Product category: Displays
News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: FHP A1 PDPs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 September 2003
Plasma panel range expands to jumbo size
Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display (FHP) has developed an enhanced A1 range of 42, 37 and 32in plasma display panels (PDPs) and has added an all-new 55in high-definition model.
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Fujitsu Hitachi plasma display (FHP) has released an enhanced A1 range of 42, 37 and 32in plasma display panels (PDPs) and has added an all-new 55in high-definition model. The new 55in WXGA plasma display panel is the first to use Fujitsu's newly developed e-ALIS (extended alternate lighting of surfaces) technology, which features progressive display and a high brightness of 1000cd/m2. The new A1 series of 42, 37 and 32in HD PDPs provides enhanced brightness, typically 1100cd/m2 for the 42in (a 10% increase over former versions) and 1000cd/m2 for the other models, using its ALIS technology.
By means of 10bit signal processing and newly developed LSI circuitry, all four models in the family including the 55in display realise improved high-definition picture quality.
FHP first introduced 42in high-definition plasma display panels with ALIS technology to the market in 1999 and added 37 and 32in models in 2001 as a first generation.
The newly developed A1 series, which will be the mainstream of the flat panel television market, represents the third generation line of FHP products, now expanded by the addition of the 55in display.
The latest 55in PDP meets the recent demand for super large size (jumbo) televisions of over 50in, especially for the US market.
FHP believes that 55in is the most suitable size in this super large size television market and ideally takes advantage of the PDP features such as self-luminescence and thin profile.
The newly developed e-ALIS technology used in Fujitsu's 55in PDP provides superior display performance compared with other 50in-class PDPs on the market.
As a result of the increased adoption of digital technology in household devices in the broadband age, exemplified by such developments as digital broadcasts, DVDs, the Internet and CATV, and anticipating that PDPs represent the next generation of wide-screen TV displays, FHP expects the market size for PDPs to increase to 1,400,000 units worldwide in 2003.
FHP plans to expand its production capacity from its current 30k units per month to 50k units per month in the next month, to 70k units per month in spring 2004, and to 100k units per month in early 2005.
FHP will maintain its focus on the television market, and currently holds the largest share of the worldwide PDP market.
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