Formerly Projection Monthly with Flat Panal Coverage


Volume 6
FEBRUARY 2008
Number 2

Light Modulation Devices 3
Aurora Bows Microdisplay for Pico-Projector 3
HDI Buys MDC Assets: Focus on 3D 3
Projection Illumination 4
ALT Working on Low Cost Projectors Lamp 4
Luxim Focuses on New Lighting Opps 5
Moxtek Develops High-Durability Absorptive Polarizers 6
Wavien DPR Extends Lamp Life for Front and RPTVs 7
LED/Laser Devices and Components 9
EpiCrystals to Produce 60mW Lasers 9
Everlight Sees Strong LED Growth 10
DARPA Funds Green Laser Development 11
Lasers for Projectors 12
Stratophase Products Enable Laser Frequency Doubling - at a Price 13
Display Electronics 14
ADI Shows HDMI Transmitter with CEC 14
ADI's Wireless HDAnywhere Reference Design 15
DisplayLink Unveils Various Network Display Adapters 16
Micrel: The Company You Keep 17
Display Measurement 18
Sencore Debuts Tri-stimulus Color Analyzer 18
Some Thoughts on Color Space 19
Screens 20
Will Pico-Projection Screens Validate Category? 20
OLEDs 22
Transparent OLED Developments 22
Samsung Shows 31-inch OLED-TV at CES 23
Universal Display's Janice Mahon Talks Turkey 25
Backlights 26
Goldeneye Issued LED Patent for BLUs 26
Edge-lit LEDs Get Closer 27
Next Round in the Backlight Fight 27
    HCFL Technology 28
    EEFL Technology 28
LCDs 29
A 30,000 Foot Viewpoint 29
CES Short Takes 30
    Gateway 31
    AOC Takes Aim at Vizio and Westinghouse 31
    An Opportunity for Nexus 31
    Bang & Olufsen 31
    Vizio 32
Dolby Bows High Dynamic Range LCDs 32
Hitachi: First In with Thin? 34
JVC Showcases LCD Products and Innovations 35
    Advanced Technology Demos 36
LCD-TVs Keep Advancing 37
LG Differentiates THX Video-More 38
LG.Philips LCD at the Venetian 39
Panasonic Extends Viera and SD Card 40
Philips Stresses Design, Design, Design 41
Samsung: Kioshu, not Kuro 42
Sharp Shows Super-thin Prototypes 43
Toshiba Gets to the Good News - Fast 45
The Bar Was the Best Thing at Sony's Booth 46
Westinghouse Goes Wireless 47
PDPs 48
Time to Give Plasma Another Shot? 48
    LG's Press Conference 49
    Pioneer Press Conference 49
    Panasonic's Really Big Show 49
    Hitachi's Yoshino Solves the Puzzle 50
    Will 32-inch Plasma Fly in the U.S.? 51
DTV Watch 52
HD-DVD Obit: Assassin's Bullet Kills a Standard 52
Oriental Language Closed Captions on US TVs 55
"Tru2way" Hits CES with CE Makers in Tow 55
Six Ministries Promote China DTV 58
Web-Embedded TV Comes Home 58
Bring on the "Real" Black Friday, Saturday… 59
Product Simplicity or "D-2" Emerges as CES Trend 60
    Sony Press Conference 61
    Philips Press Conference 62
    Panasonic Press Conference 63
Market Intelligence 64
Slow Price Drop for HDTVs in '08 64
Panasonic to Buy $62M Taiwan LCDs in '08 65
PMA Survey Tells Why LCDs Dominate 65
Pacific Media: Big Opportunity for Tiny Projectors 66
RPTV 66
nLighten Finally Shows Fruits of Its Effort 66
Mitsubishi Unveils Laser TV 68
TI Shows RPTV / Projector Innovations 69
Home Theater Projectors 70
Panasonic Shows Projector for Gaming at CES 70
Optoma Shows New Projector at CES 71
New SIM2 Projects 1B Colors 71
Business Projectors 73
Casio Updates Slim Projector Line 73
Hitachi Bows Ultra Short Throw 73
iMatte Eliminates Projecting on the Presenter 73
InFocus First w/ sub 1K WXGA Projector 74
Sanyo's Short Throw Projector at CES 76
Sony Bows 2 Large Venue Projectors 76
Toshiba Shows Conference Projector 77
LED/Laser Projection 78
Holoeye Shows Laser Projector 78
Curved Screens See the Light of Day 79
Ostendo 42" Curved Screen Debuts 80
3D Displays 81
3D Laser TV Demonstrated by Mitsubishi 81
DDD Sees Bright Future 82
Hyundai Shows 46-inch 3D at CES 84
LG.E to Commercialize AS-3D Display 84
Midwich Takes on Philips 3D Products 84
Philips Eyes Consumer 3D TV Market 85
Pavonine Updates Wire Grid 3D 85
Samsung Shows PDP with 3D Display Capability 86
Sensio Moves Forward 87
SpectronIQ 3D Launches 3D LCD-TV 88
The Vision at TDVision 89
TI Shows DualView From 3D 91
Unigine Bows Stereoscopic 3D Game Engine 92
Hawaii Bows First 3D Planetarium 94
Alternative Displays 95
Back to the Future with CRTs at CES 95
Digital Cinema 95
Dolby Moves on 3D Cinema Systems Deployment 95
IMAX Pens New Cinema Deployment Deal 96
Electronic Signage 97
Paradigm Shows 110-inch "Trojan" at ISE 97
Planar Ships Plug-and-Play Digital Sign 97
Planar Bows DS15: A New Level of Kiosk Performance 98
Touch Systems 98
Planar Bows Six New Touch Screen LCDs 98
Wireless 99
The Other Wireless Story "No New Wires" 99
SiBeam Bows WirelessHD Platform 102
WiMAX Mobile Wireless Unfolds at CES 103
Insight Media News 107
Projection Summit 2008 107
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 110
Large Display Report 111