Volume 4
NOVEMBER 2006
Number 11

Insight Media News
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Insight Media Releases 2006 Low-Cost Projector Report
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Early bird registration fee for the 3D Workshop ends Monday, November 6th
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Sponsor "Opportunities for Optics in Displays" Webcast**
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Flat-Panel Displays International
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A New Flat-Panel Era Takes Shape at FPD International
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SED Finally Makes it to 55 Inches
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LCDs at FPDI '06
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PDPs at FPDI '06
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Backlight Units from the Outside
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CEATEC 2006 Show Coverage
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Toshiba-Canon Show 55-inch SED
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Osram Offers LED Innovation
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Sharp Shows 4X-HD and Mega Contrast LCDs
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NHK Wows with High-Res PDP
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Pioneer PDP at CEATEC
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NEC Advanced Technology
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Sony Unveils BD Recorders; Shows PS3
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Toshiba's Thin HD DVD Recorder / Sanyo's Chips
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Panasonic Bows 10K Lumen, 3-Chip DLP Projector
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Microdisplays
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SpatiaLight Ramps LCoS Production
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JVC Develops "Slim HD-ILA Optical Engine"
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ForthDD Receives ISO 9001 Accreditation
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LED / Laser Devices
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Luminus Samples LEDs for MDTV, Receives Patents
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Toyoda Gosei Intros White LEDs
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Cree Boosts LED Shipments by 32%
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Korean-US Partners Develop Deep-UV LEDs
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics Catches Nichia in LEDs
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Standards
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Intel to Soothe Digital Display Rift
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Wireless
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FCC Allows Unlicensed Devices in Analog TV Space
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FCC Wireless Auction Dominated by Top Carriers
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CE Offers New Growth Market for Wi-Fi
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Ericsson: 3G Versus WiMAX
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WLAN Market to See 17% Growth
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WiMax to Change Laptop Business Model
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Design Wins
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Envivio / Intel Announce Technology Collaboration
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Display Electronics
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Hitachi Demo's Next Gen Signal Processing
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ATI Selects MIPS for New DTV and PC SoCs
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Films & Screens
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SCRAM and Fuji Open Screen Plant
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LCD Components
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Ink Jet Process to Lower Color Filter Costs by 20-30%
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Asahi Glass Suspends Production for 3 Months
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LCD Polarizer Capex Growing
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Japanese LCD Parts Makers Lower Earnings Forecasts
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LCD Backlights
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The Next Killer App for LEDs
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Taiwan BLU Makers Have Strong September
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PDP Manufacturing
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PDP Makers Float Standards for Moving Image
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LG Micron to Mass-Produce PDP Film Filters
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Orion PDP Plans to Set Up Plant in China
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Chinese PDP Makers Battle with LCD Gains
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Sampo Boosts PDP-TV Shipments - Larger Sizes
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LCD Manufacturing
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Now It's China's Turn - Domestic Gen 6 LCD Line
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AUO To Slow 7.5G LCD Expansion
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CMO Issues Securities Worth over $300M
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CPT's New LCD Plant Size Still Uncertain
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LG.Philips LCD Posts Loss on TV Panel Prices
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S-LCD, Sharp to Accelerate Up 8G LCD Production
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Sony Hits 3M LCD-TV Mark - Builds New Plant
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Toshiba and LG.Philips Team Up in Poland
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Market Intelligence
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Price Stability Keys FPD Rebound in Second Half
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LCD-TV To Win "Bloody" Battles in 2007 and Beyond
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LCD Price Rise and Fall Depends on Size
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American Homes Have More TVs Than People
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PDP Eyes Larger-Size Display Segment
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Hitachi 20% Price Drop Portends Wide-Screen Xmas
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Plasma HDTV Prices Drop 10% In 60 Days
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LG Touts Leadership Over Japan in FPDs
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China Continues Dispute Over Mainstream TV
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Business and Strategic
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Chinese Consumers Feel Cheated by Sharp
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Chinese DTV Makers Form IP Alliance
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Hitachi Mulling Partners in Flat-Panel TVs
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India's Videocon To Acquire Polaroid
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Kolin Affiliate To Merge With Syntax-Brillian
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Pioneer Sues Samsung SDI on Core PDP Patents
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Sanyo To De-list From Nasdaq, Says Report
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TCL Markets RPTVs In Rural India
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TFT-LCD Industry Faces Short-Term Stock Rating Downgrade
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Investors Corner
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Earnings Deluge-But Where are the Fundamentals?
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LCD-TV Products
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Correction
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HP Ships Wi-Fi Equipped HDTV
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CMO To Introduce 52-Inch Panels in 1Q'07
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Samsung Introduces Ultra-Wide, 30-Inch LCD Monitor
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Taiwan's Asustek Adds New 42-Inch LCD-TV
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Top Brands Drop Prices in China
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ViewSonic's Low Priced 37 and 42-inch LCD-TVs
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Westinghouse Bows 46-inch LCD-TV for $2,099
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Home Theater Projectors
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Epson's New 3LCD 1080p Projector with HDMI 1.3
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Viewsonic Releases HD Home Theater Projector
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Business Projectors
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Christie Launches Next Gen 24/7 Control Room Products
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Digital Projection Intros Two HIGHlite Professional Units
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Optoma Releases Low-Cost XGA Front Projectors
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Toshiba Intros Low Cost DLP Projector
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Viewsonic DLP Projector Is Below US$1,000
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ViewSonic Releases Large Venue Projector
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MDTV
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Consumer Reports Rates First LED-Based RPTV
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JVC's Slim HD-ILA Blurs the Line
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3D Systems
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World Premier of New 3D Display in Denmark
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Korean 3D Display Patent Apps on Increasing
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In-Three Granted 3 More Patents in 2D to 3D Conversion
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Vis/Sim
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80 Projectors, 50 Mpixels = Wow!
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Electronic Signage
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Ignition Media Acquires Captive Audience
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New Airport Signage On-line at Copenhagen Airport
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TEi Software Pushes Digital Content Boundaries
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Format Watch
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Sony Delays Blu-ray Player Delivery Yet Again
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No Blu-ray, HD DVD Recorders for U.S. Market-Yet
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NEC Ships Dual Format Blu-ray / HD DVD Chip
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Patent on Hybrid HD Disc Offers Hope / Questions
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Thomson's HD Encoder Sharpens Image
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DVD Forum Offers China-Exclusive HD DVD Format
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DTV Watch
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TVN and Warner Bros Digital Boost VOD
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OpenTV Makes Alliances for Set-top and Mobile IPTV
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Google Acquires YouTube, Both Sign Content Deals
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Microsoft Partners with Top IPTV STB's
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Intel & DIRECTV Team Up to Offer HD DVR
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Is Cable Threatened by Internet Video?
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BIAP Secures Patent for AI-Based ITV Technology
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Comcast Broadens VOD Distribution and Content
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Current TV Teams with Yahoo on Broadband Video
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Eagle Broadband Builds Florida-Based Head-End
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Fox Tries To Thwart DVR Fast-Forwarding
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HDTV Goes Wi-Fi at Home
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Japan and China DTV Standards Split Landscape
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Japanese TV Makers Create Networked TV Portal
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NDS and Intel Demo WiMAX TV in Amsterdam
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Reality Digital Launches Web-Services Platform
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SeaChange Launches IPTV Software in Europe
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Sirius to Float New Video Bird
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TiVo Adds Online Features
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It's the Video-On-Demand, Stupid
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Newsletter Editorial Matrix
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About Projection Monthly
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About Insight Media
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