In a move to ensure early market input is incorporated into its 720p HDTV product design, Brillian Corporation has signed on a limited number of high-end, Phoenix Audio/Video (A/V) dealers to begin marketing its 65" Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) HDTVs. Later this summer, the HDTVs will be marketed under private label by Brillian's first national retail channel partner. The LCoS sets have up to 2000:1 contrast ratio, but little else is known about the units specifications. We'll follow this company closely as LCoS technology, as shown in our
display technologies guide, has much potential in the market but has received less attention of late. In January, Toshiba announced it had stopped manufacturing LCoS displays due to chip shortages and manufacturing difficulties. At the same time, however,
Intel promised to revolutionize the format in 2004 through streamlining the chip manufacturing process and allowing for very inexpensive, high-quality televisions.
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