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1. Get Hard (2015)
R | 100 min | Comedy
When millionaire James King is nailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.
Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Etan Cohen, Adam McKay | Director: Etan Cohen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, T.I.
2. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer, teams up with his former student, Jesse Pinkman, to cook and sell crystal meth.
Creator: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
3. Paper Towns (2015)
Adventure, Mystery, Romance | Post-production
A young man and his four friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door.
Writers: John Green, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber | Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff, Halston Sage, Cara Buono
4. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Writer: Gillian Flynn | Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
5. American Sniper (2014)
R | 132 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Writers: Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice | Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis
6. Jurassic World (2015)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly.
Writers: Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, Michael Crichton | Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins, Bryce Dallas Howard
7. John Wick (2014)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Writer: Derek Kolstad | Directors: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe
8. Jupiter Ascending (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Stars: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean
9. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
10. The Avengers (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Writers: Joss Whedon, Zak Penn | Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
11. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Writer: Quentin Tarantino | Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
12. Pitch Perfect (2012)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Writers: Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin | Director: Jason Moore | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp
13. Still Alice (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Writers: Lisa Genova, Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth
14. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Writers: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola | Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
15. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary | Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
16. Family Guy (1999– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy | Active
In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
Creators: Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
17. The Musketeers (2014– )
55 min | Adventure, Drama
Set on the streets of 17th century Paris, series gives a contemporary take on the classic story about a group of highly trained soldiers and bodyguards assigned to protect King and country.
Creator: Adrian Hodges | Stars: Tom Burke, Luke Pasqualino, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles
18. The Equalizer (2014)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
Writers: Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim | Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
19. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more...
Writers: Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls | Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf
20. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.
Creator: David Simon | Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
21. Jurassic Park (1993)
PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.
Writers: Michael Crichton, David Koepp | Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
22. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Western
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Writer: Quentin Tarantino | Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
23. The Drop (2014)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Writer: Dennis Lehane | Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts
24. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy | Active
The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Creators: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith
25. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him.
Writers: Winston Groom, Eric Roth | Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
26. Les Misérables (2012)
PG-13 | 158 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives for ever.
Writers: William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Victor Hugo | Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
27. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat.
Writers: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong | Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
28. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama
New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.
Creator: David Chase | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
29. Blue Bloods (2010– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama | Active
Revolves around a family of New York cops.
Creators: Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green | Stars: Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes
30. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
Writer: William Broyles Jr. | Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
31. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Writer: Alan Ball | Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
32. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Writer: George Lucas | Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
33. Pretty Woman (1990)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.
Writer: J.F. Lawton | Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo
34. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.
Writers: Bob Kane, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan | Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
35. St. Vincent (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.
Writer: Theodore Melfi | Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher
36. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion.
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest | Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
37. Top Gun (1986)
PG | 110 min | Action, Drama, Romance
As students at the Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young flyer learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.
Writers: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Ehud Yonay | Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
38. American Hustle (2013)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Writers: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell | Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
39. Spring Breakers (2012)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying/drinking/taking drugs they are arrested only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Writer: Harmony Korine | Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine
40. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Writers: Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian | Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
41. Star Trek (1966–1969)
4,050 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the Galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
42. Iron Man (2008)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, an industrialist creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight against evil. This leads him to conflict within his own company.
Writers: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby | Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
43. The Conjuring (2013)
R | 112 min | Horror
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Writers: Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes | Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
44. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
45. The Babadook (2014)
Not rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Writer: Jennifer Kent | Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney
46. Dirty Dancing (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle.
Writer: Eleanor Bergstein | Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
47. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.
Writer: Richard Kelly | Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
48. Magic Mike (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.
Writer: Reid Carolin | Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn, Matthew McConaughey
49. Bob's Burgers (2011– )
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50. Top Gear (2002– )
60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.
Stars: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Ben Collins


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A method and apparatus for diminishing flicker of a liquid crystal display (LCD) by producing a variable temporal modulation of the fluorescent tubes providing rear illumination of the LCD matrix panel. Fluorescent tubes are placed in a sequence behind the panel, parallel to lines of pixels of the panel. A high frequency supply of each tube is modulated by a low frequency periodic pulse control signal, the chopping rate of which is modulated. The modulation in the chopping rate of each low frequency periodic pulse control signal is determined by corresponding control signal. The control signals, delivered by a generator, are T/M phase shifted between two consecutive control signals, T being the image refreshing period and M the number of tubes. The control signals are individually adjusted to cause a rear illumination substantially in phase opposition with a means optical transmission of a zone of pixels facing each tube.
