Display Development News articles from December 2002

Display Development News archives from December 2002

MARKET ANALYSIS: InFocus Aims for Home Market.
December 1, 2002... The home entertainment market is the fastest growing segment of the projection display business and front projectors are going to play a key role in that market. No one understands that better than InFocus Corp., Wilsonville, Oregon, the...

Holiday Season Hot for Large TVs.
December 1, 2002... Following the previous story about the home theater market is another report from a retailer about consumer preferences for the holiday season. It adds fuel to the fire for larger screens and home theaters! "This holiday season is all...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: 20-in. LCD Backlight Doubles Lifespan.(Hitachi America CML200B)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Hitachi America, Ltd. (200 Lower Brook Dr., Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/461-8300), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., added a 20.1- in. LCD to its line of high-performance monitors. The new CML200B provides an expanded display area with a native...

30-in. LCD for Information Display.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America LCD3000)
December 1, 2002... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Chicago, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) building on its leadership as the number one standalone vendor of flat panel displays for the desktop, launched a 30-in. LCD...

Large Format Improves CAD, Product Design.(KDS USA Radius)
December 1, 2002... KDS USA (7373 Hunt Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92841; Tel: 714/379- 5599, Fax: 714/379-5591) has 19- and 23-in. monitors available that offer business professionals and computer designers large format LCDs at affordable prices. The latest additions...

Planar's "Among the Best Ever Tested".(Planar Systems PL170 and PL171 flat panel displays)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Planar Systems (1400 NW Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) continues to gain ground as a leading supplier of flat panel desktop monitors. There are two new models to Planar's PL family, a product line that...

Monitor Easier to Read Outdoors.(Seiko Epson LCDs)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Seiko Epson Corp. (150 River Oaks Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 408/576-4472, Fax: 408/576-4218) announced the development of Crystal Fine Color LCDs with enhanced properties for digital cameras. This marks the industry's first use and...

See Small Letters More Sharply.(Sharp Systems of America Sharp LL-T17A3 LCD)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Sharp Systems of America (5901 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Tel: 714/903-4600, Fax: 714/903-4716) added a 17-in. monitor to the array of high contrast models now available. This model is a new desktop device that the company says...

Crystal Optic Filter for Clear Images.(AG Neovo S-17 LCD)
December 1, 2002... AG Neovo (2362 Qume St., San Jose, CA 95131; Tel: 408/321-8210, Fax: 408/321-8211) announced an award-winning S-Series LCD display with a 170-degree viewing angle. The new series features the company's exclusive NeoV Crystal Optic Filter, a...

PLASMA PANELS: 42-in. Panel for Hospitality Markets.(Daewoo Digital DP-42SM)
December 1, 2002... A 42-in. EDTV plasma display was debuted at the International Hotel/Motel Show in the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City in mid-November. This super bright display is targeted at the Hospitality and Commercial markets and was announced by...

50-in. Unit Has Proprietary Features.(Eizo Nanao Technologies FlexScan P5072)
December 1, 2002... Eizo Nanao Technologies (5710 Warland Dr., Cypress, CA 90630; Tel: 562/431-5011, Fax: 562/431-4811) is shipping a 50-in. plasma screen that offers a full selection of display resolutions and input connectors inside a slender, space-efficient...

Tripath's Audio Amps Powers Sanyo Display.(Tripath Technology Class T TA2024 digital audio amplifiers )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Tripath Technology, Inc. (2560 Orchard Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95131; Tel: 408/750-3000, Fax 408/750-3001), creators of Digital Power Processing, said that its Class T advanced 1-bit digital audio amplifiers have been chosen by Sanyo for their...

LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAYS: More Integrated LED Displays for Arenas.(Daktronics contracts)
December 1, 2002... The LED continues to provide a venue for large area multipurpose arena displays. Daktronics (331 32nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006; Tel: 605/697-4467, Fax: 605/697-4700) said it closed two orders for these large systems in recent weeks. The first...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT: Luxell Gets Orders for High-Performance Displays.
December 1, 2002... Luxell Technologies, Inc. (Timberlea Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 2S5; Tel: 905/206-1708, Fax: 905/206-9174) said it received additional new orders valued at approximately CDN $1 million for its high-performance flat panel displays...

MICRODISPLAYS: Cost-Effective Light Engine.(Three-Five Systems SpitFire)
December 1, 2002... Three-Five Systems (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389-8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) has available a new, small form factor, low-cost light engine based on the company's Brillian XGA 1024 by 768 liquid crystal on silicon LCoS...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Networking via Portable Projectors.(NEC Solutions MT60)
December 1, 2002... NEC Solutions, Inc. (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) is shipping the first MT Series generation of portable projectors to offer the NEC ImageXpress networking technology option along with other exclusive...

Upgraded Projector Is 30% Brighter.(InFocus Proxima DP6870)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... InFocus Corp. (27700 SW Pkwy., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Tel: 503/685-8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) announced the Proxima DP6870, an entry-level installation projector that is ideal for conference rooms, classrooms, and training and community...

Low-Cost Projectors from Toshiba.(Toshiba TLP-S30U and Toshiba LP-T50MU)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG, 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA 92618; Tel: 949/583-3000) announced the TLP-S30U and TLP-T50MU, projectors that are ideal for presenters who demand quality images and portability at a low cost. With prices...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Patent Approval for 3-D Visualization.(from Actuality Systems Inc.)
December 1, 2002... Actuality Systems, Inc. (315 Main St., Reading, MA 01867; Tel: 781/944-8941, Fax: 781/944-7691), the leader in spatial 3-D visualization technology, said that it received four notices on several key patents involving its spatial visualization...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Radar Display Orders Top $5 Million.(Video Display Charactron)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Video Display Corp. (Tucker, GA) announced the initial shipments of $556,000 against its current backlog of $5,100,000 in new orders for its patented Charactron radar displays. The specialty display is manufactured exclusively by Video Display...

Mounting Interface Standard from VESA.(Video Electronics Standards Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA, Milpitas, CA) released the Flat Display Mounting Interface (FDMI) Standard. "The existing VESA Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface (FPMPMI) Standard originally published in 1997 has...

Cambridge Display Named To "Scientific American 50".
December 1, 2002... Cambridge Display Technology (Cambridge, U.K.) has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50"-the noted magazine's first list recognizing contributions from the past year to science and technology...

HTPS-TFT Panel Shipping Milestone For Epson.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has shipped its ten-millionth high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) panel since full-scale production began in 1994. In addition to announcing the shipping milestone for these core projector devices, the company...

Up, Up, and Away!(some stocks up)(includes companies and stock prices)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2002... Thirteen of our 16 stocks made it into the plus column for the month ending November 30. It looks as though the stock market is beginning to get back to some semblance of normal, although I hope I'm not talking too soon. December is a volatile...

CALENDAR.
December 1, 2002... December 4-6, 2002. Ninth Int'l. Display Workshops, Int'l. Conf. Center, Hiroshima, Japan. Contact: Website: www.the- convention.co.jp/IDW/ January 20-24, 2003. Electronic Imaging 2003: Science & Technology, Santa Clara Convention Center...