Brillian Announces Its BR1920HC Gen II Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon (LCoS(TM)) Microdisplay
Tuesday June 8, 9:31 am ET
High-Resolution Microdisplay Offers Highest Image Quality for High-End HDTV and Specialty Projection Applications
TEMPE, Ariz., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) today announced its BR1920HC microdisplay. The 0.85-inch diagonal 1920x1200 imager features Brillian's proprietary Gen II LCoS(TM) high-contrast technology, which delivers industry-leading performance in contrast ratio, brightness, fill factor and overall image quality.
Brillian held private demonstrations of the new microdisplay in a three- panel, 65-inch 1080p rear-projection HDTV prototype at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in Seattle, Washington, May 25-27, 2004. In contrast to the 0.7" 1920x1200 microdisplay Brillian also announced at SID, which delivered a contrast ratio of 2000:1 and 500 cd/m2 (nits) brightness for mainstream HDTV applications, this 0.85-inch display showed brightness greater than 800 cd/m2 (nits), sequential contrast exceeding 2400:1, fill factor greater than 92%, along with reflectivity of greater than 65%, and is targeted at applications such as HDTV home theatre front projectors, greater than 75-inch large-screen HDTVs, and specialty projection applications like flight simulator monitors, photo printing imaging engines, and others.
With its exceptional contrast ratio, the BR1920HC panel, based on a 9.5-micron square pixel, delivers a virtually seamless, ultra-high-brightness image with outstanding grayscale performance. Brillian's proprietary integrated uniformity correction ensures that colors are accurately rendered throughout the entire display area. In addition, although the interface to the system is fully digital, the grayscale and color rendition are analog. This ensures that the video performance can be optimized with great precision for the smoothest, highest-quality, artifact-free image.
The BR1920HC is a progressive scan display and has a native 1920x1200 pixel format and supports 720p, 1080i and 1080p HDTV formats as well as WUXGA (1920x1200) and UXGA (1600x1200) computing resolution formats.
"Designed for the most demanding applications, which require greater than two mega-pixel resolution, combined with the highest brightness and contrast performance, the smoothest artifact-free image and accurate analog grayscale rendition, the BR1920HC is the ideal choice for both the very high-end rear- projection HDTV products and for the high-end home theatre front-projection market," said Robert Melcher, chief technology officer, Brillian. "This latest implementation of our proprietary and patent-pending Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplay technology showcases the strength of this innovation to meet a broad cross-section of high-end projection and convergence product applications with a single, high-performance platform."
About Gen II LCoS(TM) Technology
Each of Brillian's reflective, active-matrix-driven BR1920HC liquid crystal displays feature over 2.3 million, 9.5 micron square picture elements, each of which is capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. As a result, HDTVs and other high-end projection products based on Brillian's technology will feature optimal grayscale detail at all brightness levels, including dark scenes -- matching the visual response of the eye. The technology provides high brightness and supports a high fill factor (92%) providing smooth, eye-catching imagery. A three-panel light engine architecture, together with the fast panel response time (less than 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without color break-up or digital artifacts. Importantly, the Brillian Gen II LCoS(TM) technology supports the ability to easily scale to ultra-high resolutions to meet the highest-definition broadcast and computing standards.
Availability
BR1920HC samples and development kits will be available to selected customers in Q3'04. Production is scheduled to begin in Q4'04. Complete products will be introduced in Q1'05. Brillian is taking orders now.
For information on the Brillian BR1920HC, please contact Rainer Kuhn, senior director of sales and product marketing, rainer.kuhn@brilliancorp.com, 720-406-8400 ext 40. |