1. A method for rear illumination of a liquid crystal panel formed by a matrix of pixels arranged in a predetermined number of successive lines, said liquid crystal panel being scanned sequentially during an image refreshing period of T, rear illumination being provided by M tubes, where M is a whole number greater than 1, arranged behind said liquid crystal panel, said method comprising the steps of:
supplying M consecutive control signals associated with each tube to M modulators, respectively, each control signal for controlling a chopping rate of M consecutive low frequency periodic pulse control signals, each consecutive control signal being phase shifted by T/M from the preceding signal;
independently adjusting each control signal to independently adjust modulation of each chopping rate for each of the M consecutive low frequency periodic pulse control signals based on a predetermined mean optical transmission of a zone of pixels associated with each tube;
producing in each modulator a low frequency periodic pulse control signal modulated in pulse width in response to each adjusted control signal;
driving M converters to produce M high frequency voltages from a DC voltage based on each respective low frequency periodic pulse control signal;
supplying each high frequency voltage to an associated tube to rear illuminate a zone of pixels associated with each tube.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a duration of the high frequency voltage supply of each tube, achieved periodically at the panel image refreshing period, is chosen to be greater than a duration of scanning of a zone of pixels associated with each tube.
3. An apparatus for the rear illumination of a liquid crystal panel formed by a matrix of pixels arranged in a predetermined number of successive lines, said liquid crystal panel scanned sequentially during an image refreshing period of T, said apparatus comprising:
M tubes, where M is a whole number greater than 1, arranged behind said liquid crystal panel, each tube for rear illuminating a zone of pixels associated therewith;
control means for individually controlling a light intensity of each tube, said control means comprising:
a control signal generator for generating M control signals having mutual phase shift of T/M,
M control signal adjusting means for adjusting each control signal based on a predetermined mean optical transmission of a zone of pixels associated with a respective tube;
M modulating means for producing M low frequency periodic pulse control signals with individually determined chopping rate modulation, the chopping rate modulation of each low frequency periodic pulse control signal based on a respective adjusted control signal, and
M high frequency generators associated with each modulating means for producing M high frequency AC voltages from a DC voltage in response to a respective low frequency periodic pulse control signal, each high frequency AC voltage being supplied to a respective tube, thereby producing a rear illumination in synchronism with the scanning and in opposition with a predetermined optical transmission of said liquid crystal panel.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the control means further comprises:
an ancillary scanning generator for generating frame and line synchronization signals and a slope generation signal,
the control signal generator generating the control signals based on the frame and line synchronization signals;
each control signal adjusting means is an integrator circuit;
each modulating means comprises:
a slope generator for generating a slope signal from the slope generation signal;
a comparator for producing the low frequency period pulse control signal based on the slope signal and the adjusted control signal.
5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control signal generator comprises a counter circuit, which is reset by the frame synchronization signal, to increment the line synchronization signal, and a decoder having an input coupled to the counter circuit to generate the M control signals.
6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the M modulating means includes a respective one of the M control signal adjusting means.
7. An apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 wherein each integrator circuit includes an operational integrator followed by a low frequency filtering circuit, the integrator circuit having predetermined operational settings for adjusting a control signal to produce a ripple in the luminance of a corresponding tube substantially in phase opposition with a mean optical transmission of a zone of pixels facing the corresponding tube.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/390,772, filed on Aug. 8, 1989, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns a method for the rear illumination of a liquid crystal matrix display panel, as well as the fluorescent tubes illumination device implemented according to the invention.
Liquid crystal display (LCD) screens or panels are light modulators wherein the transmission of each of the symbols to be represented is controlled electrically. The matrix panels are formed by dots (or pixels) which are distributed evenly in lines and columns throughout the surface and are controlled electrically by a matrix network of lines and columns. The image is refreshed periodically at a frame rate, the scanning being done line by line at a line rate. For a matrix panel with a total of N lines, the electrical information giving excitation is conveyed to the successive pixels of one and the same line for a period T/N, T being the total duration of scanning of the panel or frame duration. During the remaining interval of time, i.e. T(l-1/N) of each frame, the pixels are not excited. This periodic variation in excitation voltage leads to a ripple in the optical transmission which causes a visual flicker effect, which is all the more visible as the refreshing time is small. This phenomenon also increases with temperature.
When the maximum transmission that can be achieved, especially for polychrome panels is low, it is preferable to use an illumination device in the rear of the panel rather than a scattering/reflecting device which reflects the ambient illumination.
This rear illumination device is usually made by means of fluorescent tubes. To obtain satisfactorily uniform and high luminance on the entire rear face of the panel, it is necessary to use an assembly of several tubes, generally placed in parallel. The uniformity or homogeneity can be improved by using a scattering device placed between the tubes and the panel, as well as a reflector placed behind the tubes.
To modify the illumination, it is possible to control the luminance of the fluoresent tubes.
