Sharp's 108-inch screen generates huge interest in the Middle East

Since the Middle East launch two months ago, demand for the high-cost monitors has been rising phenomenally and, according to Adventure Digital, distributor of the Sharp's 108-inch LCD Information Display Panels (IDPs), sales could run into several hundred units during 2009.

"The new large-screen LDCs help people create a theatre atmosphere because of exceptional quality of sound and image, thanks to advanced technology incorporated within the units. High-end home users can enjoy movies and TV programs to the utmost, while in offices these screens can be used with projectors, creating a world of difference compared to conventional small-size screens," says Girish Mehta, Managing Director, Adventure Digital.

"Increasingly, large-screen LCD monitors are being installed at shopping malls, hotels, restaurants banks, hospitals, transport hubs, airports, stock exchanges and VIP homes, which require messages to be delivered with the highest clarity. The advantages offered by the new-generation large-screen LCDs include zero maintenance, long lifespan, centralized control from any location and 24-hour networking,"

adds Mehta.

Sharp Corporation first introduced the 108V-inch LCD monitor, the world's largest, for business and commercial applications at the Shinjuku Piccadilly cinema complex, one of Tokyo's premier multiplex movie theaters, on July 19, 2008. Subsequently, it was gradually released in other parts of the world.

This unit features a widescreen 108V-inch Advanced Super View LCD panel, the maximum size that a single 8th-generation glass substrate (2,160 x 2,460 mm) can yield. The large display area carries images to groups of people in wide interior spaces. Plus, a rich assortment of inputs, including HDMI and DVI-I connectors, provides greater connectivity with a wide variety of equipment and devices, and a fan-less design that minimizes noise and intake of dust from outside air further improves its level of technical sophistication as a commercial display.

With the new pioneering technology, Sharp is creating new styles of doing business and making better presentations in gallery and public spaces through a wide variety of business/commercial LCD monitors, including this 108V-inch model which is considers its flagship LCD monitor for commercial applications, as well as information displays with screen sizes from 37V to 65V inches, 4-inch electronic POP displays, and 2-inch electronic shelf labels.