Volume 5
SEPTEMBER 2007
Number 9

Microdisplay Devices 3
Epson’s New 0.7-inch full-HD Panels Hit Volume 3
Kopin Revenues Up; SpatiaLight Books 20% Loss 4
Photonics Expo Points to Future of DLP Apps 4
Optics & Engines 6
Light Engine Supplier YOI to Merge with Aptek 6
Optima Research Adds Digital Projector Short Courses 7
LED/Laser Devices and Components 8
Lumileds Bows New LED Phosphor 8
Toshiba Bows White LEDs 8
Display Electronics 9
Matsushita Bows Full-HD Source Driver for LCD’s 9
Maxim 16-Bit RISC MCU Drives Large LCDs 9
Micronas Bows Single-chip Full HD Solution 10
Next Generation Thomson HD, SD VideoDecoder 10
Nvidia Posts Record Sales & Profits 11
Illumination 11
Goldeneye Shows LED MDTV Source 11
Backlights 13
LED-BLU’s Poised to Dominate Notebooks 13
Update on Asian BLU Makers 13
OLED 14
Can OLED Technology Compete? 14
Japan’s OLED Connections 16
Osram Exits OLED Display Business 18
LCD Components & Manufacturing 19
Indium—You May Not See It But You Really Need It. 19
More LCD Fab Capex in Not-so Unexpected Places 21
Sharp Commits to Gen 10 Fab – Super Thin TVs 21
LCD Products 24
IFA Overview 24
LCDs Swallow IFA 25
eCinema to Introduce CRT-Replacement Monitor 31
Mitsubishi Electric Enters 52-inch LCD-TV Segment 32
Samsung Releases New Bordeaux LCD-TVs in Taiwan 32
Sharp Bows 25% Slimmer LCD TVs 33
PDP Products 33
PDPs Struggle for Visibility at IFA 33
Panasonic Brakes 100K Hour Life on PDPs 37
RPTV Products 37
Olevia Bows New 65-inch full-HD RPTV 37
Panasonic Delivers World's First LiFi HDTV 38
Market Intelligence 38
+50-inch PDP’s Top 42-inch Sales for the First Time 38
100M Large TFT-LCDs to Be Shipped in Q3 40
Is LCD vs. PDP Rivalry Over in Japan? 41
PDP Sales Drop by 2009—But China May Help 42
Sharp Dominates Japan TV Market 43
Top LCD-TV Brands Shaken in Q2’07 44
TV Demand Dips in Q2—Panel Forecast Drops 45
Business and Strategic 48
Channel Strategy Trumps Top Brand Power 48
JVC Gets $300M from Recent Kenwood Merge 49
Large Vendors Vie for Panels 50
Matsushita to Sell 37-inch LCD-TVs 50
Mitsui To Form Brazilian Sales Firm For Sharp 51
Profits Up for Two Taiwan LCD Makers 51
Sony Launches Recycling and Marketing Campaigns 52
The Name Goes on Before the Quality Goes In? 52
Home Theater Projectors 54
Projectors Have Decent Showing at IFA 54
China Electronics Maker Bows “Game Projector” 59
Sony Raises the Bar With 35K:1 Contrast 60
Business Projectors 61
Hitachi 3LCD Projectors Offer Network Connectivity 61
Sharp Bows Six New DLP Projectors 62
3D Displays 62
3D Displays at IFA 62
S-3D Conference Report 66
3D Isn’t so Easy 76
3D Input Devices at SIGGRAPH 78
3D Scanning Tools Abound at SIGGRAPH 80
3D Camera for Medicine and More 82
Arisawa Bows 3D Monitor 84
Deep Light Shows Off 3D at SIGGRAPH 84
Fakespace Demo’s 360-Degree Volumetric 3D 85
Lightspeed Shows 3D Camera at SIGGRAPH 86
Spatial View Bows 3D Eye Tracking Monitor 87
Vis Sim 88
Projectors at the Hayden Planetarium 88
Tobii Eye Tracking Shown at SIGGRAPH 90
HHI Shows Innovations at IFA 91
Digital Cinema 93
Christie/AIX Digital Cinema Goal 75% Complete 93
Electronic Signage 93
3M and Prime Digital Boost Juice Bar Signs 93
Broadsign Teams with Digital Promo Network 94
Barco Builds Video Wall for Car Buyers 95
C-nario Rolls-Out McDonald’s Singapore 95
Helius Partners with AccuWeather 96
Wireless Ronin Acquires McGill 97
ZBD Bows New “epop” Displays 97
DTV Watch 98
Blockbuster Follows Into PC Downloads 98
Blu-ray HD-DVD Battle Rages On 100
Cable Subscribers Can Shed STB with TiVo 101
Japan’s Top CE Firms to Snatch TV Advertising 102
Insight Media News 103
Dolby to Host 3D Digital Cinema Demo for 3D BizEx Attendees 103
Insight Media Releases New Mini-Report on Thin RPTVs 106
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 108
About Projection Monthly 109
About Insight Media 109