A prior art technique consists in using a DC/AC converter or inverter which takes a low DC voltage and gives the tubes a high-frequency AC voltage of some hundreds of volts designed to light the fluorescent tubes at each alternation. According to this technique, the variation in mean luminance of the tubes is obtained by all or nothing modulation, periodically at a low frequency rate, of the high-frequency AC voltage applied to the tubes. To this effect, a pulse with modulation of adjustable duration is produced: it can be used to cause variation in the mean intensity of the electrical current in the tubes and, consequently, in the luminance of the tubes. This pulse is repeated at the low frequency rate. If the low frequency of modulation is chosen to be sufficiently high (hundred or several hundreds of Hertz), the temporal luminance ripple that results therefrom is fast enough to be invisible.
This prior art technique does not, however, remove the flicker effect due to the refreshing frequency which is quite low and may have a period of 10 to 20 milliseconds for example.
An aim of the invention is to prevent or, at least, to reduce this flicker phenomenon due to the refreshing frequency. This is obtained by using a particular temporal modulation of the luminance of the fluorescent tubes and by placing these tubes parallel to the direction of the lines.
According to the present invention, there is provided a method for the rear illumination of a liquid crystal panel formed by a matrix of pixels arranged in successive lines, with a line by line scanning, this method using M, where M is a whole number greater than 1, tubes arranged behind the panel in a sequence, parallel to the direction of the lines. For each tube, a high frequency supplied and a low frequency periodic pulse control with an adjustable chopping rate to modulate the high frequency supply of the tube considered and cause variation in its luminance is supplied. Each tube illuminates a zone made of successive lines, wherein the variation in the chopping rate is determined to obtain a temporally variable rear illumination in synchronism with the scanning. For this purpose, the tubes are supplied with shifts of T/M between two consecutive tubes of the sequence, T being the image refreshing period, and a modulation of the chopping rate is determined for each tube substantially in phase opposition with the mean optical transmission of the zone of pixels illuminated by the tube considered. Thus, a substantially uniform luminance is obtained at output of said zone and in considering all the excited pixels.
According to the present invention, there is further provided a device for the rear illumination of a liquid crystal panel formed by a matrix of pixels arranged in successive lines, with a line by line scanning. This device uses M, where M is a whole number greater than 1, tubes arranged behind the panel, and controls the light intensity of each of the tubes. The device has a DC voltage supplied, a high frequency generator to prepare, from the DC voltage, a high frequency AC supply voltage, and means for the all or nothing modulation of the high frequency supply voltage to obtain a low frequency, periodic pulse control with an adjustable chopping rate, and modulation means. This device also has a generator of signals for the control of the tubes by producing M control signals at the panel image refreshing period T. These M control signals have mutual phase shifts of T/M for applying them respectively to the modulation means in order to produce a rear illumination in synchronism with the scanning and in opposition with the optical transmission procured by the pixels.
The invention shall be better understood and other characteristics will emerge from the following description and the appended drawings, of which:
FIG. 1 is a simplified diagram of a matrix panel rear illumination device according to the invention;
FIGS. 2a-2d show curves pertaining to the operation of the device in the case of a rear illumination with fixed luminance;
FIGS. 3a-3d show the same curves of operation illustrating the case of a rear illumination with varied luminance;
FIGS. 4a-4c show curves depicting the periodic variation in transmission and luminance of a matrix panel pixel;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating the role played by several neighbouring tubes in the luminance transmitted by a pixel;
FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating the zone of pixels to be taken into account, consequent to the visual resolution;
FIGS. 9a-9d show curves of periodic variation in the concept of FIGS. 7 and 8;
FIGS. 10a-10c show curves illustrating the luminance to be created opposite the optical transmission of the pixels to obtain a substantially constant resultant luminance;
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the zones of lines of a matrix panel illuminated by fluorescent tubes;
FIG. 12 shows curves illustrating the temporal distribution of the control signals for the supply of the tubes and their relative phase shift to obtain the desired result;
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a rear illumination device for a liquid crystal matrix panel according to the invention;
FIG. 14 shows an exemplary embodiment of the circuits of the device according to FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 shows curves of the operation of the circuits of FIG. 14.
