Volume 5
JUNE 2007
Number 6

Case Study - Luminus Devices 3
Plus, an Interview with Udi Meirav, CEO 3
Microdisplays 12
Displaytech's New Drive 2X Brightness From F-LCOS 12
Displaytech Focuses on Projection 12
Optics & Engines 14
Oerlikon Intros High Temp Light Tunnel 14
Moxtek Bows Absorptive and Microwire Polarizers 14
LED/Laser Devices and Components 15
Corning Describes Green Laser 15
Illumination 16
Luxim Previews LiFi 4000+ 16
Display Electronics 17
Fairchild Bows PDP and LCD Power Modules 17
NEC To Mass-Produce Power-Saving LCD Chips 17
Samsung Electronics Bows 65nm DTV Chip 18
LCD Backlights 19
Novalux Demos LCD TV with Laser Backlight 19
Luminus/GLT Show 52" LCD TV with LED Backlight 20
Flat Panel & TV Manufacturing 21
The Importance of Display Calibration 21
The Main Elements of Calibration: 22
Corning's Silicon on Glass Approach Revealed 22
OEM Panel Orders 23
Market Intelligence 25
ASP's Drop on Flat-panel TVs In Japan 25
China Market Shifts To LCD-TVs 25
DisplaySearch Updates (Inundates) SID Biz Conference 26
1080p to Dominate by 2010 27
LCD Panel Price Premium for New Features 27
PDP vs. LCD Panel Price 27
The Economic Disincentive for 32-inch Panels 28
LCD Monitor Prices To Rise 28
LPL Tops AUO In Large LCD Panel Shipments 29
PDP Lose Grip on 40-Inch Market 30
Tight Supply Boosts Panel Prices 34
When Will Flat TV Consumer Prices Stabilize? 37
Widescreen LCD Monitor Growth Predicted 39
Business and Strategic 40
China's Changhong Ups Stakes in Orion PDP 40
Flat Panel Displays Target Commercial Market 40
Funai Exits PDP-TV Market, Focuses on LCD Market 41
Mitsubishi Unveils TV Plans for 2007 42
MDTVs 42
x.v.Color 43
LCD-TVs 43
Panasonic TV Sales Soar While Others See Red 44
Planar Buys Runco 47
Pou Chen-Quanta JV Raises LCD Production Target 49
Panasonic Teams with Retailers to Boost Supply Chain 49
Samsung Suspends Sales of Defective TVs 49
Sony Game Rev. Down-Says Turnaround Coming 50
Syntax-Brillian and Solar Link Open New Prod Line 51
Syntax-Brillian's Olevia TVs May Impact Top Vendors 51
Tight Supply of LCD Components in 2H, 2007? 52
Toshiba Ramps HDTV and HD-DVD Marketing 52
Wal-Mart Canada to Sell SOYO's "Prive" Brand LCD's 53
Large LCDs & OLEDs at SID 2007 54
Not Just Panels 54
Samsung Looks to Signage, McFi, and LED Backlights 55
Looking to a new large-screen market 55
Product and process development 56
In Samsung's booth 57
OLED Technology Storms SID-07 58
Sony's Big Presence at SID 58
Toshiba Matsushita Display Top Emission OLED 61
Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) 62
Universal Display Corp (UDC) 62
LG.Philips AM OLED Using a-Si Technology 63
Samsung SDI 64
OLED-T 65
LCD Products 66
BenQ Rolls out Full HD Display Products 66
HP Ships Its First 1080p LCD-TVs and Plasmas 67
HP Wants Ethernet for Next Gen TV 67
HDTV 2.0 67
Mitsubishi Bows Commercial 42-inch LCD Monitor 68
Sony Shipping 3 New LUMA HD Production Monitors 69
PDP Products 70
PDP Competitive Breakthrough? Maybe 70
PDP Looks Down the Path of QFHD at SID 71
Pioneer Re-Engineers Its Plasma Market Image 74
SAES Getters Group Exhibiting PDP at SID 76
MDTV Products 77
Silicon Optix Touts Thin Rear Projection TVs 77
Laser/LED Projection 78
Explay Unveils oio Nano Projector 78
LBO in Joint Development with Thales 79
Microvision Showcases Pico Projectors at SID 80
Microvision Announces New Contract 82
Home Theater Projectors 82
Optoma Introduces All-in-One Front Projector 82
BenQ Launches New 1080p Projector 83
Business Projectors 83
DPI Single-Chip Units Boast BrilliantColor Technology 83
Epson Bows XGA Business/Education Projectors 84
projectiondesign Puts BrilliantColor In New 720p DLP 85
Alternative Displays 86
ITRI Inaugurates Flexible Electronics Pilot Lab 86
SuperImaging Bows UV Projector/Screen Display 87
Unipixel Show Development Roadmap 87
Video Walls 89
Sysview Targets Videowalls and Databoards for LCOS 89
3D Displays 90
ColorCode 3D Innovates Stereoscopic Viewing 90
Christie Bows 3-Chip 1080p Stereo Projector 92
Pavonine Bows New Version of an Old 3D Idea 93
PureDepth / Samsung Debut 3D Multi Layer Display 94
Samsung DLP/LED HDTVs are 3D Ready 95
SeeReal Introduces New Holographic 3D Technology 96
Teleportel "Ports" Teleconferencing to New Level 98
Electronic Signage 99
Digital Recall Offers Free Digital Signage Software 99
iSuppli: Signage / Pro Displays Up 6X by 2011 99
JCDecaux Airport Unveils Digital Strategy 100
Large LED Displays on Times Square 101
PQ Media: Alternative Media Spending Soars 27% 104
projectiondesign in Multi-Sensory Booth for IBM Italia 105
Projecta Bows Projection Screen Films for Signage 106
The Digital Signage Group Includes Cell Data 106
The Cheoptics360: an Advertising Display Blockbuster? 107
DTV Watch 108
BBC Gets Green Light For Freesat 108
DirecTV Looks at Delivery Options 108
Forrester: Paid Video Services Have No Future 108
HD Set For Massive Growth In Europe 109
IPTV Shoots Up In China 109
Studios Face Tough Battle Protecting Hi-def DVDs 109
Warner Bros. Offers Online Movies In Hong Kong 110
Yahoo! Buys Right Media 110
Insight Media News 111
Access the Archived Expanded Color Gamuts for Displays Webinar 111
PRESENTER: Matthew Brennesholtz, Sr. Analyst, Insight Media 112
Display Summit China Proceedings Available 112
Projection Summit Final Program Announced 112
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 116
About Projection Monthly 117
About Insight Media 117