(Nikkei BP Group)
(No.1 High-Tech News Site in Japanese)
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January 20, 1999 (TOKYO) -- Melco Inc., Japan's leading PC peripherals
maker, announced a low-priced, 17-in. thin-film transistor liquid-crystal
display monitor.
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The new FTD-GT17-A is priced at less than 300,000 yen (US$2,610).
It also announced a drastic price cut in the price of the FTD-XT15-A,
a 15-in. TFT-LCD monitor, by 80,000 yen to 118,000 yen (US$1,030).
The FTD-GT17-A displays 16,770,000 colors with a maximum 1,280 x 1,024
dots. It is designed not only to be used as a display device for personal
computers, but also for workstations.
The LCD panel measures about 43cm diagonally, equivalent to a 19-in.
CRT. The pixel pitch of the LCD is 0.264mm. The viewing angles of both
up/down and left/right are 80 degrees. The contrast ratio is 200:1.
It employs an analog interface for input signal. The input terminal is
equipped with two D-sub 15 pins. A stereo speaker is built in the body.
It also comes with one line-input terminal as well as one head phone
terminal.
The monitor measures 467mm wide x 242mm deep x 446 mm high. It weighs
9kg.
It is expected to be shipped in early March 1999 for 298,000 yen (US$2,600).
In addition, the price of the FTD-XT15-A, a 15-in. TFT-LCD monitor, has
been cut drastically by 80,000 yen from the current 198,000 yen. It
features a USB port. The input signal is in analog format.
The monitor is designed to display 16,770,000 colors with a maximum of
1,024 x 768 dots.
Related stories:
� Melco Releases Wide-Angle, 15-In. TFT-LCD Monitor
� Prices of 15-In. TFT-LCD Monitors Decline Sharply
� CRTs to be Supplanted by LCD Monitors in 2000
(BizTech News Dept.)
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