Display Development News articles from February 2000

Display Development News archives from February 2000

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS : Airline Taxi's Using AMLCDs.(Image Systems, Northwest Airlines)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Image Systems Corp. (6103 Blue Circle Dr., Minetonka, MN; Tel: 612/935-1171, Fax: 612/935-1386) says that Northwest Airlines began operation of its airport surface management system at the Detroit Airport in December, 1999. This system...

High Density LCDs for Cell Phones.(Hunet)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Hunet, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed and demonstrated a 1.5-in. quarter-VGA color liquid display based on the field-sequential color method, and is offering it as a high-resolution, low cost solution for cellular phone displays....

18.1-in. TFT Module from NEC.(NL128102AC28-04)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... NEC Electronics (Santa Clara, CA; Tel: 800/366-9782) is sampling a high resolution TFT color LCD module with an 18.1-in. screen and a wide viewing angle that is ideal for high end monitor applications such as graphics design and desktop...

ViewSonic LCD Is Under $1,000.(VE150 PanelView)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... ViewSonic Corp. (Walnut, CA) announced the VE150 PanelView, a price-performance 15-in. AMLCD. The cost-effective display with an estimated street price at under $1,000 is an excellent choice for small and home office users that need superb...

Three-Five Design Wins in China.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Three-Five Systems, Inc, (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389- 8600) announced that the company's China facility has received its first design win, which consists of a liquid crystal display module to be used in a mobile handset...

PLASMA PANELS: Touch Screens with Plasma.(Electrograph Systems' contract with MicroTouch Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Electrograph Systems (Hauppauge, NY) a wholly owned subsidiary of Manchester Equipment Co., Inc., and the largest U.S. wholesale distributor of gas plasma displays, has been selected by MicroTouch Systems (300 Griffen Park, Methuen, MA 01844;...

FIELD EMISSIVE DISPLAYS : PixTech and AUDI to Develop FED.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... PixTech (3350 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/986-8868) announced an agreement with AUDI and other partners to jointly design, develop, test, and deliver a 7-in. color field emission display (FED) for automotive applications. This...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS : Daktronics Expands Through Acquisition.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Daktronics, Inc. (331 32nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006; Tel: 605/697-4467) a leading designer and manufacturer of electronic scoreboards, programmable displays, and large screen video systems, says it has signed agreements to acquire FibreLite...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT: Planar Display Chosen By Defibrillator Maker.(Planar Systems, Medtronic Physio-Control)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Planar Systems (1400 NW Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) says that Medtronic Physio-Control, the world leader in the development and manufacture of defibrillator systems, will now offer customers a Planar...

MICRODISPLAYS: HDTV Panel for Key Applications.(Displaytech's LightCaster LCD)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Displaytech (2602 Clover Basin Dr., Longmont, CO 80503; Tel: 303/772-2191, Fax: 303/772-2193) demonstrated a LightCaster microdisplay panel for HDTV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Displaytech is the only company making...

MicroDisplay Gets Korean Investment.(Daeyang E&C)(Company Financial Information)
February 1, 2000... The MicroDisplay Corp. (3055 Research Dr., San Pablo, CA; Tel: 510/243-9515, Fax: 510/243-9522), creators of the world's smartest microdisplay systems, announced a $6 million investment from Daeyang E&C of Seoul, Korea. The investment...

Kopin Gets Big Camcorder Order.(Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Kopin Corp. (695 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, MA 02780; Tel: 508/824-6696, Fax: 508/824-6958) says it has begun volume shipments of its CyberDisplay to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., the world's largest consumer electronics...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Lightware and Dukane Combine.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Lightware (9875 SW Sunshine Court, Beaverton, OR 97005; Tel: 800/211-9001), the leader in portable, affordable projection technology, is adding the support of the audio visual reseller channel through private label partner Dukane in a move to...

MATERIALS: AR Films Growing Fast.(Southwall Technologies' antireflective film contract)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Southwall Technologies, Inc. (1029 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303; Tel: 650/962-9111) says it has received an initial order from a major Japanese supplier of materials for liquid crystal display production in Asia. The order is for a new...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Chip Cuts Monitor Cost.(Genesis Microchip's gmZAN1 LCD)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... Genesis Microchip (Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; Tel: 905/763-4261) announced the gmZAN1, a cost-effective, feature-enhanced integrated circuit for LCD monitors. Monitor makers can reduce their costs by using the chip's numerous leading edge...

