Sharp LCD TV Has Its Roots In Calculators
Development of liquid crystal display units started over 40 years ago, despite the emerging presence of LCD televisions. Sharp LCD TV units debuted in 2001 with the Aquos, about 31 years after the company began its first mass production of color televisions. The Sharp LCD TV market was predated by the company being the first to offer the card-sized calculator with an LCD screen and the three-inch TFT screens used in many handheld applications.
Due to the technology requirements, most early LCD televisions were 21-inches and smaller. Each of the light emitting diodes needs a separate circuit to turn it off and on to illuminate the picture, and making the viewing screen larger required the use of considerably more space inside the housing of the flat panel screens. Innovations in design and electronics allowed the introduction of the 65-inch Sharp LCD TV in 1965.
Prior to developing the larger screen sizes, most LCD TV manufacturers were content with having a lock on computer monitors, medical equipment monitors and handheld devices as well as video and digital cameras. The increasing popularity of the large-screen plasma flat panel televisions prompted the Sharp LCD TV department to continue working on enlarging the screens.
LCD Does Not Translate Into HD
Many consumers believe that because a television has a flat panel screen and LCD or plasma technology, they are equipped for high definition. This is just simply not the case. Although the brightness and clarity of a Sharp LCD TV may make it appear to be high def, unless it is electronically equipped, it is either enhanced definition or still analog.
The relative lightweight of the Sharp LCD TV and being able to stand it on a flat surface or hang in on a wall without fear of it pulling the bolts out of the wall, is one of the attractions to these thin televisions. The flat panel allows for viewing at a wide angle, unlike many projection televisions that begin to lose clarity at as little 10 degrees from center. Most flat panel Sharp LCD TV screens have a viewing angle of 170-dregrees, measured in tow directions, left and right.
The Sharp LCD TV 28-inch monitor announced in 1995 was, at the time the largest LCD monitor used for computers as well as television sets. It broke the standard mold, effectively putting plasma television manufacturers on notice that larger LCD televisions were on the way. The 65-inch television, cheaper than plasma, caused a lot of consumers even more interest in large-screen television viewing.
