AUO has successfully developed five-millisecond reaction time technology for 32" 1,366 x 768 WXGA LCD TV panels. The company's 6G line is expected to ramp up mass production for such panels in the first half of 2005.

 

Slow reaction time has long been a weakness of LCD TV panels. High image stickiness or afterglow becomes an issue once rapidly moving images are displayed. These problems have created concern over the rate at which LCD TV can erode into the traditional CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) TV market, where reaction times of eight milliseconds are the norm.

 

The company has indicated that the technology employs principles similar to the impulse type display principles of CRT TV. Impulse type display technology has typically fallen into two methods. One is to use backlight brightness to lessen afterglow; however, this results in higher costs and shorter service lives. Another is to use dark screens to lower image stickiness, yet with this method the level of brightness impacts picture quality. Rather, AUO states, the new technology simulates impulse type display to address these problems without the drawbacks of the other two methods.