The simplified diagram of FIG. 1 represents the control of the luminance of a fluorescent tube T1. This control is repeated for the M-1 other tubes of a sequence, T1 to TM, of M fluorescent tubes which are used to illuminate a matrix panel from the rear and are placed parallel to the lines of pixels of the matrix panel. The luminance is produced by a high frequency supply circuit 1 which has a high frequency (HF) inverter or converter supplied with a DC voltage VO to deliver, to the tube T1, a high frequency voltage with a period THF (FIG. 2c), which is sinusoidal or rectangular, for example. The HF converter receives a low frequency control sigal VBF to cause variation in the luminance of the fluorescent tube. The signal VBF is a low frequency periodic pulse control (FIG. 2b) with an adjustable chopping rate TBF/Tm to modulate the high frequency supply of the tube. To this effect, the circuit 1 has an oscillator 10 with all or nothing control by the signal VBF. The modulation voltage VBF of the HF converter is produced by a low-frequency pulse generator 2 from a control signal ST coming from a generator 3. In the prior art referred to, the signal ST is a DC voltage. The level of this signal ST can be made to vary, and it is applied through an integrator 21 to a first input of a comparator 23 which receives a slope voltage at the output of a generator 22 through a second input. The slope generator produces a slope VS at the low frequency rate (FIG. 2a). The voltage Vm at the output of the integrator 21 is compared with the slope signal and enables the signal VBF (FIG. 2b) to be produced. The variation in the voltage ST drives that of Vm accordingly, and makes it possible to vary the width Tm of the pulse of the low frequency rectangular signals VBF. This signal with fixed frequency 1/TBF and peak voltage VBF performs an all or nothing modulation of the voltage VHF delivered to the tube. The luminance LT of the tube is modulated in time correspondingly (FIG. 2d). The value LTm represents the mean luminance presented by the tube.
The signals are shown in FIG. 2 for a constant value of the control signal ST.
FIG. 3 represents the same signals for a variation in the control signal ST, thus making it possible to cause a variation in value of the duration of modulation Tm and, consequently, the duration of application of the high frequency supply signal and, hence, the mean luminance LTm of the tube.
FIG. 4a represents the voltage control Vc applied to a pixel of a matrix panel with N lines, scanned sequentially during an image period T. FIG. 4b represents the optical transmission TO of the pixel, when this transmission is an increasing function of the rms value of the control value. Its temporal ripple is weighted by elastic and viscous constants presented by the liquid crystal.
FIG. 4c shows the luminance Lp of the pixel which is equal to the rear luminance Lop due to the fluorescent tubes illuminating this pixel multiplied by the optical transmission TO of the pixel.
The temporal mean of the optical transmission of the pixels forming the image may vary according to the pixel or the zone considered, from a minimal value TOmin (to achieve a minimal luminance) to a value TOmax (to achieve a maximal luminance). This variation is obtained by modifying the amplitude of the control voltage Vc proper to each pixel.
Hereinafter (notably in the representations of FIGS. 4, 9 and 10), we consider the waveforms relating to a single value which is intermediate (for example a mean) between these two extreme values
FIGS. 5 and 6 show that the rear luminance Lop illuminating a pixel Pj is equal to the weighted sum of the luminance values of the fluorescent tubes TK, TK-1, TK+1 neighbouring the surface Sop of the scattering device DF illuminating the considered pixel Pj of the liquid crystal panel PCL. This weighting depends on the distance D from each tube to the surface Sop of the scattering device DF and on the angle θ presented between the normal to the scattering device and the straight line joining the center of the tube to the center of the illuminating surface Sop.
Furthermore, the usual distance of observation of a display panel should be considered to be generally such that the eye cannot isolate a pixel from its neighbours. This is shown by means of FIGS. 7 and 8. The eye is sensitive, comprehensively, to the luminance of a zone surrounding the pixel considered. This luminance is, therefore, the sum of the luminance values of each of the pixels forming the zone. The value of the angle "a" covering the zone is smaller than or, at the most, equal to the visual angular definition. In FIGS. 7 and 8, the zone corresponding to this visual resolution has been considered to be distributed over three lines Lj, Lj-1 and Lj+1 and encompasses three pixels linewise and three pixels columnwise, giving a total of 9 pixels of a screen or panel PCL.
For a fixed luminance of the rear illumination of the panel, the instantaneous luminance of the zone distributed over several lines is the sum of the luminance values of each of the pixels forming it. FIG. 9 shows the luminance of each pixel of the three successive lines Lj-1, Lj and Lj+1. The luminance of each pixel of the line Lj-1 has a phase lead, of the value T/N, over the luminance of each pixel of the line, Lj (FIGS. 9a, 9b). The same is true for the line Lj with respect to the line Lj+1 (FIGS. 9b, 9c). The curve 9d represents the overall weighted luminance L' of the zone considered. This luminance is in phase with the luminance of the central line Lj. Its relative variation is consequently less sudden than for each line considered.
The cyclical variation at the image period T presented by this luminance L' produces a flicker phenomenon which is troublesome to the eye.
