Canon Inc. announced that the Company has developed its own LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) reflective LCD panels, a key device used in multimedia projectors. At this year's InfoComm 08' trade show being held on June 18-20 in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center), this technology will be showcased (booth #C1529).

Sharp Corporation will successively introduce into the Japanese market 20 new AQUOS models in three series with screen sizes ranging from 20V to 52V*1 inches by March 1 of this year. All AQUOS models in the new X Series, E Series and D Series feature LCD panels manufactured at the Kameyama Plant.

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) announced that it has developed a 35mm thin LCD monitor by adopting the newly achieved ultra thin LCD panel module and by renewing power circuit and frame structure. The combination of the monitor and the separate media station gives consumers freedom of placement of the TV.

LCD Technologies, along with its sales and marketing channels in Europe and the Americas, NEC Electronics Europe and NEC Electronics America, Inc., today introduced two new 15-inch [38 centimeters (cm)-diagonal] amorphous-silicon color thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display modules with extended graphics array resolution for industrial equipment such as factory automation controllers, measuring instruments, automatic teller machine (ATM) terminals, kiosks and point-of-sale (POS) systems.