Plasma HDTVs

Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation and Royal Philips Electronics NV of the Netherlands have jointly developed a 42-inch, widescreen high-definition display and a 42-inch high-luminance plasma-addressed liquid-crystal (PALC) display. The products were exhibited at the Electronics Show í98 held in Osaka, Japan.PALC is a technology for large-screen displays that combine technologies in plasma-display panels (PDPs) and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). The high-definition type has 1,920 x 960 pixels, as compared to previous products with 854 x 480 pixels.Fijitsu recently developed a technology called alternate lighting of surfaces for high-resolution plasma display panels for HDTV applications, and virtually all other major Japanese and Korean electronics companies also are working on similar technologies.