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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Japanese electronics and entertainment group is showing off a prototype 55-inch "Crystal LED" television set, which Sony said is superior to the prevalent alternative known as liquid-crystal display.

Sony Taps New Type of Screen for TV Sets

The materials boost the brightness and energy efficiency of OLED panels, which are expected to overtake liquid-crystal displays.

Samsung JV Forms Alliance With Universal Display

To print a document, the sheets are run through a simple device, similar to an old-style thermal fax machine, that heats the liquid-crystal layer, turning molecules light or dark.

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Nippon Electric Glass was off 4.5% on waning growth in demand for liquid-crystal display TVs, while Nikon was down 4.8%.

Growth Worries Send Asia Shares Lower

Corning Inc. slashed its fourth-quarter profit estimate, saying liquid-crystal display glass prices have fallen further than expected and a major South Korean customer has backed out of part of a sales contract.

Corning Slashes Outlook

The March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, as well as the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex and radiation leakage, have created problems for many manufacturers—from auto-parts makers to suppliers of batteries and other key electronic components, such as memory chips and liquid-crystal displays—that are far beyond the physical damage to their plants and production lines.

Quake Threatens Gadget Supply

Sharp—whose biggest businesses are liquid-crystal display panels and television sets—is a member Keidanren, a powerful Japanese business lobby opposed to the proposed renewable energy bills.

Sharp President Pushes Solar Power in Japan's Nuclear Wake

The i2R e-paper uses a special type of liquid-crystal technology to display text and other images on a bendable, thin plastic sheet.

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China Real Time Lenovo, Asustek Launch Tablets to Take On iPad The March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as well as the ensuing nuclear crisis in Japan, have highlighted the global dominance held by many of the country's makers of electronic components, and raised concerns that disruptions to their production could cause shortages and price spikes for products such asmemory chips and liquid-crystal display panels.

Lenovo Says Chip Supply Could Hit Tablet Shipments

The images also are readable in direct sunlight without the glare of back-lit liquid-crystal display screens used in tablets such as Apple Inc.'s iPad.

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