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TFT or LCD screen?

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Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=66272
Printed Date: May 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM


Topic: TFT or LCD screen?

Posted By: alpine0000
Subject: TFT or LCD screen?
Date Posted: November 14, 2005 at 10:01 PM

What is the difference in quality? which one is higher quality (clearer picture). im about to put tv's in my headrest and i was looking at the alpine 5.8" or 7" screen. these are both LCD's. i read in another thread though to make sure its TFT. now im confused. which should i get?

can you guys please post the low down on each type? :oops:

thanks in advance!

william




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Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 1:46 AM
Short for thin film transistor, a type of LCD flat-panel display screen, in which each pixel is controlled by from one to four transistors. The TFT technology provides the best resolution of all the flat-panel techniques, but it is also the most expensive.

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Posted By: alpine0000
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 8:01 AM

Hornshockey wrote:

Short for thin film transistor, a type of LCD flat-panel display screen, in which each pixel is controlled by from one to four transistors. The TFT technology provides the best resolution of all the flat-panel techniques, but it is also the most expensive.

wait, so TFT is a kinnd of LCD display then, right? TFT is just a better technology of LCD?





Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 12:25 PM
Yea there are like 2 different kinds of LCD screens. TFT is the best one to get because it's the newest technology.

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Posted By: alpine0000
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 1:26 PM

OK, im looking at either getting the alpine 7" LCD or the alpine 5.8" LCD for my headrests. I already have the alpine IVA-D310 touch screen flip out head unit. On alpines site it says my head unit is TFT, but it doesnt really go into detail on whether or not the LCD monitors im looking at are TFT or not. Here are the links for the two different monitors in question. Does anybody know whether they are TFT or not?

here is the alpine 5.8"

https://iweb.alpine-usa.com/pls/admn/item_info?p_item_name=TME-M580&p_category=100&p_subcategory=&p_main=30&p_more=y

and here is the alpine 7"

https://iweb.alpine-usa.com/pls/admn/item_info?p_item_name=TME-M770&p_category=100&p_subcategory=&p_main=30&p_more=y

are they TFT or not?






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