New & Noteworthy 2005

LCD Monitor Product News and Innovations

November 2005

NOW AVAILABLE!
General Digital™ is pleased to announce the release of our rugged SlimLine 1U™ 15" with GenFlective™ optical enhancements. Using only passive enhancements, the bright LCD puts out 715 nits. And utilizing a mere 4 watts of additional power, the flat screen achieves a luminance of over 1000 nits by combining active and passive enhancements. Our low profile LCD monitor package includes a full-size keyboard and 1-3/8" trackball with 3 mouse buttons.
Read more about the SlimLine 1U™ and GenFlective™ optical enhancements or contact a Sales Engineer for more information.

October 2005

JUST RELEASED!
General Digital™ is pleased to announce an economical alternative to our venerable GenStar™ high brightness 20.1" LCD monitor. It was designed especially for those applications that require an affordable, sunlight readable solution with a large flat screen monitor. The 20.1" SXGA sunlight readable LCD display utilizes a combination of our GenFlective™ passive enhancements, and active enhancements in the form of brighter backlights, thereby achieving 600 nits of luminance. Our DHG-20W Series, DHP-20W Series and DHR-20W Series LCD monitors can easily incorporate these sunlight readable enhancements.
Contact a Sales Engineer for more information.

GENERAL DIGITAL BREAKS ANOTHER BARRIER!
Just when you thought a rack mount flip-up LCD monitor couldn't get any bigger. We’ve added a 20.1" display to our popular SlimLine Lite™ II line. You can now have the world’s first of its kind 20.1" flip-up LCD monitor with keyboard and trackball that will fit nicely in your 19" rack.
The 20.1" display features a bright 250 nits of luminance, ultra high contrast ratio of 700:1 and wide viewing angle of 85° in all directions. Read more...
General Digital™ is now accepting orders and will start shipping in November.

GENERAL DIGITAL™ WINS ITS SECOND TECHNOLOGY FAST 50 AWARD!
The Connecticut Technology Fast 50 program is Deloitte and Touche’s list of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state, based on the percentage of revenue growth from 2000–2004.
General Digital™ has once again earned its place among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the state of Connecticut. Vice President Tenell Rhodes stated, “We are very grateful to have grown by 44% over the past five years. Receiving this award reflects how our technological prowess and commitment to customer care gets positive results. But this is just the beginning.”

August 2005

JUST RELEASED – SLIMLINE LITE™ II WITH BUILT-IN SMART CARD READER.
General Digital™ has successfully incorporated a Smart Card Reader into its SlimLine Lite™ II product line, another world’s first in its class. Devoloped for a variety of applications, including the military’s Common Access Card (CAC) Program, our popular LCD monitor/keyboard/trackball becomes even more versatile. Dimensionally the same as the standard SlimLine Lite™ II, the ActivIdentity® (formerly ActivCard®) Smart Card CAC (Common Access Card) Reader adds a negligible amount of weight to the 19" rack mount, 2U (3.50") high package. Also, it requires a negligible amount of additional power to operate. An added bonus with this unit is an extra front-accessible USB port, useful for pocket-sized USB storage devices or any other USB-operated device.

JUST RELEASED!
General Digital™ has released the next generation of its versatile Dual RackMount Monitor, which incorporates two high resolution 8.4" LCD displays. Also being offered is a daylight readable option.
Housed inside a redesigned compact enclosure, with an externally-mounted power supply for increased cooling, are two XGA (1024 x 768 pixels) resolution LCDs. In their standard configuration each LCD produces a luminance of 300 nits and a 350:1 contrast ratio. Adding the cost-effective GenFlective™ brightness enhancements increases the luminance to 530 nits and a 575:1 contrast ratio.
Get the Quick Specs on the standard configuration and the GenFlective™ configuration, or contact a Sales Engineer for more information.

SIX LCD MONITORS AND ONE POWER SUPPLY TESTED AND PASSED MILITARY STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. Six of General Digital’s™ LCD monitors and our 1U Rack Mount 75 Watt Power Supply have undergone rigorous testing to establish their ability to meet military standard requirements for a variety of conditions. We’re happy to report they performed quite well. The results are listed below.

