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• TFT-LCD panel prices bottom out in February?
  Thursday 13 January 2005 – 04:46
  Market-research firm DisplayBank is claiming that prices for large-size TFT-LCD panels are expected to bottom out next month as there is no room for major South Korea panel makers, such as Samsung Electronics and LG.Philips LCD, to cut their 17" panel prices any further.
• TFT LCD panels to become mainstream in handset displays this year
  Thursday 16 March 2006 – 03:17
  TFT LCD panel shipments (including a-TFT and LTPS) are expected to outpace STN panel shipments (including Color STN and Mono STN) in the handset main display market this year, with the TFT segment accounting for 55.1% of the handset main display panel market, according to Taiwan's Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK).
• Strong second half shaping up for large-size TFT LCD panels, says Isuppli
  Wednesday 20 September 2006 – 04:08
  Despite achieving shipment growth of only 2.7% in the second quarter of 2006, the large-size TFT LCD panel market is in shape for an excellent second half of 2006, as tight supply and price increases bolster the market, according to iSuppli.
• Epson develops super-slim color TFT panel driver IC for mobile phones
  Wednesday 21 June 2006 – 04:29
  Seiko Epson on June 20 announced the development of its S1D19501 series of driver ICs for 176x220 TFT LCDs, the mainstream display for mobile phones.
• Taiwan TFT-LCD makers plan to raise 17" monitor panel prices
  Monday 21 February 2005 – 03:40
  The majority of Taiwan-based TFT-LCD makers, including AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Di= splay, may raise prices for 17" LCD-monitor panels, according to sources.
• Supply of large-size TFT LCDs to exceed demand in 2006
  Tuesday 11 October 2005 – 04:45
  Supply of global large-size TFT LCDs is expected to widen to around 9.4% in 2006, with the second quarter having the widest gap between supply and demand, according to DisplayBank.
• TFT LCD panel prices slide in H2 February
  Tuesday 21 February 2006 – 04:30
  The ASP (average selling prices) for all TFT LCD panels applications including LCD TV, LCD monitor and notebook continued falling in the second half of February, according to WitsView Technology.
• Black TFT-Enhanced LCD Televisions
  Tuesday 12 June 2001 – 07:01
  When you get done staring at your computer monitor, it's generally time to zone out in front of the TV.
• NEC Boasts New 2.7-Inch TFT LCD Lineup
  Tuesday 1 May 2007 – 06:01
  Desktop LCDs may get all the glory, but there are a gazillion tiny liquid crystal displays out there and NEC Electronics America, has expanded its portfolio of TFT LCD modules for mobile applications.
• Samsung sees printing as key to lowering TFT LCD costs
  Thursday 19 October 2006 – 04:22
  Samsung Electronics aims to reduced the cost of TFT LCD production to $100 per square meter, down from the current $1500, by adopting printing techniques, according to Souk Jun-hyung, senior vice president of the Samsung Electronics LCD Business.
• Displaysearch: TFT LCD fab utilization drops sharply in Q2 2006
  Tuesday 11 July 2006 – 03:42
  Research firm Displaysearch reports that average industry TFT LCD array fab glass input utilization dropped from 94.7% in the third quarter of 2005 to 86.0% in the second quarter of 2006, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2003.
• LG.Philips LCD develops TFT LCD panel for next-generation mobile phones
  Friday 15 September 2006 – 03:56
  LG.Philips LCD announced on September 14 that it has developed what it claims is the industry's first TFT LCD panel for next-generation mobile phones.
• NEC LCD Technologies to launch new TFT LCD module for mobile devices
  Thursday 6 April 2006 – 04:38
  NEC LCD Technologies (NEC LCD Technologies) on April 5 announced that it will begin shipping samples of its new 3.5" (8.9-centimeters-diagonal) amorphous silicon (a-Si) TFT LCD panel (NL2432HC22-40A) in the beginning of June.
• Enhanced TFT LCD TV panels to put squeeze on CRT
  Friday 27 January 2006 – 06:21
  Improved brightness and contrast ratios for TFT LCD TV panels will add pressure on color CRT technology, AU Optronics (AUO) said. The brightness of LCD TVs will rise to 600 nits, up from 500 nits last year, while the contrast ratio will go up to 1200:1, compared to 800-1000:1 in the past.
• Samsung's 6G TFT LCD line to process 1,500x1,800mm substrates
  Thursday 22 August 2002 – 05:22
  Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering adopting 1,500x1,800mm as its standard substrate processing size for sixth-generation (6G) TFT LCD production lines, the same as that to be used by Sharp, instead of the previously intended 1,370x1,670mm, according to the Korea Economic Daily.