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An LCD screen used as a notification panel for travellers. Each pixel of an LCD typically consists of a layer of molecules aligned between two transparent electrodes, often made of indium tin oxide (ITO) and two polarizing filters (parallel and perpendicular polarizers), the axes of transmission of which are (in most of the cases) perpendicular to each other.
In 2008, LCD TV shipments were up 33 percent year-on-year compared to 2007 to 105 million units. [10] In 2009, LCD TV shipments raised to 146 million units (69% from the total of 211 million TV shipments). [11] In 2010, LCD TV shipments reached 187.9 million units (from an estimated total of 247 million TV shipments). [12] [13]
One of the earliest electronic displays is the cathode-ray tube (CRT), which was first demonstrated in 1897 and made commercial in 1922. [1] The CRT consists of an electron gun that forms images by firing electrons onto a phosphor-coated screen.
This list includes LCD, OLED and microLED display manufacturers. LCD uses a liquid crystal that reacts to an electric current blocking light or allowing it to pass through the panel, whereas OLED/microLED displays consist of electroluminescent organic/inorganic materials that generate light when a current is passed through the material.
LG Display discontinued its LCD production lines in South Korea in late 2022, [4] and will completely exit the LCD manufacturing business with the sale of its last remaining plant in Guangzhou, China to be completed in June 2024, focusing more of its budget and production on OLED panels. [5]
LXD, Incorporated was founded as ILIXCO (International Liquid Xtal Company) by James Fergason in 1968 in Kent, Ohio and was the first manufacturer of the twisted nematic LCD. ILIXCO became cash strapped while trying to break into the display market with watch and large instrument displays, and it was purchased by then-customer DICKEY-john Corp ...
In 2007, LCD televisions surpassed sales of CRT-based televisions globally for the first time, [77] and their sales figures relative to other technologies accelerated. LCD TVs quickly displaced the only major competitors in the large-screen market, the plasma display panel and rear-projection television. In the mid-2010s LCDs became, by far ...
Samsung later acquired all of Sony's shares in S-LCD in January 2012. Samsung Display Corporation was established on April 1, 2012. The company launched on July 1 by merging S-LCD Corporation and Samsung Mobile Display (Samsung's OLED manufacturing division), becoming the world's largest display company.