1 Passed Grade B; Re-testing for Grade A

1 Not Available for Storage portion of test

Note 1: Standard monitor configuration can be optionally modified to pass CE101 by adding a load resistor to the power supply assembly to increase current draw above 1 amp.
Note 2: This test only applies to equipment with touchscreens. No other equipment will have an electrical sensitivity of 1 uV or less.
Note 3: Standard monitor configuration can be optionally modified to include additionally magnetic shielding for the power supply transformers to satisfy RE101 requirements.
Note 4: Standard monitor configuration tested did not include any ITO overlays in front of the LCD. General Digital™ can provide optional filters (e.g., 5 ohm or 10 ohm) in front of the LCD that will allow the monitors to comply with RE102 requirements. Internal test data is available to support these claims.
Note 5: Some distortion noted on the LCD at certain thresholds.

June 2005

PATENTS OBTAINED AND PENDING.
General Digital™ has obtained U.S. Patent Number 6,825,828 B2 for our Intelligent Backlight Controller™ (IBC), designed specifically for use in the GenStar™. The GenStar™ is General Digital’s™ backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor comprising a backlight assembly, a cooling subassembly, a rear cover assembly and a controller. The Intelligent Backlight Controller™ (IBC) monitors bulb luminance and adjusts bulb current accordingly. Also, faults are monitored and logged so that predictive repair before failure analysis may be performed.
A patent is pending for General Digital’s™ XO-Fraim™, which uses a heavy frame to isolate an LCD from the antireflective, antiglare or other protective overlays of an LCD. It prevents the transmission of mounting stresses into the active cells of the LCD.
A patent is pending for General Digital’s™ GenSeal™, the application of a desiccating gasket between an LCD and a protective overlay, which prevents moisture from penetrating into the space between the LCD and the non-optically bonded overlay.

May 2005

JUST RELEASED! A true 1600 x 1200 resolution 20.1" LCD display in the form of our DH Series RGB Industrial™ standalone monitor, the DHG-20U-806. Now you can have UXGA resolution without the need for scaling the image. To complement this large, high resolution screen is our new video controller, which delivers 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution at 60 Hz. In addition, it offers DVI-D (Digital Video Interface-Digital), SXGA analog video and Composite Video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, RS-170). This video controller will be available on many of our other LCD monitors, as well.

April 2005

  
General Digital’s™ GenStar™, our sunlight readable 20.1" LCD monitor designed for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Air Traffic Control applications, was featured in the April 2005 issue of Connecticut Life. The article, “Eye in the Sky at Bradley International” by Doug Malan, detailed a Day in the Life of an air traffic controller. Central to their day, which includes the safe passage of 20,000 aircraft monthly, are the LCD monitors used to track each one of those aircraft. They utilize a sophisticated program, Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), to track up to 1350 aircraft simultaneously, while reducing the amount and duration of air travel delays. STARS can also transmit important information to controllers, even in the event of a total hardware or software failure. Obviously, for such critical work, reliable equipment is crucial. That’s why Raytheon, the company who worked with the FAA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to design STARS, chose General Digital™ to supply the sophisticated and robust LCD monitors. Having been a customer for over 20 years, Raytheon knew General Digital™ had the technical expertise to build an efficient and reliable product to perfectly fit their needs. There are 50 airports in the U.S. expected to receive the STARS upgrade and General Digital™ expects to supply LCD monitors for each of them.
Read the full article. (PDF format - requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.)

March 2005

COMING SOON! General Digital™ has designed a 20.1" model for our popular Rack Mount Hinge™ LCD Monitor. Remarkably, it is housed within a 2U (3.50") high, 20" deep, rack mount flip-up monitor enclosure. The LCD monitor also features multiple video inputs such as one UXGA input, two NTSC video inputs, and two S-Video inputs. Additionally, the 20.1" Rack Mount Hinge has the ability to display multiple video images in Picture-In-Picture windows. We expect to release it during the second quarter of 2005.

The 19.0" SlimLine 1U™ LCD Monitor/Keyboard/Trackball has successfully passed UL and FCC testing for use in FAA air traffic control towers and TRACONs and is now shipping. The SL1-19W-702 will serve as the official replacement model of the current model, SL1-19W-700, which is still available for a limited time.

January 2005

General Digital™ announces a new LCD element for our popular 19.0" SlimLine 1U™ LCD Monitor/Keyboard/Trackball. Currently, the SL1-19W-702 is undergoing UL and FCC testing for use in FAA air traffic control towers and TRACONs. It is expected to get approval shortly. The current model of the SL1-19W-700 is still available for customers who don’t require a UL/ FCC-approved model.