Formerly Projection Monthly with Flat Panal Coverage


Volume 5
NOVEMBER 2007
Number 11

Microdisplay Devices 3
Brillian Sells LCOS Business–Abandon’s RPTV 3
LED/Laser Devices and Components 4
PD-LD Gains Two New Patents for its VBG Technology 4
Trend Moving Toward LEDs 4
LED 2007 Meeting Report 6
    LEDs 2007 Overview 6
    LED Market Forecasts 7
    Speeding Toward Better Results 9
    Lighting Our Lives: Applications 11
    Materials, Components and Systems 12
    A Measured Approach to SSL 15
    Entertaining in a New Light 15
    LED 2007 Trade Show 16
LED’s Direction Discussed in Las Vegas 18
Display Electronics 19
Broadcom Sees 802.11N at 65 nm 19
ViXS Launches New HD AVC Family 20
Chip Makers Target HW/SW Solutions 21
Radiospire Bows In-room Wireless HD Chips 22
Sony Sells Cell Processor, Fab to Toshiba 22
Backlights 23
The “Backlighter’s” Dilemma 23
    More LED-lit notebook panels coming 24
    Putting more LED BLU functionality on the driver chip 25
LCD Components & Manufacturing 25
Asahi Glass to Build New 10G Substrate Facility 25
Hi-Light Tek Ships LCD Film Combo 25
New Material Holds Promise for Bendable LCD Panels 26
Samsung Mulls Gen 10 LCD Fab 26
Sharp Builds LCDs in America with Full Substrates 27
Sharp Develops New Technique to Recycle Indium 28
Toshiba Opens LCD-TV Plant in Poland 29
Flat Panel Watch 30
Seeing the Future of AMOLEDs at FPDI 30
Large Displays Abound at CEATEC Japan 32
    JVC 32
    JVC’s Other Technology 34
    Sharp 34
    Hitachi 37
    Hitachi Ultra-Thin Prototype 37
    Hitachi Hybrid 47-inch 8M:1 Contrast Prototype 37
    Sony 38
    Field Emission Technologies FED Display 39
Touch Technology 39
3M Shows Dispersive Touch Technology at SID 39
Planar’s “Midas” Gives A Lesson in Humility 41
LCD-TV Products 43
China’s LCD-TV Products 43
Envision Peripherals Launches 32-Inch LCD-TV 45
Panasonic Bows New 37-inch Viera LCD-TV 45
LCD Monitors 46
Chi Lin Ships 5-Megapixel Medical Monitor 46
CPT Bows 22-inch DisplayPort Monitor 46
Gateway Ships 24- and 22-inch Wide HD’s 46
Samsung Bows 19-Inch LCD Widescreen 47
SOYO Adds 24-inch LCD Monitor to Prive Line 48
Trident Launches Widescreen Smart Terminal 48
ViewSonic Launches Superfast 19-inch Monitor 48
Plasma Displays 49
LG Electronics Bows G Series PDP at FPD 49
NEC Launches New Plasmas 49
Market Intelligence 50
Corning Says 65-inch LCD-TVs Best for US 50
Flat-panel Market Growing to $100B in 07 50
    Worldwide Flat Panel Market 51
    PDP Technology 51
    TFT LCD-TVs 51
    The Role of OLED Displays 53
    PC Monitor Sales 53
Flat TVs Top Americans’ Wishlists 53
iSuppli: TV Semiconductor Sales to Grow 4X 54
LCDs Sales Hot in Europe 55
Mitsubishi Leads in Large MD HDTV Sales 55
Q3 PDP Shipments Post Record High 55
Asian LCD Market Review 56
    Results from Top China TV Makers 57
    Taiwan market 59
    Asia Pacific Market 59
DisplaySearch Says: Consumer’s Prefer 1080p 61
    Displaybank Web Survey 62
Business and Strategic 63
Are PDP’s Leaving Money on the Table? 63
Chi Mei Expands Branded Display Sales in 2008 64
Epson Closes Cambridge R&D 64
Himax Spins Out LCD-TV and Monitor Unit 64
LG Electronics to Go Global with 32-inch Plasma TV 65
Small Panel Needs Pressure Notebook Sizes 65
Bottom Line 65
JVC to Post $298M Loss on Flagging LCD-TV Sales 65
LG.Philips LCD Doubles Profits 66
Micronas to Cut US Subsidiary 66
Samsung Profits in Q3 on 20% LCD Growth 67
Sharp Sales Up, Profits Down 67
Sony’s Profits Sky Rocket 68
Tatung Invests in Proview 68
Home Theater Projectors 69
Instant Theater Projectors – A Declining Market? 69
Business Projectors 71
Canon Bows Two New Projectors 71
Christie Bows Quad Lamp 15K Lu Projector 71
Optoma Releases Five New Projectors 72
LED/Laser Projection 73
A Micro-Projector Application Extraordinaire 73
Update on Laser Compliance 75
3D Displays 76
3M Describes 3D Displays – Sort of 76
Making 3D Movies – Part II 77
Masterimage Korea Targets 3D 78
Samsung Licenses PureDepth 3D Technology 79
Richardson Electronics Describes 3D Efforts in Europe 80
SeeReal Shows 3D Holographic TV at FPD-Japan 81
Vis Sim 82
3D Perception Takes Major Order from Korea 82
Display Solutions Upgrades to DLPs and Warp 83
Eurocopter Bows First Six-Axis Simulator 84
Alternative Displays 84
Uni-Pixel Update 84
Digital Cinema 86
AccessIT Bows Cinelive for 2D and 3D Streaming 86
DTS Bows Security Key Management System 87
Electronic Signage 87
Runco Brings High-Performance Video Outdoors 87
Virgin Installs PointOfView Content System 88
Softbank Sets Public Displays for Programs 88
Sony Builds Giant HD Wall For Heathrow 89
GDS Bows First 70-inch Optically Bonded Monitor 89
DTV Watch 90
Digital Rapids Offers VOD Encoding 90
HD VMD players begin shipping 91
LG Wins DTV Converter Box Certification 92
Limelight Introduces HD Web Video Service 92
NTV To Make TV Show In 3-D Virtual World 93
Studies Find More TV Viewership Is Online 94
TiVo Adds Features to Series 3, HD 94
Insight Media News 95
Insight Media Mini-Reports 95
    2007 Professional Video Monitors Report 95
    2007 Field Sequential Color LCD-TVs and Monitors 95
    2007 Approaches and Prospects for Thin RPTV 95
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 97
About Large Display Report 98
About Insight Media 98