BenQ to launch 8ms LCD display

Posted on Sunday, September 05 2004 @ 1:24 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
BenQ is planning to start producing 8ms LCD displays during this month. Some sources say that the firm is likely to push 8ms displays into mainstream in early 2005. The price of these models is expected to cost from $400 to $600 for 17" models.

Other LCD display makers like ViewSonic and Philips will also start pusing 8ms models into mainstream in early 2005.
The FP71E+ display from BenQ is a 17” monitor with 1280x1024 native resolution, 600:1 contrast, 300 cd/m² luminosity, 4.7kg weight, D-Sub and DVI-I connectors as well as world-record response time of 8ms. Fastest TFTs have so far have boasted with 12ms or 16ms response time. While such response time is extraordinary for LCDs, conventional CRTs have response time of less than 1ms, which means that flat panels are still behind cathode-ray tubes in terms of response time.

BenQ did not reveal any peculiarities of the forthcoming FP71E+ monitor, e.g., what type of panel was used to make the product, but said that the company had to utilize its Intrinsic Preoperty II as well as Sensey technologies for this display. Typically TN panels sport the fastest response time, however, their main disadvantage is relatively narrow view angle, about 140° in both vertical and horizontal directions, even though some particular displays offer more advanced specifications.
Source: X-bit Labs


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