Items tagged with CRT
According to a Reuters report, the European Commission is planning to level fines at six major electronics companies that participated in a price-fixing scheme for CRT displays in the late ‘90s. The apparently guilty parties include LG Electronics, Philips, Samsung SDI, France’s Thomson, Panasonic, and Toshiba. Presumably, the companies have all been bracing for this inevitability, as they were raided by the European Commission five years ago, and the day of reckoning is likely to be November 28th. European Commission building It’s unclear how much the sanctions against the companies may be, but because of the length of time over which the price fixing occurred, they may be...
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Samsung is trying to marry nanotube technology to LCD displays and make great looking, inexpensive screens. They're in a footrace with all the other manufacturers to determine what kind of technology will ultimately sit in your living room and bore or entertain you: The prototype essentially represents the marriage of two separate avenues of TV technology and could help dramatically lower the cost of LCD TVs in the future. Samsung has already been experimenting with carbon nanotube TVs called field-emitter displays, or FEDs. In such TVs, thousands of nanotubes shoot electrons onto a phosphorescent screen to illuminate images. Carbon nanotubes...
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Just when you thought CRTs were dead, Samsung comes along with their "SlimFit" TVs and breathes new life into the technology. XYZ Computing has got the skinny (pun intended) on Samsung's SlimFit technology posted right here... "Samsung's SlimFit TV is their answer to those consumers who are looking for the performance of a digital television but with the value of a CRT. The SlimFit's have caught the attention of consumers because they are 30 percent slimmer than traditional CRT models and have the technologies which people want, like HDTV compatibility and HDMI. In addition to being affordable, these televisions will fit...
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Good morning everyone, the news front is moving at a fantastic rate. So, needless to say, we have a quiet the variety of fresh juice on tap this AM. I don't know about you, but I am planning on kicking back for a few minutes and indulging my hardware fetish... Here is your first shot for the day... BigBruin.Com Article: Monitors - LCD vs. CRT "As the technology has improved and the prices have come down, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitors have rapidly been replacing CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors on desktops around the world... The question is why choose LCD over CRT? There are several pros and cons to consider, and a few items will be considered in this Tech Tip."...
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