To overcome this, a temporally variable rear luminance is produced in order to compensate for the variation in luminance of the zone L' and to give a substantially constant resultant luminance. This is summarized in the curves of FIG. 10. The curve 10a reproduces the variation of optical transmission TO of a zone of pixels encompassing several successive lines of the liquid crystal panel. The curve 10b represents the variation in rear luminance Lop to be emitted by the battery of tubes in phase opposition with the preceding variation TO so as to obtain a constant luminance Lo according to the curve 10c. This result is obtained by preparing a modulation voltage VBF which is cyclically variable. The generators 2 and 3 are therefore determined in order to deliver a modulation voltage which is synchronous with the scanning of the panel and is phase shifted from one panel to the next one. The modulation Vm and the phase shifts are determined in such a way that the relative ripple of the luminance Lop of the surface Sop of the scattering device illuminating the zone P' is approximately the opposite of the relative variation of the optical transmission TO of the zone P' (curves 10a and 10b).
FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate this method used. The device has a battery of M fluorescent tubes T1 to TM, placed parallel to the direction of the lines L1 to LN of the pixels of the matrix panel. Each tube illuminates a zone of "r" lines with, for example r=50. To simplify the description, the scattering device has not been shown, and the temporal smoothing and delay, given by the filtering and integration circuits receiving the ST signals, is not considered. The illumination produced by the successive tubes generally overlap one another in the terminal parts of the zones. The phase shift to be produced for the supply from one tube to the next one is equal to T/M. The period during which each tube is activated in the vicinity of its maximum value should be enough to encompass the time interval during which the "r" lines illuminated by this tube are themselves scanned during the frame period considered. FIG. 12 gives a more explicit view of these durations in showing the shift T/M between the supply of a tube and that of the following tube. The duration TA of maximum supply of each tube, repeated at the frame period T, is chosen to be great enough to encompass the scanning of the corresponding zone of "r" lines of the liquid crystal panel. Thus, in the case of the first tube, the supply control signal ST1 goes beyond the duration Tr for the scanning of the lines L1 to L50, illuminated by the tube T1. The range TA is substantally centered on the duration Tr. The same is the case for the following tubes T2 to TM.
The reasoning employed, with the help of FIG. 9, for a small zone P' of pixels is valid for all the pixels extending over the three lines considered, and is also valid for a zone of "r" lines (r being greater than 3) illuminated by a tube, it being understood that the overall transmission of the zone of "r" lines is the weighted value of each of the lines, and is in phase with the mean transmission of the pixels of the median line (line 25 in the case of the first zone illuminated by the tube T1). The device is consequently designed to control the luminance of each tube during the time phase to to to+Tr that corresponds, in an opposite way to the variation in transparency TO presented by the zone "r" (FIGS. 10a and 10b). Thus, the observer has the impression of receiving a constant luminance (curve 10c) for each of the zones of "r" lines with the same mean transmission and, hence, for the entire image with uniform luminance during the scanning with a duration T. The harmful frequencies creating the flicker phenomenon are thus diminished.
FIG. 13 shows a liquid crystal panel PCL with its column addressing circuits AC and its line addressing circuits AL, and the rear illumination comprising a battery of tubes T1 to TM parallel to the direction of the lines. A scanning generator 20 gives the line synchronization signals SL and frame synchronization signals ST, and the video signal SV. This video signal SV may consist simply of a piece of binary information to excite or extinguish the corresponding pixel. The generator 3 of signals for the control of the tubes receives the synchronization signals SL and ST and, from these signals, it prepares the phase-shifted signals ST1 to STM for controlling the supply of the tubes T1 to TM. By an additional output D, it controls the slope generator 22 at the desired low frequency TBF. The other circuits of the low frequency pulse generator are distributed over M channels each comprising an integrator 21j and a comparator circuit 23j. The latter also receives the common slope signal VS. Similarly, the HF supply is distinct for each tube, and is controlled by the output of the corresponding comparator 23j.
In the embodiment according to FIG. 14, the control signals generator 3 is formed by a counter 31 followed by a decoder 32. The counter 31 receives the frame signal ST (FIG. 15) which resets the counter at zero at each image scan. The lines synchronization SL represents a clock signal which increments the counter. The counter 31 addresses a decoder circuit 32 at output. Depending on the binary word received, this decoder circuit 32 gives the supply signals ST1 to STM, successively during the time intervals TA in synchronism with the scanning. Furthermore these signals have a phase shift T/M from one tube to the next (STj-1, STj FIG. 15). The channel "j" relating to the tube Tj has been shown supplied by the synchronization signal STj. The channels are all identical and receive, besides, the output VS from the slope generator 22. Each channel has a low-pass filtering circuit RF, CF, following an integrator 21j, and gives the voltage Vmj, enabling compensation for the transmission of the tube illuminated zone (FIG. 10). The line counter 31 further gives a bit counter D (FIG. 15) at the chosen modulation low frequency. This logic signal is filtered by an integrator assembly 22 delivering a sawtoothed voltage VS with a same frequency. The mean value and the amplitude of modulation of VS can be adjusted by the settings shown. The voltage VS is compared with each of the m voltages Vm by the m comparators 23.1 to 23M giving the voltages VBF.1 to VBFM driving the M converters 10.1 to 10M of the M tubes T1 to TM. Other settings relating to the integrator 21j and to the value of the elements RF, CF are implemented during a preliminary phase to adjust the desired curve Lop FIG. 10b) compensating for the ripple of the curve TO (FIG. 10a) and obtain the resultant uniform luminance Lo (FIG. 10c).
