Kuniyuki Kanai

Abstract
A CRT display, which has been playing a major role among information display devices for this half a century, is one of the most important inventions of this century.
Now that the 21st century near at hand, the momentum of 'analog to digital' has become irresistible in the contents and infrastructures surrounding the audio-visual field such as the broadcast and package media. In these circumstances, LCDs, featuring a high resolution, digital compatibility, human/environment friendliness and space/energy saving nature, start to play a leading part among the displays. Sharp is now pursuing to realize "Crystal AV World", where LCDs are used for all the displaying products in a typical diagonal size range from 3" to 500".