Volume 5
OCTOBER 2007
Number 10

Microdisplay Devices 3
TI Bows DarkChip 4 / Hits 100K:1 Contrast 3
Screens 4
FogScreen Raises Hairs At Amusement Park 4
Light Rejecting Screens at CEDIA 4
    dnp 4
    Planar Xscreen 5
    Sony 6
New RPTV Screen from LuminoZ 7
SmX Aim at Top End Home Theater Screen Apps 8
LED/Laser Devices and Components 11
LED News Update 11
Nichia Settles One - Then Files Another Patent Dispute 12
Shootout at the LED Corral 13
Toshiba Announces 30 Lm Surface-Mount White LED 14
LED Lighting 15
Seoul Semi Announces Worlds Brightest LED 15
LED Lighting Activity Grows 15
Matsushita To Enter OEL Lighting Market in 2012 16
Prodisc Technology Transforms LED Lighting 17
Display Electronics 17
TAEC Chip Reduces Blur in Full-HD 17
Xilinx Supports Barco Single-chip JPEG2000 Codec 18
Backlights 19
Asian BLU Makers Update II 19
LCD Components & Manufacturing 20
Carbon Nanotubes Lower LCD Response Time 20
China Bows First Color Filter Plant 21
Nippon Elect. Boosts Glass Output for LCD-TVs 21
Prices Grow Stable for Component Suppliers 22
Flat Panel Watch 23
Does Anyone Care about TV Power Consumption? 23
Flat-Panel Trends at CEDIA 25
    How Important is Full HD? 25
    More Colors; More Frames 28
Flat-Panel Highlights at CEDIA 31
    Pioneer Impresses with KURO; Panasonic with prices 34
    Is Joe Kane plotting Samsung's future? 36
    Back to the show floor 36
LCD Products 37
Envision Delivers 22-inch Widescreen Monitor 37
HP Rolls out 47-inch MediaSmart LCD-TV 38
NEC Display Releases New Widescreen Monitors 38
Sharp Bows THX Certified LCDs 39
TCL Launches 74mm-thick LCD-TV 40
RPTV Products 40
JVC Said to Drop RPTV SKU's - Maybe 40
Mitsubishi Puts 3D-RPTVs on Tour 41
Market Intelligence 42
Large-size LCD Panel Trends 42
    440M Large LCDs Possible in 2008 42
    Widescreen and Thin Bezel Trend 44
    Panel Pricing is Flat in September 45
LCD Panel Shortages Coming in '08? 46
    Panel Orders and Outside TV Manufacturing 47
PDP Production Ups and Downs 48
PMA Reports Digital Signage Growth 48
Sharp Leads Japanese Consumer Poll 49
Business and Strategic 50
News Focus: China 50
    LG-Philips Plans Expansion / Moves Production 50
    BOE Planning 4.5G Panel Plant in China 50
    Prices of LCD-TVs in Beijing 51
    TCL Sees Slow Earnings Recovery 51
    Tatung Shipping LCD-TVs to Proview 51
Funai Works to Counter LCD-TV Loses 52
Japanese Seek More Energy-Efficient LCDs 53
JVC to Cut Work Force by 18% 53
LG.Philips LCD Sees Turnaround 53
Pioneer Finds a Life Preserver 54
Samsung Builds Russian TV Plant 56
Samsung's Exceeds 200M LCD Panels 56
TI To Boost Sales With $100M Campaign 57
What's This? TPV and Amtran Cut PDP Production 58
Home Theater Watch 58
CEDIA Trends in Remote Control Devices 58
    THX Reveals Blackbird Initiative 58
    Logitech's Harmony Defines Simplicity 60
    Philips upgrades Pronto 61
    Acoustic Research's WiFi Remote 62
    Bang and Olufsen Remote 62
    ControlThink's Vista SideShow w/ Z-Wave 63
    Xantech XTR39 LCD Touch Screen 64
    Crestron Shows MLX-2 65
    Conclusion 65
CEDIA Offers New HDMI Distribution Solutions 66
    Introduction 66
    HDMI Extension Cables-(point to point) 66
    CAT5 Solutions 68
    HDMI over Fiber 70
    HDMI over Coax 71
    Wireless HDMI 71
What is the Meaning of Contrast? 71
Home Theater Projectors 73
HT Projectors Break New Ground at CEDIA 73
    JVC 74
    Sony 74
    projectiondesign 75
    Digital Projection 76
    Samsung 76
    SIM2 77
    Runco 77
    Planar 78
    3LCD 78
    Epson 79
    Mitsubishi 79
    Panasonic 80
    Sanyo 80
    Wrap-up 80
Optoma Releases Full HD Projector HD80 81
Business Projectors 81
Canon Launches New Projectors 81
NEC Intros WXGA DLP Projector 82
Toshiba Announces Affordable Mobile Projector 82
LED/Laser Projection 82
Foreal Spectrum Readies LED Projector 82
3D BizEx Conference 83
3D Digital Signage Needs Metrics for Success 83
Philips Expands 3D Portfolio 85
S-3D Gaming Gets Organized 86
Business Model Slowing Stereo 3D Adoption Among Gamers 87
Dolby Ups the Ante in 3D Digital Cinema 88
Paramount / DreamWorks Talk 3D Movie Making 90
3D Cinema Panelists Offer Advice 91
3DTV Coming to a Store Near You 92
Should We Form the 3D Trade and Education Association? 93
    Activities 93
    Feedback Needed 95
Sensio's 3D Fits Standard Video Systems 95
Viz Center Speakers Headline 3D BizEx Conference 97
Exhibition at 3D BizEx Conference Better than Ever 98
3D Displays 102
3D Cinema Goes on the Road 102
Hitachi Resurrects 2004 Technology for 3D 103
LC-Tec 3D to Reorganize 103
    LC-TEC Asia 104
    LC-TEC Displays 104
    LC-TEC Venture 104
Quantel Bows Stereoscopic 3D Post Systems 105
Zalman Touts New 3D Monitors 106
Vis Sim 107
eyevis Enlarges its EYE-LCD Series 107
SEOS Divests its Viz Sim Business 108
Digital Cinema 108
AccessIT Bows Digital Cinema Sports Channel 108
Electronic Signage 109
British Airways Makes ATM:ad Solution Long-term 109
CBS to Acquire Retail Digital Advertising Company 109
EmebaVet to Install Veterinary Hospital Signage 109
Mitsubishi Rolls out Full HD Digital Signage Display 110
Tacoma Landmark Outfitted with Digital Signage 110
DTV Watch 111
FCC OKs DTV Must Carry Rules for Cable TV 111
Industry, Gov't Groups Start DTV Ed. Campaigns 112
    Consumer Awareness Should Accelerate 112
    Consumer Spending on DTVs Should Pick Up, Too 112
Red Laser HD Discs Brings New Life to DVDs 113
Sony's No-Lose Situation 114
Insight Media News 116
Opportunities in 3D 116
    IM Releases 3D BizEx 2007 Proceedings 116
    SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition 116
    International Conference and Exhibition on Stereo 3D 116
    Home Theatre in 3D 117
    Stereoscopic Displays and Applications 117
IM Releases "Professional Video Monitors" Report 117
IM Releases Report on Field Sequential Color LCDs 118
IM Releases "Thin RPTV Report" 119
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 121
About Projection Monthly 122
About Insight Media 122