For a real image made on the panel, the transmission of any pixel varies as a function of the pixel considered, from the value TOmin to the value TOmax, each having an inherent relative ripple amplitude. The above-mentioned value TO is between the value TOmin and the value TOmax.
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On Friday during Listeners on the Loose, a Rock-A-Holic called in to talk about something that happened on Halloween that left her fuming mad!
On Halloween like most parents do, Dee took her children trick-or-treating and at one of the houses they went too, they gave out candy bars with political messages on them. Dee was pissed when she saw that there was a big "Reject R-47" (oppose gay marriage) sticker on her kid's chocolate and had to explain to her four-year-old what that means.
I completely agree with Dee about being mad over this. Things like this really show you what is wrong with this country. It is so inappropriate that people do things like this because forces parents to have conversations they don't want to have yet with their kids.
Why is it that other people's opinions have to be forced down our throats? That's what irritates me.
If someone wants to spread the word about a view point that is religious based like Reject R-47, (which let's face it, anyone who is opposed to it has religious motives to be against it) then stick to places where these viewpoints are welcomed.
They should be keeping it to the people who go to their church not on the candy bars for children! I've said it before, I'll say it again, religion and politics should never mix…it is things like this that are ruining our country.
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Anyone use Apex Fiberglass siding?
This is my first post. We are going to be building our retirement home (so our last home) hopefully next year. We have our plans and we just sent out bids to subcontractors last week. We are asking for bids for Apex fiberglass and Hardie fiber cement sidings. I posted a picture of our front and rear elevations.
Has anyone used the Apex siding? We have samples of it and Apex has sent me some photos of homes done in it. We are quite swayed regarding the low maintenance of it since we presently live in an all cedar home. The one thing they do not manufacture are shakes.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I sure will, MGDawg. Bids are due in by end of Sunday. Our son-in-law is handling that. As soon as he sends them to us, I'll report back. From what we researched, the product price was suppose to be similar to that of fiber cement. However, it's been said that labor is cheaper because it's easier to install. But we will see.
We finally got the bid for the Apex Fiberglass siding. Unfortunately, we did not get a bid for the Hardi-cement so I don't have a comparison. We were quoted 1900 square feet at $4.64 per square feet. Labor was additional $1.43 per square feet. The material cost included outside corners, inside corners, starter, flashing packs, receiver trim, tax and delivery. It did not include soffit, channel, fascia for overhang or material for covering faux beams as we need to use different materials for those items. Hope this helps someone trying to make decisions.
My hubby has said he would prefer just going with the Apex. I like the product but would love to see it on a home and not just in pictures. We are planning to go down to our property in mid-September and we were told that a home is being built close to our property which is using the same color Apex Fiberglass we want to use. We would love to see it up close and personal before making a decision. And, we are still waiting to get all our bids in from the subcontractors so we can determine where we are on the whole construction cost and whether we need to re-bid now or wait until next year prior to building.
We have decided to go with the Apex Fiberglass. The main reason is because we finally got to see a house up close that had it installed - and in the same color we wanted to use - Rock Garden Green. There is a new home in the final stages of building about 2 miles from where our new home will be built. We've been able to talk with the builder and the contractor who installed the Apex on that house. The contractor said he had no problem with the installation. The house looked GREAT and we were very pleased with the look.
The home had used vinyl shakes in their gabled areas and now we think that is what we will do, too. Trying to take some cost out of our build, we have decided to eliminate the beams in the gable areas on our build. The home that we looked at didn't have any and we were pleased how it looked with the shakes.
We are putting our present home on the market in March this year. As soon as we get an offer, we will send out final bid specs on the new place and see where we end up and optimistically hope we finally start building later this summer. Can't wait!
happygirl, we aren't building here in Indy area. We are building in SW Indiana. We are using Benthall Brothers in Evansville. No dealers in Indy. If you go to the Apex site and look for dealers, it appears the only other IN dealers are in Ft Wayne and in Bloomington. Apex also has a FB page. In the beginning of our decision making I posted there and got more info. The President/owner of Marvin ended up emailing me several times. Very helpful. Maybe you can find out if there will be a dealer in Indy area soon. Hope this helps.
BTW, we ended up changing our colors due to trying to match colors with the pole barn which we will be building close to the house. But now we plan to use Clay as the primary color and Bronze for trim/accents. Still haven't started our build as we are putting our present home on the market in two weeks.
