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Luminus exhibits LEDs in broad array of display products |
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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| Luminus Devices is showing a broad array of consumer electronics & professional display products illuminated by their "PhlatLight" LED technology, including large screen LCD backlight units, projection TVs & several categories of front projectors at the CES. |
Picture courtesy of Digitimes The CES demonstration will highlight the following:
PhlatLight Backlight Unit for Large Screen LCD TV
Luminus will show its PhlatLight LED backlight unit (BLU) for LCD TVs with an integrated color management system, developed with X-Rite Inc. The BLU features Luminus’ PhlatLight LEDs integrated with Microlens™ light guides from Global Lighting Technology, using only eight chipsets to edge light a large screen LCD display instead of the hundreds or thousands required to achieve adequate brightness and uniformity with conventional LEDs. With fewer LEDs required, the PhlatLight BLU dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of large screen LCD backlighting, enabling enhanced brightness and color uniformity over the life of the TV. Because it is edge-illuminated, the PhlatLight BLU also enables thinner LCD TV designs.
PhlatLight LED DLP® TVs Supersized by Samsung
New DLP TV models from Samsung Electronics with brightness improvements will also be on display. The 67” model, which can be seen at CES, is the largest LED-illuminated rear projection TV available. These new models are the third-generation LED DLP TVs illuminated by PhlatLight LEDs.
PhlatLight Home Theater Projector
Luminus will demonstrate a home theater front projector prototype powered by PhlatLight LEDs. The latest PhlatLight LEDs have achieved a dramatic increase in brightness, producing over 700 ANSI lumens, and the front projection system is on track to break the 1,000 lumen barrier in 2008. This will enable home cinema front projector manufacturers to provide the benefits of PhlatLight LED technology, which include instant on operation, ultra high contrast, uniform brightness and wide color gamut performance with the elimination of the need to replace lamps during the life of the product.
PhlatLight Pocket Projectors
Luminus will highlight its expansion into portable pocket projectors, demonstrating four new models and prototypes from LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, iNNOSWELL and Upstream Engineering. The company will also demonstrate several DLP-based projectors, a unique new pico projector and the first ever 3LCD projector illuminated by PhlatLight LEDs. Additionally. several projectors are being introduced that use the recently announced PhlatLight PT54 chipset, enabling brightness to jump to 150 lumens and beyond, or as much as 10 times the level of previous products using conventional LED technology.
Growing Application Support
Application support for PhlatLight LED continues to grow with color management systems from X-Rite and PhlatLight LED drivers available from leading semiconductor companies such as Osram, National Semiconductor and Maxim.
“Luminus has expanded beyond projection TV with products for the entire display market,” said Christian Hoepfner, vice president of products at Luminus Devices, Inc. “We are eager to bring the unparalleled brightness and power of PhlatLight to LCD TV and several categories of front projection. Luminus’ technology has the ability to completely redefine what LEDs can do for high-definition display, and we are looking forward to demonstrating this at CES.”
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