CeBIT 2006 part 1

This article was originally written in Danish but has been translated. Some text has been excluded but the article contains all original pictures.

CeBit is held in Hannover, Germany, and Flatpanels was on the spot to cover the huge fair.

Samsung
Samsung’s huge booth was one of our first stops.

I’ll start with their monitors and take a look at their TV’s afterwards.

This is the 931B, 931BF and the 17 inch 731BF.


Samsung 931B



Samsung 931BF & 731BF


We also saw the 960BG, which is almost similar to the 960BF. 


Samsung 960BG


And a multi-setup solution from Samsung. 


Samsung 740


Samsung introduced the 244T to the marked as one of the first main-stream 24 inch monitors. Here you see the 245T which has different design.


Samsung 245T


Samsung’s MP series comes with an integrated TV tuner and can be used as a monitor too. Here you see the 732MP and 932MP (17” and 19”).


Samsung 732MP and 932MP


And a new addition to Samsung’s portfolio, the 940MW.


Samsung 940MW


Samsung also presented the 305T – a 30 inch monitor with a response time of 6 ms (g2g), a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a resolution of 2560x1600. It’s based on Samsung’s own S-PVA panel.


Samsung 305T


Samsung also showed a 20 inch monitor named 205BW. It’s one of the first HDCP compatible monitors and besides the copy-protection support it’s a widescreen with a 6 ms response time. 


Samsung 205BW


The succesor to the 970P is called 971P. 971P has a smart new design with ergonomic functions. It will be available in many different colours. 


Samsung 971P


One of the most interesting news on Samsung’s fair booth was their LED demonstration. Here you see a comparison of a 24 inch LCD based on CCFL and a 24 inch LCD with LEDs. Later we will also look at an 82” LCD-TV that uses LEDs as backlight instead of CCFLs.


Samsungs 24” CCFL and LED



Samsungs 24” CCFL and LED



Samsungs 24” CCFL and LED


And the LED LCD monitor alone. It can cover 105 % of the NTSC spectre (72% for conventional LCD panels) and has a contrast ratio of 1000:1, a 14 bit LUT and a resolution of 1920x1200.


Samsungs 24” LED monitor


One more.


Samsungs CCFL and LED monitors


Let’s take a look at the new TVs from Samsung.

The first one I found was the LE-40M73BD (LCD-TV). It has a dynamic contrast of 6000:1 and an integrated DVB-T tuner. 


Samsungs LCD-TV LE-40M73BD 


And a 61” PDP-TV (plasma display panel) named SP-61K3HV with HDMI.


Samsungs PDP-TV SP-61K3HV 


And here’s Samsungs 57 inch LCD-TV which is the largest LCD-TV on the consumer marked at the moment. 


Samsungs 57” LCD-TV 


And finally Samsungs 82 inch LCD-TV with a LED backlight. The LCD-TV has a stunning and very clear picture with an impressive amount of detail. It was an incredible presentation that attracted quite a big crowd of interested viewers.


Samsungs 82” LED based LCD-TV 


And another picture.


Samsungs 82” LED based LCD-TV 


Samsung also has a 40 inch LED based LCD-TV with Smoth Motion Driver that ensured moving pictures to move very smoothly.


Samsungs 40” LED based LCD-TV 


And here's the same Tv without Smooth Motion.


Samsungs 40” LED based LCD-TV 


The LE-32R71 was also presented as one of Samsungs new TVs. Here’s a white and a black version.


Samsungs LE-32R71B 


And a new LE-32T71B.


Samsungs LE-32T71B 


Let’s finish off with a home cinema from Samsung.


Samsungs home cinema 


Panasonic
Panasonic didn’t have as many squarefeet as Samsung but they did present their new VIERA TVs. 


Panasonic VIERA series 


Panasonic presented the VIERA TVs as a range of new TVs.

Panasonic also had a nice surprise with their giant plasma TV. It’s 103 inch TV that is absolutely amazing; so amazing that it made people flock around the huge screen. See the picture below.


Panasonics 103” PDP-TV – the largest in the world


This was part 1 of our CeBit 2006 coverage. Tune in tomorrow to see part two with fascinating new monitors and TVs from LG, Sharp, Hitachi and Eizo.