AU Optronics Advances Its Commercialized LCD TV Technologies

AU Optronics Advances Its Commercialized LCD TV Technologies

October 16, 2006

The Ultimate Viewing Experience for the High Definition TV Era

    HSINCHU, Taiwan, Oct. 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- AU
Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the
"Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today
introduced its advanced commercialized LCD TV technologies,
strengthening its pioneering role as the industry technology
innovator. In response to the rapid growth market of High
Definition TV (HDTV) applications, the crucial LCD TV
technologies AUO has developed include: Advanced MVA (AMVA)
technology with low color washout and high contrast ratio;
AUO Simulated Pulsed Driving (ASPD) technology to solve
blurred motion problem; HiColor technology with LED
backlight to achieve over 100% color saturation; and AUO
Picture Enhancer (APE) technology featuring natural color
images and clear depth of view. 

    These advanced technologies will be demonstrated at FPD
International 2006, from October 18 to October 20, in
Yokohama Japan.

    Since the launching of four commercialized LCD TV
technologies, AUO has been striving for enhanced
specifications and diverse solutions to meet customers'
needs and requirements. With untiring effort, AUO is able
to provide customers with more flexible and diverse
choices. Particularly, many of AUO's new developed
technologies contain more than two newly added features.
Taking AUO Picture Enhancer technology as an example, one
new of APE technology can dynamically adjust the contrast,
sharpness, hue, color temperature, and color saturation to
accommodate the image contents, while the other new APE
technology, High Dynamic Contrast with LED, can also
enhance the contrast ratio to above 10,000:1 and save up to
50% in power consumption by utilizing LED backlight to
control luminance depth and range. 

    AMVA Technology, Featuring Extra-High Contrast Ratio of
2500:1 and High Color Gamut NTSC > 92%

    Earlier in October 2005, AUO successfully launched AMVA
technology with a high contrast ratio of 1200:1 by optimized
color-resist implementation along with a new pixel design.
With this improved technology, AUO today introduces
extra-high contrast ration of 2500:1 in its 42" Full
HD (1920 x 1080) LCD, significantly reducing color washout
and achieving wide viewing angles of up to 178 degrees. In
addition, this technology installed backlight module with
high color gamut can reach above 92% NTSC.

    New ASPD Technology at 120Hz Frame Rate, Reducing
Motion Blur Images and Enabling Response Time Less than 4ms
(Gray to Gray)

    Aiming to solve the blurred images on conventional
LCDs, AUO has successfully developed a new ASPD technology
at 120Hz frame rate (doubling the current frame rate) for
its 42" Full HD (1920x1080) LCD. This technology can
greatly reduce motion blur, and enable the image
performance to reach optimal levels at 4ms equivalent gray
to gray (8ms MPRT). This new ASPD 120Hz driving technology
has been applied to WXGA (1366 x 768) resolution for mass
production, including 32", 37" and 42" LCD
TV panels.

    New ASPD Technology Applied with HiColor Technology,
Achieving 105% NTSC

    AUO Simulated Pulsed Driving (ASPD) technology
simulates impulse-type displays with the adjustment of
pixel driving and scanning backlight to reach a CRT-like
quality image in motion picture response time. By adopting
HiColor and LED backlight technologies, advantages of new
ASPD technology include high colour gamut of 105% NTSC,
high contrast ratio of 1500:1, and lower power consumption.
 The environmentally-friendly design is both mercury and
lead free. This technology also productively improves the
motion blur problem and provides better image quality than
conventional VA LCDs.

    AMVA Alternate Frame Technology, Greatly Improving
Color Washout 

    By using new driving methods, AMVA Alternate Frame
technology provides optimized image quality without
changing any pixel design. This high contrast technology
can also achieve wide viewing angles up to 178 degrees,
resulting in a more comfortable viewing experience for the
consumer with the same gamma curve and luminance.

    AUO's Executive Vice President, Dr. Hui Hsiung, noted
AUO has achieved significant breakthrough in LCD TV
technologies recently.  These four AUO commercialized TV
technologies have received much positive feedback from
customers. After the G7.5 line began volume production, AUO
has gradually implemented these leading technologies into
its products, especially the overall implementation upgrade
to 42" from 37". On top of that, AUO's 37"
and 42" LCD TV panels provide both WXGA (1366x768) and
Full HDTV (1920x1080) specifications to fulfill the diverse
needs of the widest range of customers. 

    About Au Optronics

    AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO") is one of the top
three largest manufacturers* of large-size thin film
transistor liquid crystal display panels
("TFT-LCD"), with approximately 20.9%* of global
market share with revenues of NT$217.4billion (US$6.75 bn)*
in 2005.  TFT-LCD technology is currently the most widely
used flat panel display technology.  Targeted for 40"+
sized LCD TV panels, AUO's next generation (7.5-generation)
fabrication facility production is scheduled for mass
production in the fourth quarter of 2006.  The Company
currently operates two 6th-generation, four 5th-generation,
one 4th-generation, and four 3.5-generation TFT- LCD fabs,
in addition to eight module assembly facilities and the AUO
Technology Center specializes in new technology platform and
new product development.  AUO is one of few top-tier TFT-LCD
manufacturers capable of offering a wide range of small- to
large- size (1.5"-46") TFT-LCD panels, which
enables it to offer a broad and diversified product
portfolio.

    *As shown on DisplaySearch Quarterly Large-Area TFT-LCD
Shipment Report dated August 25, 2006.  This data is used as
reference only and AUO does not make any endorsement or
representation in connection therewith. 2005 year end
revenue converted by an exchange rate of NTD32.2039:USD1.

    Safe Harbour Notice 

    AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the
"Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO), the world's
third largest manufacturer of large-size TFT-LCD panels,
today announced the above news.  Except for statements in
respect of historical matters, the statements contained in
this Release are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements were based on
our management's expectations, projections and beliefs at
the time regarding matters including, among other things,
future revenues and costs, financial performance,
technology changes, capacity, utilization rates, yields,
process and geographical diversification, future expansion
plans and business strategy. Such forward looking
statements are subject to a number of known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements, including risks related to the flat panel
display industry, the TFT-LCD market, acceptance and demand
for our products, technological and development risks,
competitive factors, and other risks described in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Form 20-F
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 1st, 2006.

    For more information, please contact:

     Yawen Hsiao
     Corporate Communications Dept.
     AU Optronics Corp.
     Tel:   [phone] x3211
     Fax:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

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