Volume 5
AUGUST 2007
Number 8

LED/Laser Devices and Components 3
Avago Adds to New Line of LEDs 3
Irico Gains Control of Shanghai Blue Light 4
LED Driver Enables Real-Time Luminance Control 4
Nichia Clarifies: "Low Current" LED Chip Advance 5
OSRAM Breaks Ground for Malaysia Factory 5
Osram Debuts Continuous Wave Laser 6
Showa Denko Boosts Blue LED Capacity 6
Vishay Introduces InGaN Blue LEDs on Sapphire 7
Illumination 8
Not All Can Succeed in Relamping Business 8
Schott's New Reflectors Eliminate Light Pipe 10
Backlights 11
LED BLUs for Industrial Displays 11
LED's to Brighten More LCD Panels 13
LED Backlighting Sallies Forth 15
The Bloom is Not Yet Off the FFL Rose 16
OLEDs 17
Novaled Reports Improved Green OLED 17
CDT Wins Grant for P-OLED Development 18
OLED Watch 18
DisplaySearch: OLED TVs to Reach 3M Units in 2011 18
LCD Components & Manufacturing 19
Bright View Bows Cost Saving Microlens Film 19
Honeywell Bows New LCD Materials -Cut Cost and Power 20
Smart Panel, Dumb Idea? 21
LCD Watch 22
LCD's New Test: Surging Demand-Stable Prices 22
Panel Makers Profitable in Q2 25
LCD Panel Prices Trend Upwards 26
DisplaySearch and iSuppli Raise FPD Revenue Forecasts 27
PMA: May Sales Of Flat Panel TVs Remained Flat 29
LCD Finds Land of Profitability 30
LCD-TV Poised To Top Television Market 31
Your Next LCD-TV a Large-Screen Monitors Instead? 32
Sharp Hedges Bet with 10G Substrate Size 33
Booming Q2 Profits Foreshadow Better H2 34
LPL Profit Returns - but for How Long? 35
China's TCL Asks for Better LCD Technology 37
Dell's Boosts Demand for LCD Monitor Panels 37
Tatung Wins LCD-TV Orders from German Retailer 38
LCD Products 38
BenQ Rolls Out New SH4241 42-inch LCD HDTV 38
Dell Makes Super-Thin DisplayPort LCDs 38
Hitachi Introduces New Larger Models 39
Japan LCD Makers Pushing 120Hz Technology 40
LG Unveils 'Opus' LCD-TV Series 41
New Monitors Focus on Widescreen, Aesthetic Design 41
Proton Highlights New Range of LCD-TVs 44
Samsung Bows Holiday LCD-TVs 45
PDP Watch 46
When Will PDPs Become More Efficient? 46
PDP Lowers Cost / Builds Capacity 49
LGE Boosts PDP Production 50
Samsung Builds Fourth PDP Line 51
PDP Products 51
Hitachi Introduces New Larger Models 51
LG & Panasonic Ship Plasmas 52
Pioneer Keeps Drinking its Own Kool-Aid 52
Samsung Plans Holiday PDP-TVs 53
RPTV Products 54
Samsung Readies 3D RPTV 54
JVC Prepares to Sell 110-inch RPTVs 54
RPTV Watch 55
PMA: RPTV Sales Slip Further In May 55
Retail Watch 55
AUO and CMO to Target Emerging Markets 55
Best Buy Expands Store-Count Outlook 56
Japan's Flat-Panel TV Makers Target Russian Market 56
JVC Consolidates Sales Regions 57
Sharp Debuts Aquos Support w/Loaner TV Program 57
New Sony LCD-TVs To Bring Price War in Taiwan 58
Tweeter Emerges from Chapter 11 on the Cheap 58
Market Intelligence 60
CEA: 44% Of HDTV Owners Receive HD Signals 60
Internet TV to Grow Nearly 14-Fold by 2011 60
China Closing In On US For Most Web Users 62
Business and Strategic 63
Acer Accumulates $640M for Acquisition 63
JVC / Kenwood On Again for Car and Audio Merge 63
Mitsubishi Withdraws from LCD Monitor Market 64
Orbotech Lowers FPD Equipment Revenue Target 65
Panasonic Could Miss Mid-Term Revenue by $500M 65
Viewsonic Files for IPO-Banks on 2H LCD-TV Sales 65
Pico-Projectors 66
Microvision in Joint Development with Motorola 66
Teraop Displays Developing Laser Projection Module 67
Home Theater Projectors 68
DreamVision Targets Home Theater Systems 68
InFocus 1080p DLP Hits 12,000:1 Contrast 69
Optoma Releases New MovieTime & 1080p Projectors 69
Sim2 C3X-E - 3DLP Home Theater Projector 70
Business Projectors 71
Boxlight Bows Ultra Short-Throw Projector 71
DPI Adds 2 1080p DLP Projectors 71
Projector Watch 72
PMA Awards Six Projector Companies 72
Christie Buys Vista Image Processing Systems 72
LED Video Walls 74
Element Labs Bows New LED Signboard 74
3D Displays 75
3DIcon Discusses Technology 75
Digital Cinema 76
Showplace Cinemas Inks AccessIT / Christie Deal 76
XDC Shows JPEG2000 Digital Cinema Server 77
Electronic Signage 78
AutoComm to Deliver Rise Vision Signage Solutions 78
LAX Digital Signage Advertising Campaign 79
Tightrope Unveils Carousel Digital Signage Player 79
Standards 80
Industries Intensify Battle Over TV Spectrum 80
Tektronix Upgrades Support to HDMI 1.3 81
DTV Watch 82
Amazon/TiVo Gets Even Better 82
Blu-ray Winning in HD Laser Content Title Battle 83
Sony Pictures Opens Door to "Citizen Videographers" 84
TV Design Released with "Stripped Down" DVR 85
Warner Shelves Dual Format Disc 86
Insight Media News 87
Insight Media Releases New Mini-Report on Thin RPTVs 87
3D BizEx Event to Showcase Top in Display Industry 88
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 91
About Projection Monthly 92
About Insight Media 92