Big TV Screens: Display Technologies For The HDTV Era

  • Speaker: Representatives for LCD, CRT, DLP/DMD, D-ILA projectors,and flat-screen plasma monitors
  • Date & time: Thursday, 24 September 1998
  • Meeting organizer: AdamWilt
  • Program:

    As the first HDTV-capable monitors appear in consumer electronics stores,we're reminded that the proper display of HD presents far more complexissues than reproducing plain old NTSC. The challenges of converting bitsto photons include brightness, resolution, compatibility with multiplestandards, motion rendering, artifacts, and colorimetry.

    There's no such thing as a "perfect display device". CRTs tilt, bloom,are relatively unstable, fussy to set-up, and are heavy. LCDs smear. Plasmaand DLP have variety of motion artifacts. And so on.

    Speakers at our meeting hosted by HT Electronics will discuss and showcasea variety of technologies for large screen displays, including LCD, CRT,DLP/DMD, D-ILA projectors, and flat-screen plasma panels. We hope to haveworking demos of each of these display methods.

    With so many competitors to the cathode-ray tube, many are saying thisalmost century-old technology is dead or dying. But is it? Some consumertests show people prefer the look and performance of glowing phosphor elementsto liquid crystals (LCD), micromirrors (DLP), or plasma discharges.

    To get the most out of the HDTV image, you really should have a largemonitor measuring at least 50 to 60 inches, diagnonally. What would a 60-inchdirect-view CRT home monitor weigh? Do you have four very strong friendsto help carry it home? Would your floor even support it?

    HT Electronics will provide a buffet-style light dinner and snacks startingat 6:00 pm, during which you can also demo various display systems. Formalpresentations will start at 7:30, followed by a Q&A session.
     

    Links used in this meeting:

    Sony displays
    JVC Professional Products:  D-ILA  &  ILA
    Ampro:  TI'sDLP website

    Location:

    HT Electronics
    40455 Encyclopedia Circle
    Fremont, CA
    (near the intersection of 880 and Stevenson, about 4 miles southeastof the 84 and 880 intersection)
     

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