A new feature of the displays is a digital interface. The so-called HDMI interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface) present in the top models provides a perfect transmission of the signal. Unlike with RGB there is no loss of picture quality. HDMI is compatible with the DVI specification, but also brings further additional functions. Among other things the HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) encoding is supported and therefore meets the demands of the film industry where transmissions with digital contents cannot be transmitted in a decoded form.
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| The life span of new plasma TVs is now up to 60,000 hours at 50 per cent brightness, which is a vast improvement on the first generation devices. Samsung, in hall 21 booth B41, is presenting the world's largest plasma screen with a diagonal screen measurement of almost 2.6 metres. |
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| Sharp, in hall 1 booth number 7A2, is presenting new LCD TVs from their Aquos product range that have an integrated DVB-T-Tuner and a DVI input. |
Trade fair tips:
- NEC, hall 2 B10
- Sony, hall 2 C02
- Samsung, hall 21 B41
- Sharp, hall 2 B34
- Toshiba, hall 1 5E2
