Volume 5

FEBRUARY 2007

Number 2

Insight Media News	3
Call for Sponsors	3
Microdisplays	5
Epson Develops New HTPS Panel for MDTVs	5
Syndiant Unveils New LCOS Panel and MDTV Demo	6
SpatiaLight Develops 0.55" 1080 & 0.3" SVGA Panels	7
Optics and Engines	8
Panasonic Chooses Luxim Lamp for Future RPTV	8
Moxtek Unveils Development Plans	10
Sypro Shows New 52" Thin MDTV Engine	10
Wavien Shows Dual Parabolic Reflector at CES	11
LED / Laser Devices	13
Coherent and Osram in Laser Deal	13
Nichia to Manufacture 500mW Blue Laser	14
Toyoda Gosei Offers New LED	14
Wireless Connections	15
Wireless Display Solutions Abounds at CES	15
WiFi Chipset Sales Up 25%	20
Wireless Adopted by 75% of US Businesses	20
Wired Connections	21
HDCP May Tip the Balance For DisplayPort	21
Twelve HomePlug Providers Deploy Worldwide	23
Design Wins	23
LG Electronics Selects Broadcom Optical Disc SOC	23
Polaroid Taps NXP For Entertainment Devices	24
Xilinx Chips Boost Vestel FPDs	24
Display Electronics	24
Silicon Optix Bows "Geo" Aimed at Projection and LCD	24
Pixelworks Shows New Chips at CES	26
Genesis Launches SOC With Faroudja Video	28
LG Launches Sixth Generation DTV Receiver Chipset	29
NXP Bows PC TV Processors at CES	29
Samsung Bows Advanced-VSB at CES	30
Silicon Image Bows v.1.3 HDMI Chips at CES	32
TI Unveils Integrated HDTV Processor:	33
Films, Materials and Components	33
Bright View Announces New Film for PDPs, OLEDs	33
Screens	34
Bright View Demos New MDTV Screens	34
DA-LITE Unfurls New Screen Accessories	35
Elite Debuts New FP Screens	36
SCRAM Shows New Front Projection Screen	37
Vutec Unveils 2.35:1 Masking Screen	37
LCD Backlights	38
Chi Mei Shows FEL Backlight	38
Compolite Shows Low Power LED BLU	39
Luminus Devices Shows 37" Edge-Lit BLU for LCD-TV	40
Radiant to List on TSE in 1H07	40
Taiwan LCD BLU Makers Tap Korean Market	41
WitsView Sees BLU Changes for Cost Reduction	41
CCFL Controllers As Low-Cost Inverters for BLUs	42
Flat Panel Manufacturing	43
Sharp to Start LCM Production in Poland	43
CMO to Up China Investment in 6G Plant,	43
LCD Fab Expansion Slows	44
Market Intelligence	45
2007 CES State of the Industry	45
2006 Flat Panel Revenues Rise 14%	47
Consumer Sales Grow at Slower Pace at Year End	49
Chinese LCD Makers Finish '06 on the Rise	50
Displaybank: Matsushita Tops in PDP Sales	51
Growth Slows in 2007 to 'Mildly Explosive'	53
LG Achieves TV Revenues of 1T Won in Korea	54
Large LCD-TV Panels Prices Drop to New Lows	54
LPL Narrowed Losses in 4Q'06	56
Samsung Tops in US DTV Sales, Eyes 40"+ Segment	56
Second-tier LCD-TV Brands Get More Competitive	58
Sharp Targets 50% Growth With Large LCDs	58
Sony, Panasonic Hold Retail Shelf Lead	59
PDP Makers Must Choose: Growth or Share	59
Business and Strategic	61
China's TV Makers May Unite to Fight Royalties	61
Some Taiwan Flat Panel Makers Exit Space	62
Kolin and Acer Raise LCD-TV Shipment Goals for 2007	63
LG Top Management Shuffle	63
Partnerships and Break-ups	64
Sharp and Chunghwa To Cross-License LCD-TV Patents	65
Sharp Enters Age of Maturity	65
Sony Considers Re-Entering Plasma TV market	66
Television, Calibrate Thyself	67
TPV Launch Production in Poland	67
Viewsonic LCD-TV in India	68
Westinghouse Digital Enters Japan's LCD-TV Market	69
PDP-TV Products	69
When 1080P Isn't Really 1080P…	69
Hitachi's 2007 HD Plasma Lineup	70
