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SEOUL, South Korea, November 13, 2002 - LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd., a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, today introduced the LM201U03, a new 20.1-inch UXGA TFT-LCD for desktop monitors. The display utilizes LG.Philips LCD's Super In-plane Switching (IPS) and Super Narrow-bezel (SNB) technology, enabling a thinner display with a wider viewing angle, higher contrast ratio and faster response time than other TFT-LCDs currently on the market. The company also announced that mass production for the LM201U03 will begin in early December `02.

Most current displays are available in twisted nematic (TN) mode, which needs a separate, wide polarizer filter to enhance viewing angles. In TN mode, displays have an average viewing angle of 90 degrees from top to bottom and 110 degrees from left to right. LG.Philips LCD's Super IPS technology continuously rotates the liquid crystals, which can increase the viewing angle of a large-screen LCD up to 176 degrees from any direction-essentially equivalent to that of CRTs. Moreover, Super IPS technology diminishes gray color shift, allowing for screen quality that rivals CRTs.

In addition, the half-contrast angle of Super IPS technology is wider than that of other wide-viewing angle technologies. This allows for a reduced color shift seen by the human eye-ultimately enabling higher-quality images on displays, especially on large screens such as the LM201U03. Response time of this new model has been improved by more than 25 percent. Even with this cutting-edge technology, LG.Philips LCD still enables display-production yields of up to 85-90 percent, almost equivalent to TN-mode displays.

The LM201U03 also leverages LG.Philips LCD's SNB technology, based on its patented side-mounting technology, which allows for even slimmer, compact displays. By utilizing the side-mounting technology (shifting screws from the front to the side), the bezel frontal width on the displays can be reduced by up to 60 percent.

According to Bob O'Donnell, director, personal technology for IDC, there is a significant need for larger, higher-resolution LCD screens. "The market for large-screen LCDs (greater than 15-inch) for desktop monitors is currently 38 percent of the total LCD market for desktop monitors. However, we predict that by 2004, that percentage will outpace even the popular 15-inch size, as prices continue to decline and users demand larger screens," noted O'Donnell.

"Today's desktop monitors employ increasingly larger and higher resolution displays, as people continue to realize the benefits that larger FPD monitors offer for enhanced viewing of DVDs, Internet webcasts, digital publishing applications, multimedia and digital broadcasting, to name just a few. LG.Philips LCD is committed to investing in such cutting-edge technologies as our Super IPS and SNB solutions to allow for higher-quality, large-screen LCDs with a sleek design that will revolutionize the way we use our desktop monitors, providing more screen image in a smaller footprint," noted Bruce Berkoff, executive vice president of marketing for LG.Philips LCD.

The LM201U03, designed for high-end usage, is a UXGA model (resolution 1600 x 1200), offering a wide-viewing angle of 176 degrees (utilizing LG.Philips LCD's Super IPS technology), a high luminance of 250 cd/㎡, and a response time of 25ms. This new model's SNB width is only 9.5 mm (left/right/bottom) and
11 mm (top)- a 60 percent reduction over previous 20.1-inch displays-ultimately enabling a compact module size of 432 mm x 331.5 mm, with a thickness of only 25 mm.

Those interested in learning more about the LM201U03, or seeing LG.Philips LCD's TFT-LCD technology demonstrations first hand during Fall COMDEX 2002, may visit LG.Philips LCD's private technology demonstration suite at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, or contact Stacey Voorhees at svoorhees@mcapr.com, or (650) 968-8900, ext. 108 for a one-on-one briefing