Volume 4
MAY 2006
Number 5

Insight Media News 3
Insight Media Releases 2006 LCD-TV Backlight Report 3
HDTV Retailer Newsletter Launched - Get a FREE Sample! 5
Projection Summit Offer Exciting Agenda 6
Microdisplay Devices 9
SpatiaLight Ramps Customer Deliveries of T-3 Imager 9
Design Wins 9
JVC to Launch LCD TVs with Picture-Optimizing Chip 9
MediaTek Gets Samsung's Design-in Verification 10
Planar Partners with Matrox for Dome Display 10
Zoran's Drives TPV's New Line of LCD TVs 10
Zoran Powers Sanyo's New TVs for US Market 10
Standards and Regulations 11
FCC Eases Rules For Verizon Broadband 11
Display Electronics 11
Federal Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Silicon Image 11
Genesis Microchip Falls Short of Guidance 12
Thomson Unveils DTV Reference Demodulator Designs 12
Oplus Technologies Shows HDTV Reference Design 13
Let It Wave Introduces Bandlet Technology 13
Pixelworks Seen As Takeover Target 14
Philips Records Sales Of LCD-TV Single Chip Solution 14
Toshiba Samples Reference Platforms for DTVs 15
Sanyo To Spin Off Chip Business 16
ST Aims To Be Top Semi Supplier To China 17
LED/Laser Devices 17
Everlight Sees Shortage of White LEDs 17
Osram and Avago Cross License LED Patents 18
OLED Watch 19
OLED Makers See Rosy Future - Or is it Their Glasses? 19
It's all about price and performance 20
Lifetime, efficiency still an issue, but improving 21
Here come AMOLEDs 22
LCD Watch 23
37-inch Bargains and Pricing Projections 23
Samsung Raises Forecast; Projects Price Stabilization 24
If You Think Selling TV LCDs is Tough… 25
Japanese FPTV Makers Boost European Production 25
Taiwan Creates One Really Big Tiger 25
Fallout 26
Taiwan Tap-Dance 27
Sanyo, Quanta Form JV to Manufacture Flat Panel TVs 28
And Now It Gets a Little Complicated… 29
Samsung: "We have met the enemy and he is us!" 29
LCD Component Watch 30
Will Lamp Shortages Derail LCD TV Growth Plans? 30
LCD Components 32
Backlights 32
Market for Large BLUs to Hit $10B in 2006 32
BLU Makers Ride the LCD-TV Wave 33
Panel-makers Eye Alternative Backlighting Technologies 33
But CCFL Isn't Dead Yet 34
Color Filters 35
PDP Components 35
Production of Core PDP Components Skyrocket 35
Flat Panel Watch 36
PDP VS. LCD Competitive Analysis 36
Flat-Panel Makers Brace for Falling Prices 40
PMA: Pioneer Top Seller in US Flat Panel in February 42
Plasma Panel Shipments Rebound in February 43
HD and 50-inch Segments Rise 44
Samsung and LG Grow in NA PDP-TV Market 45
Where the Panels Come From, and Where They Go 45
Samsung's Take; Irico's Leap 46
PDP-TV 46
Consumers Tap Dell's 50-Inch Over Panasonic 46
LG Electronics Retails 71-inch Plasma Display in US 47
Hitachi Releases Built-In HDD Plasma TVs 48
Philips Recalls Over 11,000 Flat-Panel TVs 49
Samtel Color to Unveil Plasma Display Panels 49
LCD-TV 50
Advanced Powerline Resolves LCD-TV Shipping Issues 50
DoubleSight and Astar Ready New TV Lines 50
Hitachi Enhances Processor Adds HDD New TVs 50
Mitsubishi Introduces New LCD-TVs 51
New Sony Bravia Models 52
Samsung's "Bordeaux" Model Is a Stylish Rerun 52
Projector Watch 53
PMA Sees New Era in Front Projection 53
Home Theater 56
Runco Promotes Limited Platinum Edition VX-1000d 56
Business Projectors 57
NAB Exhibitors Showcase D-Cinema Products and Describe Business Deals 57
Canon's New LCD Projectors - Affordable Quality 58
Canon REALis SX6 Provides RGB Color 59
HP Projects High-End Image 60
InFocus Recalls Projector and Lamp 60
Optoma Launches Four DLP Business Projectors 61
Panasonic Announces Wide-Screen DLP Projector 62
Recombinant Media Labs Taps Optoma HD72 63
US Liesegang Renamed Visual Technology Innovations 64
MDTV Watch 64
Mitsubishi Shows Laser RPTV at Dealer Line Show 64
Projectors with Six Colors 65
And Conventional HDTVs, Too 66
Microdisplay Corp. Moves to Fremont, CA 67
Thin CRT Watch 68
CRTs Last Gasp May be Its Best 68
Alternative Displays 69
iFire's Narrow Window 69
Electronic Signage 71
Digital View Teams with the Digital Signage Group 71
Look for CBS on Supermarket Screens 71
Digital Cinema 72
Enthusiasm Continues to Build for Digital Cinema 72
Deployment Ramps Up 73
European Deployment Lags US 73
Digital Cinema Business Plans Firm Up 73
D-Cinema Hardware Deployment Moves Forward - Slowly But Surely 74
Projectors 74
Displays 76
IMAX Corporation up for Sale 77
GE Finance Floats Christie/AIX, Funding Plan 78
Digital Cinema Network and QuVIS to Co-Market 79
3D Displays 80
3-D May Ride the Wave of D-Cinema 80
Challenges 81
DTV Watch 81
Full IPTV and Video Delivery Still on the Horizon 81
BT to Launch IPTV and TV-Hub 83
Digital TV Content Options Abound 84
Format Watch 85
Video Delivery Media Discussed at NAB Conference 85
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD "Showdown?" 85
Interfaces 86
Final +RW DVD Spec Offers More Storage Capacity 86
Toshiba Ships First Units-Format War Begins 88
Business and Strategic 90
SOYO Group Finalizes License with GoVideo 90
TI Promotes DLP HDTVs to NASCAR Fans 90
Investors Corner 91
Digital TV Demand Growing to the Sky? 91
How Many TVs Are There? 92
How Many Are Going To Be Sold And When? 93
How About North America? 94
No Saturation Anytime Soon, How About Growth Trends? 94
History as an Indicator 95
Conclusion 95
Bottom Line 96
LG Electronics Display Global Revenues Hit $10.5B 96
LG.Philips LCD Lowers First Quarter Guidance 96
Sony's Annual Profit Exceeds Expectations 97
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 98
About Projection Monthly 100
About Insight Media 100