Brightness and Contrast Flat panel displays are significantly brighter, and feature higher contrast, than traditional CRTs. There are also significant differences in contrast ratios. Reduced Glare and Eyestrain One of the benefits of flat panel displays is reduced glare and eyestrain. Because of the liquid crystal panel screen, these displays can be placed facing a window and still provide comfortable viewing, with reduced glare that significantly reduces eyestrain. Enhanced Text Display Hitachi's patented, exclusive STFT technology provides some of the sharpest, clearest text available.
Images are stable and easy on the eyes, without any of the fading or blurring found in many panels.
The panel uses data and intelligent chips on the glass to calculate the gray scale level for each new pixel and provide a smoothing effect, as illustrated here. As you can see in the illustration, this intelligent technology essentially fills in the gaps to provide smoother, crisper letters. While this technology comes at a premium price, it is considered by many to be the best on the market. In December of 1998, Macworld awarded the LC140 a perfect score of 4 out of 4 mice and gave it Editor's Choice, saying that it was the only truly CRT-like quality panel it reviewed. Hitachi flat panel displays offer a whole new world of convenience and energy savings.