NEC-Mitsubishi goes public with wide screen

By Matt Whipp

Posted on 7 Oct 2002 at 13:15

At a price of £100 an inch

NEC-Mitsubishi has launched a 30 inch LCD screen costing £3,000 (ex VAT) aimed at offering a cost-effective alternative to (even more) expensive plasma displays.

Marketed for use as a public display for venues such as airports and railway stations, the LCD3000 trumps CRT and plasma displays in that it uses no phosphor to display images and thus is not subject to static images being burned indelibly onto the screen.

It also consumes 30 per cent less power than plasma screens of similar dimensions. The company claims the display has a light intensity of up to 450cd/m, a contrast ratio of up to 450:1 and a low response time of 25ms. It is set up for both analogue and digital input.

A native resolution of 1,280 x 768 is nothing special but this should not give a negative experience as, given the arena in which it is aimed at for use, most people would be viewing the display from a distance.

Perhaps the company should also be applauded for naming the display after the price tag...