Formerly Projection Monthly with Flat Panal Coverage


Volume 5
DECEMBER 2007
Number 12

LED/Laser Devices and Components 3
Cooling Modules Can Increase LED Illumination 3
    Key Benefits 4
SEMCO to Use 4" Wafers for LEDs 4
Epistar & Formosa Epitaxy Work HB-LEDs 4
Lumileds Releases Luxeon K2 with TFFC LED 5
Novalux to Outsource Wafer Processing 5
Tatung to Enter LED Market 6
Toyoda Gosei's LED Sales Up on Laptop Demand 6
TI Debuts New LED Driver Chip 8
Display Electronics 8
Conexant Adds DCS Security to Top HDTV Decoders 8
Himax to Spin-off Display Chipset Business 9
New Intel Chips Help IPTV Image Quality 10
Toshiba Bows iDTV Reference Design 11
Optics & Engines 11
VDC Develops Common Light Source 11
OLEDs 12
Large AMOLED Development Watch 12
Canon Changes to OLED Horse in Mid-Stream 13
Novaled Hits 100K Hr. Life on W-OLED 14
OLED TV Era Begins As Sony Ships XEL-1 14
Backlights 16
Dolby Bows LED Backlight Control 16
LCD Components & Manufacturing 17
Component Suppliers Dealing with Falling Prices 17
How Market Conditions Change LCD Production 19
    But for LCD-TV, Any Trouble is in the Future 19
Speeding Up the Display - Is 120 Hz Enough? 21
Flat Panel Watch 23
Are Plasma Panel Specs Real? 23
China's Panda Electronics to Begin PDP Production 25
LCD-TV Products 26
Entry Level LCD-TVs for the Holidays 26
LCD Monitor Products 27
Medical Imaging Breakthroughs at RSNA-07 27
Samsung Bows 24-Inch LCD SyncMaster Monitor 29
DTV Watch 29
Black Friday: Who Shot First? 29
$99 HD DVD Players Portend Commodity Status 30
A Digital Potpourri in NYC 31
End of the Video Store Era? 33
The FCC's Bumpy Road to Digital Transition 34
Market Intelligence 35
2008 Consumer Electronics Market Preview 35
Drop in Flat TV Prices Slows in 3Q 37
OLEDs Stumble…but Just for a Quarter 38
Production Drops in China's TV Sector 41
Quixel Says Q3 720p Front PJs Sales Grow 41
Record PDP Sales with More Cost Savings Ahead 42
    Results by Supplier 42
    Opportunities for Cost Reduction 43
Business and Strategic 44
CPT Focuses on Small to Medium-size Panels 44
LGE Sources LCDs from Qisda and Daewoo in Europe 45
Matsushita Profit Up - Pumps BRIC Ops 45
Philips to Adds New LCD-TV OEM Partners 47
Sony Moves from Chip Development to Image Sensors 47
Teco To Make LCD-TVs for Syntax-Brillian in '08 48
ViewSonic Relocates Panel Procurement Unit 48
Westinghouse Digital Launches New Business Unit 48
Bottom Line 49
Corning Enjoys 41% Rise in 3Q Profits 49
Hitachi PDP Operations in Danger of Closing Down 49
Pioneer PDP Profit Outlook Fuzzy 50
Taiwan Panel Makers Q3 Profits Soar 52
Low Cost Projectors 53
InFocus Adds Gaming Projector to Lineup 53
Low-Cost Projector Appears in Time for Christmas 54
Home Theater Projectors 56
New Epson Full HD Projector 56
Business Projectors 56
Back InFocus 56
JVCs New Full-HD 4K Projector 58
RPTV Watch 58
Hitachi to Withdraw from RPTV Business in North America 58
LED/Laser Projection 59
Oculon Launches Two Pocket Projectors 59
The Future of Laser Projection 61
3D Displays 62
3D Imaging Improves Endoscopic Surgery 62
Metamaterials to Enable 3D Displays 62
OnlyView 3D Maps Images to Objects 64
Toppan Builds 3D Interactive Display 65
3D Solutions from Redrover 65
Christie Demos Deployable S-3D System at I/ITSEC 67
Vis/Sim 67
Gulfstream Combines Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 67
Mood is Upbeat at I/ITSEC 68
Barco Moves into System Integration with B-2 Win 69
Barco Develops 10-Mpixel Projector 69
CAE Achieves Level D Certification of 3.2MPixel LCOS System 70
Motion Blur Reduction Takes Center Stage 71
NVG Compatibility Gains Importance 73
Navy Upgrades MSAT Visuals with Eye-Limiting System 74
Scalable Shows Warping and Blending 75
SEOS Announces Program Updates 75
Equipe Reports New Tiled Imager Projector 76
Alternative Displays 77
SED Ends, Not with a Bang but a Whimper 77
Digital Cinema 78
Beowulf Sparks 3D Cinema Revival 78
NuVision 3D Supports 100 3D Theaters for Beowulf 79
Electronic Signage 80
LCDs Move Past PDPs in Public Display Market 80
Barco Installs 14 Giant LED Screens for 2008 Olympics 81
(JB) Mitsubishi Announces 140-Inch LED Display 82
Insight Media News 83
Laser Projection Systems Report Released 83
Insight Media Reports in Process 87
English-language Key Devices for Projection Displays 2007 88
English-language Version of Mobile Display Quarterly 89
Newsletter Editorial Matrix 90
About Large Display Report 91
About Insight Media 91