Motorola Labs unveiled a working 5-inch color video display prototype based on proprietary Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology – a breakthrough technique that could create large, flat panel displays with superior quality, longer lifetimes and lower costs than current offerings. Optimized for a large screen High Definition Television ( HDTV ) that is less than 1-inch thick, this first-of-its kind NED 5-inch prototype harnesses the power of CNTs to fundamentally change the design and fabrication of flat panel displays.
“Motorola’s NED technology is demonstrating full color video with good response time,” said Barry Young, VP and CFO of DisplaySearch, a leading flat panel display market research and consulting company. “And according to a detailed cost model analysis conducted by our firm, we estimate the manufactured cost for a 40-inch NED panel could be under $400.”
Motorola’s industry-first working prototype demonstrates:
- Operational full color 5″ video section of a 1280 x 720, 16:9, 42-inch HDTV
- High quality brightness
- Bright, vivid colors using standard Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TV phosphors
- Display panel thickness of 3.3 millimeters (about 1/8th of an inch)
- Low cost display drive electronics (similar to LCD, much lower than Plasma)
- Display characteristics meet or exceed CRTs, such as fast response time, wide viewing angle, wide operation temperature
Read Motorola’s press release