Volume 5
MAY 2007
Number 5

NAB 2007 Overview
3
Display Summit China Review
5
Supply Push Coming but How will Demand React?
5
Microdisplay Vendors Paint Opportunities
6
Differentiate and Cost Reduce are LCD Themes
8
New Thinking in Electronics
10
Illumination is Another Source of Innovation and Differentiation
11
Microdisplays
13
Sony Announces High Frame-Rate SXRD Chip
13
NASDAQ Asks: Is SpatiaLight a Going Concern?
15
LED/Laser Devices and Components
15
Cree Buys Cotco
15
Brighter, Cheaper, More Efficient, LEDs Blast-Off
17
Osram Announces New Ostar Projection Modules
18
nLight Mulls Red Lasers for Displays
19
PD-LD to Boost Key Component for Laser Projection
20
Samsung LED Boosts Orders from Aixtron
21
Kyma to Develop GaN Wafers with Aonex Technology
22
Display Electronics
24
AMD Promotes Active TV To Link PCs to TVs
24
DVI Translator Board Enables Slim TFT-LCD
24
Intel Releases Media Processor
25
NXP Semi Sees '06 Net Loss with Weak Outlook
25
ST's New Column Drivers Target Asia's LCD OEMs
26
'Teardown' Reveals Apple TV's IC Suppliers
26
LCD Backlights
27
BLU Shipments Rebound in March
27
Kenmos to Produce Lower-cost Backlight in Q4
27
Flat Panel & TV Manufacturing
29
Corning's February Surprise
29
Hitachi Boosts PDP Competitiveness
30
LCD Capital Expenditures - Update and Reality Check
30
Profit Crunch Pushes LG.Philips Cost Savings Measures
34
Second CMO LCM Plant in China Set for Summer
35
Market Intelligence
36
February Plasma Prices Drop 35%
36
Informa: DTV Adoption Low in Asia at Only 29% by '12
37
iSuppli: IPTV Revenue to Hit $39B by 2011
37
LCD Market Share Grows in 42-inch Size
38
NPD: 50-inch+ DLP Sales Growing
39
PDP Module Dominance by Top Three Grows
39
PC-Based TV-Tuner Cards to Hit 40M by 2011
40
Quixel: 16:9 Projectors Dominate Home Theater
41
Reader Poll: Plasma Has Best HDTV Picture
41
What Direction for China's TV Market?
42
Business and Strategic
43
LCD Makers Tweak Product Mix, but…
43
LPL Losses Continue, Investor Sought
44
Minimizing Losses and Even Finding Profits in Taiwan
45
CPT Shifts Panel Production from TVs to Monitors
46
And Taiwan's most profitable panel maker is…
46
NEC Projectors Target Small Firms
47
Premier Sees Display Mount Industry Trends
47
Samsung to Buy $4B Taiwan LCD Panels in '07
48
Cost and supply drive Taiwan sourcing
49
Sanyo Gets New President, Plans More Spin-Offs
49
Sharp Sponsors MLB with 'Official' HDTV
50
Sony Profit To Leap Beyond 2006 Estimates
51
Flat Panel TV's Most & Least Reliable Brands
51
LCD Products
52
JVC 37-inch LCD To Fill Armoire Niche
52
LaCie 26-inch LCD Offers Wide Gamut
52
Samsung and Westinghouse Show New Models
53
Sony Launches Bravia S3000-Series LCD-TV
54
Sony Shows Trimaster Studio Monitor at NAB
55
Westinghouse Drops Prices on Big-Screen 1080p LCD
56
PDP Products
57
Samsung Bows 50-inch Full-HD Plasma w/ Bluetooth
57
MDTV Products
57
Mitsubishi WD-65831 65-inch DLP RPTV
57
Laser/LED Projection
58
TI: Consumers Can Buy Pico Projectors in '08
58
Home Theater Projectors
59
Mits, Acer and Epson Release Models
59
Business Projectors
60
Acer India to Sell Projectors in Computer Channel
60
NEC with New 5K Lumen Model
61
InFocus Adds to Work Big line
61
Christie Projectors for Large Screens
62
Meiloon Expands Front Projector Shipments in Q2
63
projectiondesign Launches New cineo20 DLP Projector
63
Sony Promotes Projectors for Wider Usage
64
Alternative Displays
64
Tales from the SED/FED Drama
64
Toshiba's New Tack
66
Sony's FED
66
Sony Joint Venture Develops 19.2-Inch FED
67
Displaybank Looks at Flexible Display Market
69
New Display Spawns New Applications
69
Conventional Applications too…
70
Timing
70
Market Value
70
Some Final Thoughts
71
NanoMarkets Sees OLEDs at $15B by 2014
71
Sony to Commercialize Small OLED TV in 2007
71
TMD Announces OLED TVs by 2009
72
When Will AMOLEDs Break Out?
73
Video Walls
75
Videowalls Abound at Integrated Systems China
75
3D Displays
77
Dolby Shows 2D/3D Digital Cinema Server
77
Meet The Robinsons in 3D is Impressive
77
NBA in 3D at NAB
78
Will Web 3.0 be in 3D?
79
Digital Cinema
80
Red Digital Cinema Shows 4K D-Cinema Camera
80
Electronic Signage
82
LED Displays for Digital Signage
82
NEC and Panasonic Top Public Display Suppliers in '06
83
3M Starts Digital Signage Rollout Downunder
84
NEC Deploys Digital Signage in Chicago's Hyatt
84
Screen for Digital Signage Shown by XL-a-Vision
84
Service Links Cell Phones, Giant Outdoor Displays
85
Westinghouse to Build Gas Pump TVs Nationwide
85
Vis/Sim
86
Christie's 3-Chip DLP Powers Fast-Jet Simulators
86
DTV Watch
87
$9B on Telco Equipment is Down Payment for IPTV
87
A Solution in Search of a Problem
88
Apple TV Now Shipping
89
Foes Abound as Google Spends $3.1B for DoubleClick
90
ISF Sponsors Calibration Seminar at InfoComm '07
91
Optical Recording
92
Panasonic Introduces 4X Blu-Ray DVD Media
92
Investors Corner
92
Top CE Retailers Q1 Earnings Offer Little News
92
First, the similarities:
93
Now the differences:
93
Finally, our thoughts on their thoughts and comments:
93
Conclusion
94
Note To All Readers:
94
Insight Media News
95
Webinar on Wide Color Gamut Displays Scheduled
95
PRESENTER:   Matthew Brennesholtz, Sr. Analyst, Insight Media
96
Samsung Pocket Projector Manufacturing and Performance Report Released
97
LCD Brightness Enhancement Film Report Available from Insight Media
98
Personal Viewers Report Released
100
Newsletter Editorial Matrix
103
About Projection Monthly
104
About Insight Media
104