Tag archive: LCOS

You already watch 3D movies on Sony projectors in theaters, now you can watch them at home on Sony gear at home as well. That seems to be the driving message on Thurday as Sony reemphasized its foothold in 3D content creation, distribution, and display with the introduction of Sony’s first 3D projector on Thursday. In case you didn’t catch a glimpse of Sony’s first home-theater projector at IFA this year, Sony trotted it out yet for the North… Read More

From the press release: The company's three-panel LCoS light engine features the proprietary Dual Focus Lens system and offers a native resolution of 1920 x 1080. The Hitachi developed LCoS design utilizes a thin liquid crystal layer that reduces the response time from light-to-dark and dark-to-light transitions for sharper on-screen action. The 25-Element Dual Focus Lens System is engineered to render the three-panel 1920 x 1080… Read More

“The move may be the latest indication that LCOS is not as easy as it seemed. Both Toshiba and Thomson have pulled out of manufacturing their own LCOS TV sets. A partnership between LCOS chip manufacturer Brillian Corp. and Sears fell through, and rival MicroDisplay Corp. has signed up just one customer. Sony, however, recently said it would introduce the Qualia 006 70-inch rear-projection display next year for under $10,000,… Read More

The company expects to become the first LCD panel maker in Taiwan that produces LCOS TVs, the report said. The current low popularity of LCOS TVs is mainly due to the difficulty in making related chips, the report cited CPT as saying. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are developing the chips, according to the report. New display technologies such as LCD, LCOS and DLP… Read More