Christie Officially Announces 55″ with Gorilla Glass
Back at ISE in January, we shot a video of the first ever showing of the Christie FHD551-XG, a 55″ LCD that is integrated with Corning Gorilla Glass (making it virtually indestructible):
Well, at last month’s InfoComm show in Orlando, Christie officially launched the FHD551-XG and gave us a glimpse of the specs:
- Native 1920×1080 direct-LED lit LCD using commercial glass
- Bezel thickness of 1.8-mm (bottom/right) and 3.7-mm (top/left)
- 77 nits (cd/m2) brightness
- 3000:1 contrast ratio
- Lifespan of 50,000 hours
- HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA and two DVI inputs
- Control via RS232 or RS485
Here are all the details [PDF].

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