Brillian Announces Its BR1920HC Gen II Liquid-Crystal-On-Silicon (LCoS) Microdisplay; High-Resolution Microdisplay Offers Image Quality For High-End HDTV And Specialty Projection Applications

1-Sep-04

Brillian Corporation announced the introduction of the BR1920HC HDTV microdisplay. The 0.85-inch diagonal 1920 x 1200 imager features Brillianís proprietary Gen II LCoS high contrast technology, which delivers industry-leading performance in contrast ratio, brightness, fill factor and overall image quality. Recently, Recently, Brillian held private demonstrations of the new microdisplay in a three-panel, 65-inch 1080p rear-projection HDTV prototype at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in Seattle, Washington. In contrast to the 0.7-inch 1920 x 1200 microdisplay Brillian also announced at SID, which delivered a contrast ratio of 2000:1 and 500 cd/m2 (nits) brightness for mainstream HDTV applications, this 0.85-inch display showed brightness greater than 800 cd/m2 (nits), sequential contrast exceeding 2400:1, fill factor greater than 92-percent, along with reflectivity of greater than 65-percent, and is targeted at applications such as HDTV home theatre front projectors, greater than 75-inch large-screen HDTVs, and specialty projection applications like flight simulator monitors, photo printing imaging engines, and others. With its exceptional contrast ratio, the BR1920HC panel, based on a 9.5-micron square pixel, delivers a virtually seamless, ultra-high-brightness image with outstanding grayscale performance. Brillianís proprietary integrated uniformity correction ensures that colors are accurately rendered throughout the entire display area. In addition, although the interface to the system is fully digital, the grayscale and color rendition are analog. This ensures that the video performance can be optimized with great precision for the smoothest, highest-quality, artifact-free image. The BR1920HC is a progressive scan display and has a native 1920 x 1200 pixel format and supports 720p, 1080i, and 1080p HDTV formats as well as WUXGA (1920 x 1200) and UXGA (1600 x 1200) computing resolution formats. ìDesigned for the most demanding applications, which require greater than two mega-pixel resolution, combined with the highest brightness and contrast performance, the smoothest artifact-free image and accurate analog grayscale rendition, the BR1920HC is the ideal choice for both the very high-end rear-projection HDTV products and for the high-end home theatre front-projection market,î said Robert Melcher, Chief Technology Officer, Brillian. ìThis latest implementation of our proprietary and patent-pending Gen II LCoS microdisplay technology showcases the strength of this innovation to meet a broad cross-section of high-end projection and convergence product applications with a single, high-performance platform.îEach of Brillianís reflective, active-matrix-driven BR1920HC liquid crystal displays feature over 2.3 million, 9.5 micron square picture elements, each of which is capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. As a result, HDTVs and other high-end projection products based on Brillianís technology will feature optimal grayscale detail at all brightness levels, including dark scenes-matching the visual response of the eye. The technology provides high brightness and supports a high fill factor (92-percent) providing smooth, eye-catching imagery. A three panel light engine architecture, together with the fast panel response time (less than 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without color break-up or digital artifacts. Importantly, the Brillian Gen II LCoS technology supports the ability to easily scale to ultra-high resolutions to meet the highest-definition broadcast and computing standards.Production of the BR1920HC is scheduled to begin in Q4 2004. Complete products will be introduced in Q1 2005. The companyís website is www.brilliancorp.com.

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