Volume 5
JANUARY 2007
Number 1

Insight Media News
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Sponsor Opportunity: Optics in Displays Webcast
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Call for Sponsors
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Display Summit - China Preliminary Agenda
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Benefits of sponsorship:
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Attendees:
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Display Summit - China Sponsorships
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AV Sponsors are also available.
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DSC Contacts
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Microdisplays
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Forth Dimension Joins Microdisplay Consortium
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New Emerging and Industrial DLP Apps Conference
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Worldwide MEMS Chips to Top $9B by 2010
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Optics and Engines
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Wavien to Show Parabolic Reflector Lamps-More at CES
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SCRAM to Show LED Engines, New Screens and More
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Sysview to Announce Engine Manufacture JV in China
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LED Chips and Components
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Nichia Develops 150 Lu/W Efficient White LED
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OSRAM Bows OSTAR LED for RPTV Apps
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Seoul Semiconductor Launches World's Brightest LED
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Showa Denko To Triple Output For Ultra-Bright LEDs
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Wired Connections
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Broadband Penetration On The Rise
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Gigle Gets 1-Gbps Bitrate Over Most Home Wires
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MoCA Members Include Texas Instruments
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HomePlug Gains Adherents
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HDMI Growing as DVI Fades in 2007
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Wireless Connections
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WiFi Chipset Sales Up 25%
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Samsung Invests $4M in Alereon UWB
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Design Wins
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ITVN Taps NXP for Chip Platform
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TI Runs Advanced HD Video Platform
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Display Electronics
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Broadcom Develops 1080p On-a-Chip
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Micronas Shows DVB-S2 HD Codec
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NTT Bows HDTV Encoder/Decoder
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Pixelworks CEO Resigns but Keeps Chair
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Screens
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Screen Research Launches Configuration Web Tool
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Films, Materials and Components
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Color Filter Prices Up Other Key Components Down
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Koreans Bring Mfg. Equipment Closer to Home
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Tosoh Creates Low-Cost ITO Substitute
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And Silica Glass, Too
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Illumination Systems
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Maverick to Distribute APO Lamp Modules in Europe
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LCD Backlights
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LED Pricing More Competitive with CCFL in 07
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Shipments Slow for Taiwan's BLU Makers in November
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Two Companies Sharply Increase CCFL Output
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Flat Panel Manufacturing
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S-LCD Readies 8G Facility in Korea
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Sharp to Double LCD-TV Output at Japan 8G plant
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Taiwan Plans More 7.5 and 8 Gen Plants
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TN Panels on the Rise
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Market Intelligence
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CEA Sales Data - Week 50
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China Imports Up, TV Prices Lowest
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LCD Panel Growth Accelerates
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LCD Prices Continue to Tumble
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Japanese Consumers Itching For Flat-Panel TVs
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Taiwan Panel Makers Expect Slower 4Q
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Taiwan FPD Industry Breaks NT$1 Trillion Mark
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Business and Strategic
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Partnerships and Break-ups
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Regional LCD-TV Production Update
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Some Recent OEM Panel Supply Deals
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Flat Panel Makers Push Into New Markets
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TV Makers Sales Targets Rise 50-100% in 2007
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LCD Makers Investigated for Price Fixing
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Local Brand Beats Sony in Taiwan's LCD-TV Market
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New Taiwan Regulations to Slow Investments in China
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BenQ Gets Closer to AUO
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Epson Aims for 20% Growth on Front Projectors
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Matsushita to Reinvest in Core Business
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Philips CE Unit Falls Short of Target
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Polaroid to Enter FPD Japan Market
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Syntax-Brillian Acquire Vivitar-Raises Questions
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Investors Corner
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Ho, Ho or Oh, Oh Revisited- Caution Remains in DTV
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Some Key Data Points
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What's it all means?
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PDP-TV Products
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Are Plasma Displays the Next Hummers?
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LCD-TV Products
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Mura Problems Reported on Sony XBR2 LCD-TVs
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Home Theater Projectors
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BenQ Introduces W9000 Full HD 1080p Projector
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Epson Ships 1080p Home Cinema Projector
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Micro/Nano Projectors
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Holoeye Demo's Efficient Laser Projector
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Light Blue Optics, Alps Compete in Laser Nano-Projectors
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MDTVs
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Who Needs a 70-inch TV? It Might Be You
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JVC Shows Slim D-ILA TVs. Are RPTVs Redeemed?
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3D Systems
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3D Training Increases Effectiveness
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Cadre Navigator Shows 3D Demos
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EON Reality and Karu &Y Bring 3D to Nightclub
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Intrepid Shows Holographic 3D Display
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Thales Shows 3Dchrono Display
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Vista Systems Intros Stereoscopic Processing Option
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Vis/Sim
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New Projectors Wow Attendees at I/ITSEC
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Evans and Sutherland Laser Projector
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SEOS High Contrast Zorro Projector
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Barco SIM 7 LCOS Projector
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Christie's New Matrix HD2, HD4 and HD7 Projectors
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Blending/Warping/Calibration Highlight I/ITSEC
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Christie Shows Automatic Display System Calibration
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Barco Shows AUTOALIGN
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3D Perception Uses Non-Camera-Based Alignment System
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Mersive Technologies Takes COTS Approach to Blending
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Scalable Display Technologies Offers Camera-Based Alignment
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Barco Expands into Cross-Cockpit Collimated Displays
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Barco Replaces Talaria Projectors in F-16 Simulator
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Christie Installs First 3-chip DLP Domed System
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eLumens Assets Sold, Immersive Displays to Carry On
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VDC Moves Toward Fixed Matrix Projectors
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Alternative Displays
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Sony In Joint Venture To Develop FED TVs
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Toshiba Retreats to the High End on SED
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SED Withdraws from CES
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Format Watch
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DIY Dual Format Player On Your PC
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First Sony BD Player Ships to US Retailers
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Mark Cuban, Dell Team Up for Blu-ray Bundle
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Sharp Begins Making Blue Lasers for Next-Gen DVDs
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Toshiba To Push HD DVD at CES, X Version Delayed
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Digital Cinema
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Christie/AIX Surpass Digital Cinema Install Goals
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Barco Reaches 1000th Digital Cinema Projector Milestone
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REAL D Claims Largest Digital 3-D Cinema Platform
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Electronic Signage
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Cisco Buys Digital Signage Company
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InFocus Announces Sale of The University Network
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Magink Makes Progress on Reflective Billboards
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Matsushita Plants Giant 103-inch PDP in Japan Airport
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Minicom Bows Digital Signage in Wal-Mart de Mexico
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DTV Watch
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BT Launches Vision IPTV
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Microsoft in Programming Deals for Xbox 360
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Oki To Launch Cable TV/Internet Set-Top Box In China
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Taiwan Moves to DTV Ahead of Plan
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TV with Chinese Characteristics
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USDTV Gets New Lease on Life
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Everything's Bigger in Texas - Including HDTV Service
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In Rememberance
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Display Researcher Paul Martin / Family Die in Plane Crash
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Newsletter Editorial Matrix
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About Projection Monthly
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About Insight Media
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