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Photos: Largest LCD televisions

June 3, 2005 Aiming to outdo Samsung and other flat-panel rivals, the Japanese company touts a big new model. TAGS: LCD TV, Sharp Corp., flat panel, LCD, TV, Samsung Electronics, photograph

Multitasking monitor does double duty

July 15, 2005 State-of-the-art monitor from Sharp simultaneously displays two different images depending on the viewer's angle. Photo: Sharp's dual display TAGS: Sharp Corp., angle, viewer, monitor, display, LCD, movie, TV

Sharp unveils 108-inch LCD television

January 7, 2007 Electronics giant says the television has a higher resolution than plasmas and lower power consumption. TAGS: Sharp Corp., LCD TV, plasma TV, glass, plant, sheet, LCD, Consumer Electronics Show, TV, power consumption, Samsung Electronics, video, PC

Sharp invests $1.5 billion in LCD TV boom

January 12, 2005 Electronics maker to build another LCD plant in Japan in preparation for boom in large-screen LCD TVs. TAGS: Sharp Corp., LCD TV, plant, LCD, LCD panel, manufacturing, TV, Japan, Sony Corp.

Syntax gains TV market share

April 19, 2005 Relative newcomer to LCD TV market is behind Sharp and Panasonic in terms of shipments to retailers, according to research firm iSuppli. TAGS: iSuppli Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., market share, Sharp Corp., research company, LCD TV, Panasonic, retailer, LCD, TV

Sharp's very, very sharp experimental screen

October 4, 2006 Its 64-inch LCD monitor at Ceatec offers quadruple the resolution of a normal high-definition screen. Photos: Looking Sharp TAGS: Sharp Corp., trade show, pixel, LCD monitor, LCD, monitor

Sharp starts laptop battery recall

October 16, 2006 Toshiba, Fujitsu and Hitachi may demand more compensation from Sony for the exploding-laptop debacle. TAGS: compensation, Sharp Corp., Hitachi Ltd., recall, Fujitsu, battery, Sony Corp., Toshiba, laptop computer

Sharp teams with Nanosys on fuel cells

January 19, 2005 Companies will work on energy-producing devices that potentially could run MP3 players, cell phones or even TVs. TAGS: Nanosys, fuel cell, nanotechnology, Sharp Corp., cell phone, MP3 player, MP3, TV

Sharp expanding beyond silicon in solar

October 17, 2006 Company experiments with new materials and techniques--and even partners with a bank--to push solar energy forward. TAGS: silicon, Sharp Corp., cell, solar energy, sunlight, layer, lens, material, sun, light-emitting diode, Japan, LCD, U.S.

Solar cell breaks efficiency record

December 6, 2006 It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells. TAGS: cell, electricity, efficiency, sunlight, silicon, solar energy, material, Sharp Corp., semiconductor, barrier

Start-up to produce cheaper ethanol with microbe

August 14, 2007 SunEthanol is optimizing a naturally occurring microbe that converts the cellulose in plants to ethanol. TAGS: plant, Sharp Corp.

LG regains worldwide TV crown

March 15, 2006 Most people are still buying tube sets, which explains why LG is No. 1. Meanwhile, Sharp is tops among LCD TV makers. TAGS: LG Electronics Inc., iSuppli Corp., TCL, Sharp Corp., LCD, LCD TV, Philips Electronics N.V., TV, plasma TV, CRT, China, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corp.

Taking the blur out of LCD TVs

November 20, 2006 Manufacturers like Samsung are beginning to incorporate a new technology in high-end TVs. TAGS: LCD TV, LCD, image, TV, CRT, LCD panel, Samsung Electronics, Sharp Corp., vice president, Sony Corp.

Who invented the camera phone? It depends

April 3, 2007 Borland founder Philippe Kahn takes credit but CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos begs to differ. In this case a picture tells much less than a thousand words. TAGS: camera phone, Borland Software Corp., Sharp Zaurus, Kyocera Wireless Corp., camera, Olympus Corp., wife, Sharp Corp., handheld, founder, cell phone, Motorola Inc., photograph, picture, digital camera

Gadgets gather at Tokyo's Ceatec show

October 4, 2006 Japan's answer to CES features a Blu-ray camcorder from Hitachi, Toshiba's plans for big-screen SED TVs, and more. Photos: Hitachi's DVD tech Photos: Sharp's high-def developments TAGS: Tokyo, Hitachi Ltd., surface-conduction electron emitter display, Japan, Blu-ray, Consumer Electronics Show, Sharp Corp., blog, DVD-recorder, Toshiba, TV, photograph, recorder, cell phone, camcorder

Year in review: TVs go bigger, flatter and high-def

December 18, 2006 LCD TVs are well on their way to becoming the most popular television technology, and HDTV heads into the mainstream. TAGS: DisplaySearch, iSuppli Corp., shipment, surface-conduction electron emitter display, LCD TV, Sharp Corp., plasma, LCD, CRT, TV, flat panel, laser, HDTV

Despite price cuts, Americans are spending more on TVs

November 6, 2006 Analysts say consumers are thinking big, looking to get more TV for their money. TAGS: Stephen Baker, digital television, iSuppli Corp., TV, LCD, Sharp Corp.

Chinese challenger aims for top spot in solar tech

June 18, 2007 Suntech Power Holdings has come from China--and out of nowhere--to become a big name in solar power. TAGS: Kyocera Wireless Corp., Sharp Corp., cell, British Petroleum Co plc, China, IPO, Sanyo Electric Co., Mitsubishi Corp., worker

Hitachi, Panasonic team on plasma technology

February 7, 2005 The electronics makers will work together to further promote and develop plasma-based televisions. TAGS: Hitachi Ltd., Fujitsu, R&D, plasma, Panasonic, Sharp Corp., manufacturing, LCD, agreement, electronics, TV

Solar industry targets new homes

June 1, 2007 Solar panels are somewhat rare now, but they will be pretty standard on new homes in the future, advocates say. TAGS: mortgage, credit, tax, construction, Sharp Corp., vice president
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