Hoosierbred, congratulations on the progress of your new home project. Until you can take pictures of your own Apex in a few months, if it isn't too difficult would you be able to snap a few photos of that nearby house--especially close ups of where pieces meet, at corners, windows, at a sloped roof, etc. So as to see whether at arm's length this could appear much as wood siding. Most of us won't have ready access since this isn't in widespread use yet, and it would be good to see real world pictures not touched by the manufacturer. Certainly promising as it doesn't need to be caulked at ends and would stand up to water and weather extremes better than hardie. Thanks,
We just started our 109-year old house exterior re-do -- using Apex siding with Ex-Cel color trim boards (factory-applied two part ceramic pigment, urethane finish). Ours is the 1st house in Boston proper to use these two products. We went with them because the Apex boards look like clapboard and the Ex-Cel trim comes in colors -- so we won't have to paint the house again! They've stripped the old clapboards and wrapped the house and started putting up the trimboards. The colors (SW's Intellectual Gray trim with Colonial Gold siding) look great together. I'll post more photos as the job progresses.
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ribidibi, glad you were able to get the Apex siding. We will not be using the Apex siding after-all. The distributor in our area is no longer able to order or install the product. We even called another distributor but their install crew will not travel to install it.
So, we have gone with Plan B. At this time, we have bid out LP siding and LP trim boards. We might go with the LP shakes for our gable areas, but we like the Certainteed Cedar Impressions Double Staggered Perfection Vinyl Shingles, too, for the shakes. The vinyl shingles would save us some $$.
Can't wait to see what your home looks like after the siding has been installed.
Thx, Hoosierbred. I wonder why Apex is so hard to get installed? We had a long conversation with the finish carpenter who works for Cape Cod Lumber about Apex, while he was putting it on their new building in Abington, MA. He said it was much easier to work with than Hardie Board. We drove down to Abington just to see the product on a building. Its being used in western Mass. but not here in the city. Now Cape Cod Lumber is a distributor. That's where our contractor, Yeti Home Improvements, gets it. So glad we're able to use it. Good luck with your project, too, Hoosierbred. I think the shingles will look awesome. That's the one thing I'd have liked to ads to the house re-do. Next time. LOL.
I got my hands on some samples of the smooth finish apex clapboard and corner trim. I was impressed with the material. In my opinion it's a great improvement over vinyl, especially if you get clean cuts and butt to the trim rather than use the alternate j channel pieces. I'd want to see some completed projects before saying how it compares to a solid product like cedar or fiber cement. Certainly a lot easier to lift and cleaner to cut than fiber cement, and nice profile closer to the hardie artisan than the standard thin hardie plank. Ribidibi, do post some progress photos, I'd like to see how it goes and how the details are handled where it meets the roof.
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Here's an update on our residing project using the Apex. A couple of the Apex corporate people came out to see how it was going (since this is the first house in Boston using it). They said our crew was doing an excellent job with the installation. We've been a bit hampered with rain, but it's coming along. Wait until you see the brick colored moulding that's going around the windows. Coming soon!


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This has been in my fathers house since i can remeber.
It is made up of some type of cast metal with what looks like a brushed bronze finish.
Inside parts of it are turning green and the lamp os liter than it looks.
I can not find any marks on it for a maker other than
On the back.
It is a nice lamp but the.globe is missing so i would like to know more about the lamp and perhaps get a globe similar to the original.
Any info would help as the net is not to helpful when all i know is it is a lighthouse!
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I believe these were called either radio or tv lamps to put on while you were listening or watching. If you look occasionaly on ebay you will find these listed. You could probably get a repro flame globe for the light. You should probably rewire it also. Look on ebay for a globe.


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Deluxe Room (Deluxe Scenery Room)Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Villa (Garden Villa)Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Villa, Sea View (Grand SeaView Villa)Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
House (Thai House Pavilion)Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Villa (Beachfront Jacuzzi Villa)Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Beachfront resort with calming spa services
Nestled on the beach, this Takua Thung resort is within 20 mi (32 km) of Mai Khao Beach, Blue Canyon Country Club, and Splash Jungle Water Park. Ao Phang Nga National Park is 25.1 mi (40.4 km) away.
Resort Features
At Ranyatavi Resort, spend the day on the beach where you can enjoy volleyball. Then return for a meal at one of the resort's 2 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 53 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, plus free WiFi and balconies. Guests will also find patios, satellite TV, and minibars.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Ranyatavi Resort features a health club and a seasonal outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the resort's 2 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center, a meeting room, and meeting rooms. This beach resort also offers spa services, gift shops/newsstands, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 53
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- One meeting room
- Beach bar
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach towels
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Year Built 2006
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Spa services on site
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Patio
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Ranyatavi Resort has 2 restaurants on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the resort include a health club and a seasonal outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Beach volleyball on site
Spa Services
- Thai massage
- Number of treatment rooms 1
- Couples treatment rooms
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A 17 percent city/local tax will be charged
- New Year's Eve gala dinner fee
- Breakfast fee: between THB 350 and THB 600 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: THB 1200.00 per vehicle (one way)
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 31 December.


