16 November 2015, Farnell element14 has introduced Midas Display's VATN LCDs which offer a high quality, high contrast alternative to standard STN and FSTN LCD's. The black background and a wide choice of LED colour backlights also provides a lower cost alternative to OLED's.

The heart of VATN lies in its vertically aligned liquid crystals that align perpendicular to the viewing plane when voltage is at zero, creating a totally black background.

Upon voltage being applied the crystals realign, allowing the backlight to appear, with the amount of light being governed by the angle of the crystals, allowing for the display of bright coloured characters on a totally black background.

Available with price breaks for higher volumes and next day delivery the LCDs are available in red, yellow, green, blue or white LED backlights. The LCDs come with high contrast ratio, wide viewing angles and temperature range as well as industry standard module sizes and a solid black background with no backlight bleed through.

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Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a global leader in high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, production, maintenance and repair. Trading as Farnell element14 in Europe, Newark element14 in North America and element14 across Asia Pacific, it had sales last year of £960m, the Group is supported by a global supply chain of more than 3,000 suppliers and an inventory profile developed to anticipate and meet its customers' needs.



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