Ginsbury introduces value line TFTs from Kyocera

Paul Boughton

UK specialist display distributor Ginsbury has introduced 10 new TFT LCD modules from Kyocera. Nick Flaherty checks them out.

The new displays are part of Kyocera’s Value Line product family that have been launched as a more economically priced TFT range, varying in size from 3.0 to 14.0 inches.

Key features of the displays include slim mechanical designs with thin bezels, low power consumption, industry standard interfaces and connectors, white LED backlights and good front of screen performance. These unique products offer ideal solutions for cost sensitive industrial and mass market applications.[Page Break]

“Kyocera has traditionally been known as a supplier of high quality, high performance display products to the automotive and consumer markets,” said Neville Milward, Director at Ginsbury in Rochester, Kent, UK. “The announcement of the cost effective Value Line enables Kyocera displays to become more accessible to a wider and more diverse customer base. Ginsbury are keen to find and pursue new design in opportunities for the broadening mass market TFT product portfolio now available from Kyocera.”

The 10 new Value Line displays to be introduced include the following: 3.0-in 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2-in 240 x 320 pixels, 3.2-in 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2-in 320 x 240 pixels, 3.2-in 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5-in 240 x 320 pixels, 3.5-in 320 x 240 pixels, 4.3-in 480 x 272 pixels, 7.0-in 800 x 480 pixels, 9.0-in 800 x 480 pixels, 10.1-in 1024 x 600, 11.6-in 1366 x 768 pixels and 14.0-in 1366 x 768 pixels.[Page Break]

The Value Line will offer lower optical performance and lower price points to target mass market display applications such as industrial, test and measurement, point-of-sale and instrumentation. Kyocera will however continue to develop and supply high-end displays to key high volume OEM market segments.

For more information, visit www.ginsbury.co.uk