Sharp Participated in IFA2012
At IFA 2012, held in Berlin, Germany between August 31 and September 5, Sharp exhibited a wide variety of products and new technologies. The company focused on equipment employing large-screen LCD monitors, such as LCD TVs and touchscreen monitors.
Sharp booth at the trade show |
Sharp holds a press event |
• Next-Generation Products Incorporating State-of-the-Art Displays
As a reference exhibit, Sharp displayed an LCD TV boasting a resolution four times higher than that of a full high-definition TV
This LCD TV, jointly developed with I-cubed Research Center Inc.* 1, allowed users to feel the depth and texture of a scene as if they were actually there. |
Sharp also displayed 32-inch 4K LCD monitors and media tablets employing IGZO (oxide semiconductors)
Visitors could see for themselves the high resolution and thin bezels that characterize IGZO monitors. |
• Large-Screen LCD Monitors
Sharp Showed Off Large-Screen LCD TV Lineup
In addition to its 90-inch monitor—the world’s largest of its kind—Sharp presented a lineup of 80-inch, 70-inch and 60-inch monitors. Visitors experienced the overwhelmingly dynamic images of soccer games and movies. |
Sharp Interactive Whiteboards—Large-Screen Touchscreen LCD Monitors Visitors viewing Sharp’s Interactive Whiteboard (displayed in 60-, 70-, and 80-inch sizes) learned about the product’s versatile applications as an interactive communication tool that can be used in schools and offices. |
• See-Through Solar House
Sharp demonstrated a miniature solar house equipped with see-through solar cell modules
Visitors learned how they could check the amount of solar power being generated—as well as the amount of power consumed by electric appliances—via an HEMS terminal. They also discovered how they could manage the rate of power saving through simple operation. |
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- *1 I-cubed Research Center Inc.
Location: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
President: Tetsujiro Kondo