Formerly Projection Monthly with Flat Panal Coverage


Volume 6
APRIL 2008
Number 4

Microdisplays 3
Epson Starts Volume Production of New Projectors Panels 3
LED/Laser Devices and Components 4
Avago Bows New Four Color LED Chips 4
Polarized-LEDs - But to What Effect on LCDs? 4
ITC Probes 30 Firms for LED/LD Patent Violations 7
Luminus Closes $72M VC Funding Round 8
Epistar Gross Margins Expected to Fall 8
Seoul Semi Bows World's Brightest LED 9
Display Electronics 9
TI Introduces DisplayPort / HDMI Dual-mode GPU 9
Maxim Launches New Filter Family for SD and HD 10
Optics & Components 10
Oerlikon to Sell Optics Division 10
Screens 11
Screens Matter 11
OLEDs 12
GE Shows World's First Roll-to-Roll Mfg OLEDs 12
LG Chem and UDC in OLED Materials Tie-Up 14
Novaled Opens Its First Subsidiary in Asia 15
Osram's OLED Lighting Hits New Efficiency Levels 15
Toray Develops New Blue OEL Material 15
LCD Components & Manufacturing 16
Indium Prices Fall while Demand Rises 16
LCD Panel Makers Increase Output 17
Merck's Optimism Returns 17
Smaller Flat TVs Coming to N. America 18
Monitors 19
I-Tech Introduces 46-inch Sunlight-readable LCD 19
Samsung Offers New Widescreen "53 Series" Monitors 19
Market Intelligence 20
32-inch PDP Module Demand Looks Good This Year 20
China to Top World CE Economy 20
February's New Pattern in Worldwide Panel Shipments 22
Flat Panel TV Shipments to Reach 96M Units in 2008 23
High-end Entertainment Systems to Double in 5 Years 23
NEC Study Says Wide is the New Large 24
TV Sales Plans not Being Adjusted …Yet 25
LCD Products 28
China Becomes Japan's Flat TV Battle Ground 28
Business and Strategic 29
Philips Sells More of its Stake in LG Display 29
DTV Watch 29
Did Oprah Crash the Internet? 29
How Will the Web Keep Up with TV of Tomorrow? 30
More Interactive Monitors Seen TV of Tomorrow 32
Not All NTIA Boxes are Created Equal 33
Retailers Want Converter Box Certification 34
Trouble in DTV Land 35
Business Projectors 36
NEC Launches SVGA Projector at Sub-$500 36
Home Theater Projectors 37
Meridian Introduces MF10 Home Theater Projector 37
LED/Laser Projection 38
UK Display Meeting Provides Insight into Holographic Projectors 38
LED Video Walls 41
New Indoor, Outdoor LED Display Products from Barco 41
Vis/Sim 42
American Systems Demos VR to Congress 42
3D Displays 43
3D Activities Update at Philips 43
Free Space, Laser-Plasma 3D Update 44
Hollywood Goes Shopping for 3D Displays 46
MTBS Interviews Key 3D Players 47
Partnerships Build NEC's 3D Play 48
2D/3D Digital Cinema 50
Summary of Digital Theater Roll-outs 50
AccessIT: 10,000 More D-Cinemas Coming 52
Exhibitors Like 3D Cinema Dual Projector Solution 53
Christie Bows 0.98-inch D-Cinema Projector 56
DigiScreen to Aggregate Alternative Content 57
Karagosian Tells D-Cinema Like it is 58
MasterImage Shows 3D Theater at ShoWest 59
Real D Demos XL Projection-Brightening Technology 60
Sony Puts More Focus on Total Cinema Solution 60
XpanD Cinema Buys NuVision 3D 62
3D Content Creation, Processing and Distribution 63
3D Film & Interactive Festival Set to Launch 63
3D Content Crashes the TV of Tomorrow Party 64
April Conference on Interactive 3D for Education 65
BBC and Missy Kick Goals for 3D TV 66
ColorCode Announces New Product Developments 66
The First Digital Live-Action 3D Film is Scheduled for Release 68
Is Philips' Project Leading to the Next 3D-TV Standard? 69
New Technology Makes 3D Imaging Quicker, Easier 72
Digital Signage 73
Cisco Validates Digital Signage Market 73
Graffiti Moves to a Whole New Level 75
Sensic Creates Brands with Sight, Sound and Even Smell 76
Insight Media News 80
3D Biz-Ex Call for Topics 80
3D@Home Consortium Membership Opens 83
Insight Media Invites Companies to Participate in the Pico- and Pocket-Projector Showcase at Projection Summit 85
DISPLAYMate for Windows Multimedia Edition Available 85
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 88
About Large Display Report 89
About Insight Media 89