Volume 4
JUNE 2006
Number 6

Insight Media News 3
MEMS/MOEMS Report Released 3
Market Growing Rapidly; TI and Others Could Win Big 3
Insight Media Launches Mobile Display Report 4
Microdisplay Devices 6
Aurora Starts Backplane Production with SMIC 6
Epson Uses D5 Technology for Size Reduction 6
Microvision Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results 7
TI's First Quarter Revenue Jumps 23% Y/Y 8
Illumination 9
eele Labs Proposes Path to Lower Lamp Pricing 9
LED/Laser Devices 10
PhlatLight Gets Phatter - by $38M 10
LED Patent Concerns Abating 11
Luxpia Develops White LED Using Green Fluorescence 12
Optics and Engines 13
Bookham Records Narrower Losses in 3Q 13
Dyoptyka Develops Addressable Lens 13
Sypro Optics is New JV between Zeiss and Jabil 15
Unaxis Adds Small Color Wheel to Line 16
Screens & Films 17
Da-Lite Adds Designer Cinema Screen 17
Vutec Introduces Vision XFT Triplex 17
Design Wins 18
Gefen Selects Gennum VXP Chips 18
JVC Taps Gennum Processor 18
Zoran's Drives TPV's New Line of LCD Televisions 19
Zoran's Used by Mitsumi in U.S. Market 19
Display Electronics 19
Atheros Taps WLAN Specialist-Posts Record Earnings 19
Genesis Posts Net Loss on Flat Panel Revenue Growth 20
Pixelworks Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results 21
Trident Microsystems Reports Financial Results 22
Standards and Regulations 23
HDMI Gaining as DVI Installs Drop 23
Metalink Bows Streaming HDTV Over Wireless 24
ST Micro Bows High Speed Video Amplifiers for HDTV 25
VESA Bows New Interface Standard 25
Alternative Displays 27
Another Gasp for Inorganic EL Displays - Outdoor Singage 27
Sony to Build Large-OLED Pilot Line 28
USDC Pays Princeton Univ. to Deposit a-Si TFTs on Plastic 28
LCD Component Watch 29
Strategy Analytics Optimistic about LED BLUs 29
LCD Panel Watch 30
Samsung Ramps Ultra-Bright LCD Panels 30
WitsView: LCD Prices To Stabilize After Q2 31
Taiwan LCD Panel Makers Continue To Struggle 32
Focus Shifts to 42-Inch Panel Manufacture 34
Dell To Source Widescreen Panels 37
Taiwan Monitor Makers Turn to LCDs 37
LCD-TV 38
Samsung & LG.Philips LCD to Debut LED-based LCD TVs 38
World Cup to Fuel LCD-TV Sales - Maybe 39
Second-tier Vendors Face European Inventory Build-Up 39
LCD Leader Sharp Facing Tough Decisions 40
LCD-TVs, PlayStation 3 Lead Sony Recovery 41
Syntax-Brillian Books Record Revenue in Q3 43
Micro/Nano/Pocket Projectors 44
PMA: Pocket Projectors to hit 1M Units by -09 44
ExPlay/Iljin Display Target Integrated Projector 45
Light Blue Optics Wins Nano Projector Funds 46
Home Theater 47
New Mitsubishi WD2000U HD Widescreen Projector 47
Marantz VP-11S1 Full HD DLP Projector 47
Sanyo PLV-Z4 HD-Ready LCD Projector 48
Sharp Releases High Contrast DLP Projector 49
Business Projectors 49
Single Chip Projector Sales Keep Growing 49
Tabletop Projection Solution 50
Barco Sales Up 50
InFocus First Quarter Revenue Down 18% 51
BenQ Sets New Reseller Prices 52
ViewSonic Q1 Projector Sales Up 104% Y/Y 52
Dell's "Breakthrough Price" - A Second Look 52
Sanyo Bows Networked Projector and Software 55
Spotlight on Digital Projectors 56
Plextor Produces WiFi Projector Adapter 59
MDTV Watch 59
NuVision to Add LED DLP TV Line 59
PMA: Rear-Projection HDTV Sales Up 10% in March 60
MDTV Price Drop Continues in April 61
TI to Put Chips in Slimmer HDTVs 62
VideoWalls 63
Clarity Unveils 50- and 67-inch Models 63
Electronic Signage 64
Airship: Up with Digital Signage 64
Clarity Signs $3.8M Deal with AdSpace Networks 64
DisplaySearch: Flat Public Displays to Hit $3.5B by 2010 65
Four Companies Enter Digital Signage Alliance 66
Russian Retailer Launches Digital-Signage to 40+ Stores 67
Digital Cinema 68
TI Digital Cinema Installations Top 300 in India 68
Ballantyne to Acquire National Cinema Service Corp 68
3D Displays 69
Planar Systems Boosts 3-D Stereoscopic Display Offering 69
Market Intelligence 70
$5B HDTV Accessory Opportunity Looming 70
1Q Plasma Panel Shipments Up 84% Year on Year 71
DTV Watch 73
HDTV Demand Grows - Still Confuses Consumers 73
UK Consumers Confused on DTV 73
French Launch HDTV Service 74
Chinese HD Rollout Expands 75
US Conversion to DTV and HD a Mixed Bag 75
DVR Impact Grows as Landscape Changes 76
Advertisers Need to Rethink Strategy in DVR Age 77
How Often are DVRs Really Used? 77
Shift to HD and Multi-Room DVRs 78
DirecTV Shows Strong Revenue and Expands HD Content 79
IPTV Watch 80
TV Your Way 80
Is Video File Sharing the Killer App? 80
Is Gaming the Key Driver? 81
Multi-Platform Content is Key Theme 82
Advertisers Get Interested in IPTV 84
What Does It All Mean? 85
Investment in Broadband Infrastructure is Booming 86
Downloading Capabilities Expand, VOD Proliferates 87
Homezone Cuts Deal 87
Use of Streaming Media to Grow 88
Digital Rights Management 88
French Stage DRM Protests 88
Network DVRs Create Copyright Concerns 89
Variants on Network DVRs Already Exist or are Coming 90
Format Watch 91
Game Industry to Drive HD Format Race? 91
Movers and Shakers 94
Projection Industry Pioneer Bill Yavorsky Dies 95
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 97
About Projection Monthly 99
About Insight Media 99