Volume 4
OCTOBER 2006
Number 10

Insight Media News 3
3D Workshop Agenda Coming Together 3
Insight Offers Mobile Display Quarterly Information 5
Sponsor "Opportunities for Optics in Displays" Webcast** 6
Opportunities for Lasers & LEDs in Displays 6
Microdisplays 7
MED Places 26.5M Shares for £5.0M 7
Epson Starts Production of New 1080p HTPS Panel 8
Screens and Films 9
DNP Rolls Out Retractable Supernova Front Screen 9
HP Developing Light Rejecting Screen 10
Runco Shows Screen Solution 11
Screen Research Intros Curved, Masked Screen 11
Stewart Intros Screen for 1080P Projectors 12
Stewart Offers "Lifestyle" Screen/Speaker Package 12
Stewart Moves Outdoors 13
Steward Debuts Microperf X2 & Silent Electric Screens 14
Toshiba Duet Projector Screen at CEDIA 14
Standards 15
HDMI 1.3 - Myths and Truths 15
Reviewing the Specs 16
The Compliance Headache 17
Freescale Withdraws from 1394-over-coax 18
Wireless 19
Norwich Pioneers Free City Wi-Fi 19
Strategy Analytics: Wi-Fi Up Despite Price Drops 20
Wireless Data Has Arrived 20
Wireless HDMI Standard Proposed 20
Y-E Data to Release UWB Hub in October 21
Zoran Bows HDTV Reference Design for DVB-T 22
Design Wins 22
Optoma Selects Gennum's to Power 1080p Projector 22
STMicro Partners with Konka in China 22
Yamaha Uses Anchor Bay Scalar in HDMI Receiver 23
Display Electronics 23
Algolith Brings Processors To CEDIA Expo 23
ATI Releases Xilleon 260 24
ADI Advances Hard Disk Recorder With HD DVD 24
CMD Released Advanced Support Chip for HMDI 1.3 25
Genesis Ships Turnkey DTV Solution 26
Gennum's Receiver Extends Cables-Bows New Chip 27
LSI And Micronas Deliver ATSC Reference Design 28
New Chip Moves Micronas to Larger LCDs 28
Micronas, Planetweb to Deliver IPTV Platform 29
Sharp To OEM DTV Tuners 29
SigmaTel Powers LCD-TV Reference Design 30
TCL to Sell Its LCD-TV Video Processing Technology 30
LCD Backlights 31
Harvatek Wins LED BLU Orders 31
SEM Starts Volume Production of LED BLUs 31
Samsung Corning to Make 40-inch FFL BLUs 31
Mirae Establishes Starts FFL BLU Manufacturing 32
Taiwan LED BLU Makers Compete for AUO Orders 32
Unity Opto Ships RGB LED BLUs 32
Large Screen OLEDs 33
UDC Sees Progress in PHOLED for Ink-Jet Printing 33
LCD Panel Manufacturing 34
CPT Consolidated Sales Up 6.7% in July 34
HannStar Expects September Profits 35
LG.Philips LCD Drops Large-Panel Prices 35
LCD Fortunes Turn Yet Again 35
Gearing up again 36
Taiwan panel sales return to record level in August 37
Good news goes only so far 37
Sharp's Gen 8 LCDs Built with Solar Power 38
LCD-TV Products 39
LG's 47-inch LCD 1080p Leads Line-up 39
Olevia Enters High-end Home Theater Market with 1080p LCD-TVs 40
Philips Shows Ambilight / ClearLCD at CEDIA 41
Planar Shows 1080p LCDs for CEDIA Channel 43
Proton Showcases 1080p 47 and 42-Inch LCD-TVs 44
Samsung Releases LED LCD-TV and Full HD LCD-TVs 44
Sharp Bows Full HD Product Lineup at CEDIA 45
Sony Releases 52-Inch 1080p Bravia LCD Models 47
Toshiba Adds New Flagship Model to Regza Line 48
Toshiba Sells Full HD 42-inch LCD-TV in UK 48
PDP-TV Products 49
Hitachi Shows 1080p 42-inch PDP 49
LGE Bows New 60-inch PDP at CEDIA 50
Pioneer Bows New Elite Plasmas at CEDIA 51
Large Flat Panels at IMID-06 52
Summary of Key Findings at IMID/IDMC '06 52
What Does Plasma Need? 53
Where Is LCD Going? 54
An OLED to Compete with Plasma? 55
On the Show Floor 56
Market Intelligence 58
AUO - 42-inch LCDs to Overtake PDPs Despite Higher Price 58
BenQ Sees Increasing Demand for LCDs in September 58
China Distributors Cut LCD-TV Prices 59
