Samsung to show off thinnest full HD 40-inch LCD TV around in Yokohama this week

Thin is certainly in when it comes to HDTV sets and computer displays. What is typically considered thin for a LCD or plasma HDTV is somewhere in the area of 5-inches to 6-inches thick currently. Some HDTVs are even thicker than that.

Samsung announced that it will have a new thin-film-transistor (TFT), LCD on display at FPD International 2007 in Yokohama, Japan this week. The new LCD panel has the thinnest profile ever for a full-size HDTV. The 40-inch diagonal Full HD LCD TV panel is a mere 10mm thick.

That is about the thickness of a typical 10-inch to 20-inch computer LCD display, which is significantly thinner than normal HDTV sets. The bezel of the panel has also been reduced from 30mm to 14.6mm. The screen is backlit using LEDs and can reproduce 92% of the NTSC standard for color saturation. Power consumption is reported to be 90 watts or less.

With a profile of only 10mm, Samsung can give the svelte dimensions of the recently announced Sony XEL-1 OLED TV a run for its money. The majority of home theater lovers would be willing to add 7mm to the 3mm profile of the Sony XEL-1 to gain nearly 30-inches in screen size.


Source from DailyTech