 4:3 LCD Monitors
500:1 CR, component input, 480x640
14" 14DL74 $500, Jun 04
20" 20DL74 $1000, Jun 04
TheaterWide 16:9 LCD Monitors
DVI/HDCP
23" 23HL84 $1800, Aug 04, 1280x768, 500:1 CR
23" 23HLV84 $2000, Aug 04, LCD TV/DVD combi-unit, 1280x768, 500:1 CR
26" 26HL84 $2500, Jun 04, 1366x768
32" 32HL84 $3500, May 04, 1366x768

Cinema Series Flat-panel Monitors
New double-baffle design
32" 32HLX84 $4000, Oct 04, LCD monitor, 1366x768, 800:1 CR

Oct 04 (CEATEC)
TTM in Japan in Nov 04, records HD video to an external LAN HDD as part of a home network, Meta Brain system LSI
37" $6600 (two versions)
32" $5500

Viewsonic

Westinghouse

Be sure that you read the next article in the series: HDTV Tuners & Tuning DVR's (Coming Soon)

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