DisplaySearch: Global PDPs Up 95% in Q2 59
DisplaySearch: Philips Top in Global LCD-TVs 60
Japan Shipments of Home A/V Products Down 2.9% in July 60
Kolin Beats Sony in Taiwan's Domestic Flat TV Sales 61
Olevia LCD-TVs See Strong Sales in China 61
Pacific Media Survey Targets "Consumer Belief" Myths 61
Panasonic Joins in Seasonal Plasma Price Cutting 62
Samsung Catching Up In LCD-TV Market 63
Strategy Analytics Redefines Connected Lifestyle Behavior 64
TFCinfo Floats Flat Screen Mounting Hardware Study 64
Business and Strategic 65
Competitors Form Consortium to Promote MDTV 65
Flextronics Buys and Sells 66
Funai Launches Its Own LCD-TV Brand 68
Hitachi Launches $20M Ad Campaign 68
Sony and Stewart Filmscreen Promote Full HD Projection 69
Runco to Revitalize the nView Brand 70
TI to Launch New Ad Campaign 70
Micro/Nano/Pocket Projectors 71
Boxlight Launches BumbleBee Pocket Projector 71
Fraunhofer Makes Sugar-Cube Sized Video Projector 72
Home Theater Projectors 72
Cinetron Launches 1080p Projector with Realta HQV 72
DPI Bows New 1080p Projectors and Lens at CEDIA - 73
Epson Releases New Home Theater Line 75
InFocus Launches IN78EX Projector 77
JVC Full HD D-ILA Projector 78
Mitsubishi HC5000 78
Marantz VP-11S1 1080p DLP Video Projector 79
Optoma Bundles Video Scaler with 1080p Projector 80
Planar Bows Full Line of Home Theater Projectors 81
Panasonic Demos 3LCD 1080p Front Projector 83
Runco Intros New 3-Chip DLP Projectors 84
Runco Offers Update Single-Chip DLP Projectors 84
Sanyo PLV-Z5 HD LCD Projector Coming 86
Sharp XV-Z20000 1080p DLP Projector 86
SIM2 Shows 3-Chip DLP 1080p Projector and More! 87
Sony Adds Sub-$5K 1080p to SXRD Projector Line 88
THX Debuts Certification Program 88
Vidikron Goes Upscale 89
Yamaha Shipping 720p DPX-1300 with HQV 90
Business Projectors 91
Optoma Introduces Multimedia Projector 91
MDTV 91
JVC Delivers Full-HD-ILA Sets at CEDIA 91
Mitsubishi America Introduces Two 73-inch HDTVs 92
NuVision Shows off LED-Based MDTV at CEDIA 93
Samsung Shows LED-Based and Slim MDTVs at CEDIA 94
Syntax-Brillian Debuts Entry-Level 65-inch LCoS HDTV 96
TI Debuts "Slim-TV" Category at CEDIA 96
Visualization/Simulation 97
Concurrent's Linux RTOS Tapped For Japanese Navy 97
Alternative Displays 98
Canon, Toshiba to Build SED TV Production Line In '06 98
Liquavista to Build Development Line 98
Format Watch 99
Matsushita to Launches Blu-ray Recorders in Japan 99
Memory-Tech / Toshiba Develop 30GB HD-DVD Disc 99
Philips Bows Blu-ray Disc Player 100
Toshiba Bows Gen2 1080p HD-DVD Players at CEDIA 101
Digital Cinema 101
Cinema Servers to Use Thomson Anti-piracy 101
Cineplex Entertainment Joins NCM for Digital Cinema 102
DPI Move Another 750 Cinema Systems to India 102
MET To Expand Broadcast Options 103
Thomson Signs National Amusements 103
Electronic Signage 104
ABC to Showcase Spots in Kroger Chains 104
Akira Intros 4x42-inch Multiple Plasma Display 105
Philips 3D Screens Used in Middle East 105
DigiFour Installs Scala in India 105
Display Market Tops $10B in 2006 106
Forrester: Adapt to Digital Signage or Miss the Boat 107
Macy's Taps Hitachi Projectors from Digital Signage 107
ISME Retail Measurement Study Unveiled 108
Planar Expands Line 108
Samsung Ships MagicNet 108
Stampede / Scala Offer Digital Signage Solution 109
UPS Canada Digital Signage Rolls Out 109
DTV Watch 110
HDTV on PC Not-IPTV 110
ITVN: Starz/Encore, Sports via Web STB 111
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 113
About Projection Monthly 114
About Insight Media 114