Sharp concluded their CES 2010 announcements today introducing QuadPixel technology.
QuadPixel, which will be added to new Aquos LCD panels, adds a “Y” pixel to RGB pixels, giving TVs the capability to display over 1 trillion colors. Current LCDs can render one to two billion colors.
The HDTVs will not be cheap however, with the LE 920 Series starting at $3300 for the 52-inch model.
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Seagate has announced a new line of drives that are slated to offer a capacity of 2 trillion Bytes (2TB) - eventually. The first Constellation drives are expected to start shipping sometime during the first quarter of this year. But unlike the Western Digital Caviar Green drives which can already be pre-ordered from many vendors, the actual 2TB capacity Seagate drives may not ship until late summer.
The 2.5″ drives to be released first will feature capacities up to 500GB and be offered with either a SATA or SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface. Like Western Digital, Seagate is promoting their new drives’ power efficiency. As of yet though it’s difficult to make a comparison between the two since Seagate hasn’t released many specifics.
Based on what little information is available on their website the new drives appear to be comparable to or slightly worse than Western Digital’s existing drive lines. While they claim their new PowerChoice techology gives them “the highest power-reduction savings ever offered in an enterprise-class HDD,” looking at the specs for their current products that makes sense. They already appear to use about 20% more power than comparable Western Digital units.
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Samsung and Sony will reportedly spend 1.8 trillion South Korean won (about $1.9 billion USD) to buy a new facility to upgrade their S-LCD Corporation joint venture.
The new upgrade will allow the companies to produce enough 8G LCD panels to meet “increasing global demand.”
The Wall Street Journal adds that the “new manufacturing line will be located in the Tangjeong complex southeast of Seoul, where production will start in 2009. Monthly output is initially expected to reach 60,000 units, versus 50,000 sheets currently.”
Samsung recently reported a robust first quarter flat-panel division profit of about 1.01 trillion South Korean won. The company also reported that margins were at a four-year high.
Both companies expect LCD TVs to be in high demand globally in preparation for the Summer Olympic Games in China.
