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Screen and Display News Archive 2005

Learn more about TFT LCD, plasma and OLED innovations and technologies from the past. This page features important milestones on display and TV related news as well as market development reports from 2005.

The following headlines document the history of the Screen Size and Resolution Comparisons news ticker and are listed chronologically by month.

See the history column on the right side for older news stories long ago.

Display News 2005

December

55-inch HD LCD TVs: Proton to debut 55-inch high definition LCD TV at CES in January [31.12]

2ms 1000:1 contrast ratio Samsung LCD displays: New 17 and 19-inch LCD screens with two millisecs response times [30.12]

12-inch display based on white LED technology: Asustek 12.1" notebook to feature LED display with white LEDs [29.12]

CES: Greatest gadgets head for Las Vegas: High-definition, home networking and portable video at Consumer Electronics Show [28.12]

North American LCD TV shipments soar: Black Friday week sales volume for 26in and larger LCD TVs grow over 1000 percent [26.12]

Configurable dashboard: New Mercedes S-Class dashboard goes LCD and replaces all regular analog car gauges [25.12]

Sony to unveil 82" LCD TV: Sony will show off 82-inch LCD TV in January [23.12]

Unified Display Interface: UDI: Intel, Apple back next PC to HDTV interface for future displays [22.12]

JVC 70-inch monster: 70" LCOS rear projection HDTV with full 1920 x 1080p from JVC [21.12]

TV shipments increase: LCD TV sales to more than double this year [20.12]

Lower LCD monitor prices: LCD monitor prices to drop in January with the hot season ending [20.12]

LEDs from Everlight for slim-profile handsets: LEDs for handset panel backlighting to get thinner [19.12]

Japanese flimsiest clock: Citizen Watch created the world's first flexible digital clock which is as thin as camera film [18.12]

Dell to increase its LCD product business in 2006: Dell optimistic about its LCD-related procurement next year [16.12]

Samsung retakes LCD crown from LG.Philips: In the third quarter, global large-size TFT LCD shipments were up [15.12]

China flat panel TV growth: LCD TV shipments up 400% through first three quarters of this year in China market [13.12]

42" HDTV plasma display: Fujitsu 42V-type full HDTV plasma panel has a resolution of 1920x1080 [8.12]

LED tubes backlighting: LED tubes show promise for PowerBooks [7.12]

LCD monitor prices drop: Average selling prices (ASP) for LCD monitor panel drop 2-4% in 1H December [6.12]

Mammouth 120" LED: Philips 120-inch Candeo LED flat-panel display on sale in US [3.12]

Displays flex some muscle: Advances in materials could breathe new life into the market for flexible display screens [2.12]

November

Sony reaches organic screen dream: Sony and Idemitsu to work on luminous materials for future OLED [29.11]

TopLEDs produce various red and yellow tones: Osram extends LED color palettes and increases luminous efficacy [24.11]

Cathode ray tube sector suffering from shortages: Supply for 17- inch CRT monitors and 21-inch CRT TVs are now running behind demand [21.11]

Brighter LED breakthrough: Japanese scientists double efficiency of white LEDs [16.11]

LCD monitor vendors go for widescreen models: First tier vendors betting on large size widescreen LCD monitor segment [15.11]

Color filter-less LC display: 32" flat TV CFL LCD panel developed by Samsung without color filter [13.11]

Strong LCD sales in USA: US retail LCD monitor market posts record growth in 3Q; outlook bright for 4Q05 [11.11]

Acer's Ferrari LCDs: Limited edition of 19" and 20" Ferrari monitors for Japanese market [10.11]

LCD TV panels are rare: Report: LCD TV makers facing tight panel supply [8.11]

HDTV market expected to take off in 2006: Flat panel HD TV market to gain momentum [7.11]

Print an OLED display: 14-inch PLED displays through inkjet printing by Cambridge Display [5.11]

LED backlight for laptops: LEDs as a backlight source to penetrate 12- and 14-inch notebook market in 2Q06 [3.11]

October

LG to quit classic cube TV business in Europe: LG Electronics focuses on flat premium TV products instead of CRTs [30.10]

Fujitsu concept keyboards redefine ergonomics: WPC Expo: OLED-based virtual input device [28.10]

Flat-panel prospects burn bright for LG Philips: Supplier of LCD TV panels could benefit this holiday season [28.10]

Future 20-inch portables: 20" widescreen laptop models coming soon, says IDC study [25.10]

How big is your notebook?: The wide-screen format, found in 40% of laptops expected to ship this year, will become dominant in mid to late 2006 [24.10]

Flexible screen laptops: Imagine future notebooks with flexible, perhaps even foldable, screens [21.10]

LED backlight optimism: Panel makers positive about the future of LED backlighting [20.10]

Fastest LCD monitor: The new 19-inch, 2ms Viewsonic VX922 LCD monitor [19.10]

Flexible e-paper display: E Ink and LG.Philips LCD build tablet-size 10.1-inch flexible display [19.10]

32" TV panel shortage?: Taiwan 32-inch LCD TV panels might be in tight supply in 2005 [14.10]

Samsung Q3 profits rise: Samsung LCD profits up 30% on year in 3Q [14.10]

iPod nano crack problem: iPod nano LCD flaws may be due to large size and weak protective coating [13.10]

Supply of large screens expected to widen in 2006: Supply of large-size TFT LCDs to exceed demand in the year 2006 [11.10]

Flat-panels hit 50-inch: Plasma display manufacturers make new size breakthrough with 50" high-res screens [7.10]

IDC: LCDs to pass CRTs: LCD monitors expected to overtake CRTs as soon as early 2006 in the Asia & Pacific region [7.10]

September

Display prices may drop: Oversupply forces down LCD and TV prices over the next few months [23.9]

BenQ unveiled fast 20" LCD widescreen monitor: LCD monitor makers to push models in 20-inch range [20.9]

New backlight technology: LEDs, OLEDs and lasers: iSuppli eyes the future of display backlighting [16.9]

Samsung and LG.Philips lead LCD panel race: Both shipped more than 4 million large-size TFT panels last month [13.9]

SED flat-screen displays: SED: Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display from Canon [9.9]

High demand of big sizes: Large-sized LCD driver IC market to nearly double by 2009, says iSuppli [2.9]

Rollable display at IFA 05: Flexible e-paper prototype for mobile devices from Philips [1.9]

August

Oversupply to ease 3Q05: LCD panel market to veer back toward oversupply in 1H06 [31.8]

Large LCD panels record: Large-size TFT LCD panel sales hit record high in July [29.8]

Samsung 19-inch laptop: Samsung M70 with fully detachable 1680x1050 19" LCD screen [27.8]

First 3D display revealed: Interactive HelioDisplay by IO2 Technology [18.8]

July

LCD pixel response time: Different spec figures confuse shoppers [22.7]

82" LCD & LED backlight: Big backlighting prototype by Osram Opto [20.7]

Sharp dual view display: Sharp to produce two way viewing angle LCD [14.7]

Innovative OLED keyboard: Optimus OLED display keyboard concept [14.7]

Electronic paper display: Bendable color electronic paper from Fujitsu [13.7]

IBM sells LCD patents: AU Optronics buys 170 TFT-LCD patents [9.7]

June

Bigger, cheaper LCDs: Shift to 17" and 19" LCD models in 2004 [26.6]

LG Philips to supply HP: LG Philips signs LCD supply deal with HP [7.6]

May

40-inch OLED prototype: Samsung develops 40" display prototype [20.5]