WORLD'S FIRST: LCD Television Made in 1983

This pocket television was the first actual LCD television set, launched in 1983. It was a monochrome (black & white) set with a greyscale output. With this tv the contrast was poor thus pure black and white images were not possible, and brightness did little to clear a blurred image. These were early days however and with the Epson ET-10 revealed in Nov 1983 and launched in 1984, the definition was greatly improved with over 50,000 pixel LCD, and vibrant colour images. In strictly electronics terms in the 1980's the high definition Cathode Ray Tube could not be beaten for crystal clarity and pure colour. More recently large screen LCD tv's are now providing greater pixels and thus hi definition, although they still lack the high contrast and brightness of the old CRT tv's. Recent experiments to increase the contrast & brightness have meant the LCD tv's use additional LED backlighting, meaning extremely high power useage of between 500-1000 Watts (depending on screen size). This makes them energy inefficient, and so their manufacture may be banned in future.

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[thebigpoopful]

The video was informative, but 500 to 1000 watts for an LED lit TV?

From C|NET:

Average plasma: 301 watts

Average LCD (standard): 111 watts

Average LCD (LED): 101 watts

[mkkiani]

@thebigpoopful Many thanks for that. Here in the UK only now are the manufacturer's looking at the power wattage used by the large screen sets. The likely target is 300-400 watts. But for the whole population any change is some way off.

[form109]

Thanks for the Video.....very intreasting to see such a historic piece

[mkkiani]

@form109 You are welcome. I did notice a gap in youtube videos for some products which served as a marker for how far research and development had come in commercial entertainment equipment. I hope to fill in these gaps hopefully with help from other quality uploaders.

[mkkiani]

@form109 Most Welcome.

[joesphx19]

I got the first Cascio in color, still have it. Of course it is useless since it can only receive analog signals. Interesting video of our past.

[Liftorangejuice]

at 6:00 i found out this guy speaks english

[CoolConejo]

@SamuraiClinton maybe, but i think people still enjoy classic watches and probably will for a very very very long time.

[SamuraiClinton]

OK, so SEIKO made a TV watch in 1983 as seen at 0:54, well well ahead of its time. Well, I bought an aftermarket Wristwatch attachment for my iPod Nano which sorta is a "TV" with a touchscreen, but more of an MP3 player with sports watch graphics capability.

I think MP3 players or video playback should become a minimum feature for entry level wristwatches one day.

[georplagian]

Adjusting the contrast can go to exteremes in either direction. It gives you an "OUTER LIMITS" type effect. It's interesting try it. Thanks again for posting you video. Best wishes for the NEW YEAR, Bye,George in NYC

[georplagian]

Thanks,I'm courious,are you still getting analog stations? Eveything digital,Right? Those 80's hand helds are now useless.I hooked a digital converter box to a 2.5"Casio LCD TV. Contrast was terrible.To adjust the contrast I got a"inline volume control" from Radio Shack & plugged it into the TV input jack.Then I connected those A/V cables with the stereo plug at 1 end & slipped that into the inline volume control. I plugged those audio/video RCA plugs into Dig.Box.You could now adjust it.

[mrlichenstein]

@ThisIsSATA I could care less about the weight. The image quality of most CRT's especially the Sony Trinitrons beats the image quality of LCD's. I am using 2 Dell Ultrascans on my computer (sony tubes) and I still see no reason to replace them :)

[ThisIsSATA]

@mrlichenstein

The problem with CRT is also the weight and power consumption. A generic 32 inch CRT TV mostly weigh around 60-70kg and consume 170-200W energy. However I will never trade my Philips 32PW9551 CRT with HDMI (Yes, HD Ready CRT!) for an LCD. Normal TV and even HD material looks way better than on a LCD.

[mrlichenstein]

I hope they ban LCD's and bring back the CRT. I see no reason in getting an LCD unless I ever wanted to make space on my big desk.