Trident 5” VGA screen features long lasting, low power LED backlight

Published 6th January 2009

Reigate, UK, 6 January 2009. Trident announce the introduction of a 5” VGA display from Hitachi, featuring an LED backlight to provide lower power consumption and a longer life than traditional backlight technologies with the same performance.

The new Hitachi TX13D03VM1CAA 5” VGA TFT display module from Trident offers a brightness of 600cd/m², excellent display uniformity and a contrast ratio of 400:1. The key innovation is the use of an LED backlight in a 5” display, delivering bright, clear images in all lighting conditions and environments. The LED backlight matches the performance of traditional CCFL backlight technologies, but is more robust, uses less power, is easier to control and lasts longer, (70,000 hours) while also dispensing with the need for a high voltage inverter.

The TX13D03 has further features to simplify design in, including a built in timing controller and on board LED backlight and dimming controller. There is also an image flip function which allows a display image to be flipped horizontally and vertically. The 6-bit RGB CMOS data interface allows images with up to 262K colours to be displayed. The 5” display is also available with a touch panel as an optional feature.

The display module measures a compact 119.4mm (w) x 89.1mm (h) x 10.0mm (d) and weighs only 114g. The TX13D03 also supports operation in extended temperature environments of -20 degrees C to +70 degrees C.

About Trident
Trident is one of Europe’s leading technical franchised distributors of displays, interface kits, single board computers, panel PCs, printers and card readers as well as providing an extensive range of value added services.

The company is part of the Abacus Group and has offices in the UK and across Europe with presence in The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Italy.

Due to their years of expertise and vast product portfolio Trident operate in most markets including industrial, retail, public information, marine, hospitality, transport, multi-media kiosks, EPOS, broadcast, security, defence and medical hardware.

Differentiated by its unrivalled technical expertise across a very broad portfolio, customers are able to consult Trident specialists on the most appropriate solution to meet their particular needs.

For further information visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk

About Abacus Group plc
Abacus Group plc is one of the leading distributors of electronic components in Europe, with directly owned companies having locations in every major European electronics market.

Abacus Group companies are marketed in four groups:

Abacus Electronic Component Distribution (ECD) has a portfolio of over 180 franchises within 12 trading operations providing technical distribution services through locally based sales offices.

Abacus Embedded Systems Group (ESG) covers businesses offering displays and communications expertise, and includes Trident, Axess, TDC and Abacus Embedded.

Abacus Own Brand encompasses Dubilier and Eledis offering competitively priced, quality passives, electro-mechanical components and batteries.

Alpha 3 Manufacturing provides electromechanical sub contract manufacture, under three trading operations: DEM Manufacturing, CTL Manufacturing and CCS Electronics.

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Reader enquiries: for further details please contact:
Trident, Pilgrims Court, 15 – 17 West Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9BL
Tel: +44 (0) 845 603 2770; Email: sales@trident-uk.co.uk, or visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk.

Press Contact: Peter van der Sluijs / Elaine Hodson
Neesham Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1296 628180
Email: peterv@neesham.co.uk / elaineh@neesham.co.uk

Photo caption: The new Hitachi TX13D03VM1CAA 5 inch TFT VGA display offers high performance, low power consumption and a long life, and is now available from Trident.

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