LG Unveils 1080p Plasma Line-Up	71
Microtek Expands PDP-TV Line	72
Philips Debuts a 63-inch 1080 Plasma TV	73
Pioneer Launches "Breakthrough" Technology	73
Runco Promotes Six 42-60-inch DHD Plasmas	74
LCD Monitors	75
Flat Panel LCD Reference Monitors	75
More Companies Release 30-inch LCD Monitors	77
LCD-TV Products	79
What Makes the Second Tier "Second"?	79
AHANIX: Designing for an Application and Geographic Niche	80
Chi Mei to Sell TVs and Monitors in US	80
Klegg Shows an Alternative to Home Media Networks	81
Maxent In; Sampo Out	81
Microtek Enters LCD-TV Fray	81
Philips Expands Ambilight Line	82
Proton Spreads Its Wings	82
Sharp Bows LCD Line Topped with 108-inch -World's Largest	84
Sharp Rolls Out Full HD 32-inch LCD-TV in Japan	86
Sony Bows 70" LCD-TV with LED BLU and x.v. Color	87
Syntax-Brillian Shows Broad Product Line-up	88
Vizio Offers 1080p 47" LCD for Under $1,900	89
ViewSonic Docks iPods	90
Quad HD and 82" Models Top Westinghouse Line	91
Alternative Displays	93
Toshiba Sells SED Share to Canon	93
LED Projection	95
Foreal Shows LED Engine	95
LG and Luminus Team on LED Projector	96
Samsung Expands Pocket Imager to US Market	97
SCRAM Shows LED Engines	97
Wavien Shows LED Recycling	98
Laser Projectors	99
ExPlay Demos QVGA Laser Projector	99
Iljin Shows 30 Lumen Device	101
Novalux Show 12-foot Laser Projected Image	101
Novalux and Young Optics Ally to Build "Necsel"	102
Microvision Shows SVGA Laser Projector	102
SCRAM, SpatiaLight & SI InfoComm in Laser Project	104
Symbol Shows XGA Laser Projector	105
Family/Multi-Purpose Projectors	107
What's Your Definition?	107
OMT Displays Mini Projector with HID Lamp	108
Sypro, TI and Philips Enable Personal Projecting At CES	108
Viewsonic Introduces iPod Projector	110
Wavien Shows Low Cost Demo	111
Business Projectors	111
BenQ Debuts New DLP Projectors	111
InFocus Bows Two New Work Big Projectors	112
New 3LCD XGA Toshiba Portable	112
Mitsubishi Ships Two New LCD Projectors	113
projectiondesign Launches F20 and F30 Projectors	113
ViewSonic Shows New Projector Line - Including $399 Model!	114
Home Theater Projectors	115
PlayBig Drops $4,800 Off Price	115
Optoma Shows 120" BigVizion Prototype	116
Panasonic Releases 1080p Projector	116
Projectiondesign Adds 1080 Model	117
Sanyo Demos Wireless HD Projector	118
MDTVs	118
HP Omits DLP TVs From CES Lineup	118
Laser MDTV Demos at CES	118
MicroDisplay Surprises with Single LCOS MDTV	120
Hitachi's New MDTVs	122
Samsung Unveils Slim LCD MDTVs	123
Syntax Brillian Shows 1080p with Realta Chip at CES	124
The Not-So-Flat Side of the Coming TV Market	124
Ultmost Shows LCOS MDTVs	125
3D Systems	126
Syntax-Brillian Shows 3D LCD at CES	126
Chi Mei Offers 3D Monitor Without Eye Fatigue	126
JVC Shows Two 3D Projectors at CES	127
LG Shows 3D Display for Digital Signage	128
Pavonine Shows 24" HDTV 3D Monitor Prototype	129
RCA Shows a DLP 3D RPTV	130
Format Watch	130
Blue Laser Format Update from CES	130
Ending the HD DVD Wars: Plan C	133
Holographic Storage Gets Boost with OEM Deal	134
Electronic Signage	135
What's a Digital Sign?	135
DTV Watch	136
AACS "Crack" Bombshell or Firecracker?	136
New DTV Products for Windows Vista Launch	137
Sony / Microsoft Bow IPTV at CES	138
Newsletter Editorial Matrix	141
About Projection Monthly	142
About Insight Media	142