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Next to Key Bank off of 38th & South Tacoma Way
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I cant unlock my lockscreen on Galaxy Note 3 anymore. No entered PIN is accepted. The USB debugging is deactivated and stock recovery installed. Unfortunatly I have important data on my phone which isnt recoverable otherwise. So my main questin is how can I activate USB debugging without access to the phone. In best case the solution is possible without KNOX void.
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Their poor employees. by Going to biomass - 06/07/2013
I used to get a lot of landscaping items at this place but stopped a week or so ago. THEY TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES LIKE DOGS and it is so hard to watch and overhear, I'm thinking about turning them into the labor board. The best guy they ever had loading is now gone and the other employees say it's because the owner let's the boss work everyone in the yard to death so this guy quit. He was good loader! The people now are idiots and I am tired of dealing with these idiots and will never go back. I've heard the boss scream at them a lot in the past but they run people off and that's just stupid.
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We heard their ad on thr radio...bring in your yard waste for free etc. So we loaded up old wood, branches, leaves and a small amount of thornless blackberries. When we got there the man in the yard said we had to pay ten dollars because of the blackberries. There was no mention of blackberries in the ad. since we had the truck all loaded we paid. We called later and got the owner. He didn't care at all that we were upset. He sounded very bored with the whole thing. I won't go there again. Biomass is free now...I go there.
Big boss will not return phone calls by Not satisfied - 10/05/2012
We had dirt delivered for landscaping, we were not satisfied with the quality (very large clods of dirt, the size of large boulders!!) so we called the owner and left a message on his personal voice mail, this is what the receptionist advised we do). We never received a call back. Poor customer relations. We will go through Savage sand and gravel next time.
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Where on the 2008 Elantra is the oil filter located and how can I reach?
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Answer #1patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, April 16, 2009, 03:19Master
On a 2007 Elantra 2.0 Liter four cylinder engine the oil filter is a spin on type oil filter. It is at the front of the engine near the crankshaft pulley/fan belts. I am guessing the 2008 model year is the same as the part number for the filter is the same.
It is accessed from under the car.
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"We can't find a thing wrong with her." Dr. Ratcliff said.
"What? Then why does she keep blinking and making noises?" Zoe asked, getting frustrated.
"We think it maybe something neurological, so we are referring her to a neurologist."
"A neurologist?" Zoe exclaimed in a hushed tone as to not worry Hannah in the next room. "What do you think it is? It isn't something life threatening or anything?"
"It's not life threatening. It's probably just a simple childhood tic."
"A tic? Explain that to me."
"Involuntary twitching, blinking and sometimes, like with Hannah, vocal sounds. It's actually more common than people think. Does Hannah have any problems in school?"
"No, never, she's always been great at school."
"Well, that's good, usually when there is a childhood tic there is something else going on, like attention deficit disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder. Have you noticed any obsessive habits with her?"
"No, not that I can think of." Zoe said.
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"Okay, I'll do it when we get home."
As Zoe and Hannah were leaving the doctor's office, Zoe noticed Hannah blinking excessively and thought about the possibility that her niece may have something wrong with her. It broke her heart to think that, but what could she do?
The doorbell rang and Zoe knew it was going to be Dan, so she yelled from the couch for him to come in. The door opened and closed and Dan appeared in the living room.
"So, what's up with Hannah?" he didn't waste any time getting to the point of his visit.
"The doctor said nothing is physically wrong with her. He referred me to a neurologist."
"I always thought you needed your head checked out." Dan joked.
"Dan, by me I mean Hannah."
"Oh…well, what for? Is it something serious?" Dan asked concerned, taking a seat next to Zoe on the couch.
"He said it was a childhood tic and that that's all it could be or it could be more."
"Like what?"
"Well, I did some research on the Internet about tics and it's most commonly associated with Tourette syndrome. So I guess, she is being tested for Tourette's."
"I thought that was that swearing thing."
"Swearing can be considered a tic for Tourette's, but it's not that common. Blinking is one of the more common tics." Zoe informed him.
"Well, at least you know it's nothing too bad." Dan said, trying to comfort Zoe.
"Dan, what if she's made fun of for it. That's the worst thing that can happen and I don't' want to see Hannah go through any pain."
"Kids will be kids. She may get picked on, but everyone got picked on at some point in their life. I was beat up in high school because I had no fashion taste."
"You still don't" Zoe said, playfully hitting him.


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