Patent for Powering LCD Lamps.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Microsemi Corp. (2830 South Fairview St., Santa Ana, CA 92704; Tel: 714/979- 8220, Fax: 714/557-5989) says that its Linfinity Div. has received a second patent covering unique design aspects of its RangeMAX integrated circuits used in lighting...

High Voltage Drivers for High Resolution.(National Semiconductor's LM2412, LM 2413 microcontrollers)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) has started to market a pair of high-voltage three-channel drivers for CCRT monitors. The 2.8 nanosecond LM2412 is tailored for 19-in. and larger CRTs with a resolution of 1,600 by 1,200 pixels at...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Three-Five, Mitsui Expand in Pact.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Three-Five Systems, Inc. (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389- 8600) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Japan have further expanded their business relationship by executing an exclusive sales and distribution agreement. Mitsui will sell...

Video Display Reports 3 Q Earnings.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Video Display Corp. (Atlanta, GA) reported third quarter and nine-month results for periods ended November 30, 1999. Three-month fully diluted net income of $429,000 or $0.11 per share reflected a slight decline from the $481,000 or $0.11 per...

Web Site Cuts Monitor Prices.(Cornerstone Peripherals Technology)(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Cornerstone Peripherals Technology (Fremont, CA), a manufacturer of monitors, graphic cards and software utilities, announced a new web site designed to sell its products to customers at below wholesale prices. Website: MonnitorsDirect.com... .

Sanyo to Add LCD Fab in Japan.(Company Operations)
February 1, 2000... Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. plans to build a large-scale amorphous thin film transistor LCD fab at its site in Tottori, Japan. The fab, which will be the second one at Tottori, will use 680 by 880 mm glass substrates, the largest announced to...

Nokia Sells Branded Line to ViewSonic.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Nokia Corp. plans to sell its Nokia Display Products branded business to monitor maker ViewSonic (Walnut, CA). In late January, the two companies signed a letter of intent for ViewSonic to make the acquisition, and an agreement is expected to...

Joint Venture By NEC, Mitsubishi.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Japanese corporations NEC and Mitsubishi Electric have established their joint venture display monitor business called NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems Corp. The new company, capitalized at 1 billion yen (US$9.56 million) is equally...

PROCESS NEWS: Large Inspection Equipment Order.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2000... Orbotech, Ltd. (PO Box 215, Yavne 81102, Israel) announced the receipt of a major order from L.G. Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (the joint venture between L.G. Electronics and Royal Philips Electronics) totaling over $8 million for multiple FPI-7090...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... May 14-19, 2000. SID Int'l. Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA. Contact: Jay Morreale, Palisades Institute for Research Services, 411 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10003; Tel: 212/460-8090. Nov....

CATHODE RAY TUBES : NEC Expands Flat Line.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... NEC Technologies, Inc. (Itasca, IL) announced the MultiSync FP1370, the newest flagship model in the company's line of flat professional CRT desktop monitors. The tight specifications and design of this monitor make it the ultimate in high...

Cheap Monitor Has Better Graphics.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... Optiquest (438 Cheryl Lane, Walnut, CA; Tel: 909/869-9216, Fax: 909/468-3770) introduced the Q95 19-in. (18-in. viewable) monitor that gives users more room for application windows, as well as improving graphics, business, and web application...

Zenith Offers Flatter Surface.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... Zenith Electronics Corp. (Chicago, IL) demonstrated the second generation of its renowned FLATRON television series. Building on the success of its 27-in. model introduced in1999, the company introduced several new models that incorporate this...

Medical Grade Monitor Available.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... Elo TouchSystems (6500 Kaiser Dr., Fremont, CA 94555; Tel: 510/608-3200, Fax: 510/608-3277) introduced a new medical grade touchmonitor. The 15-in. CCRT is UL 2601-1 classified and outfitted with AccuTouch 5-wire resistive touchscreen...

Flat Digital Color CRT.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2000... Data-Ray Corp. (12300 Pecos, Westminster, CO 80234; Tel: 303/451-1300, Fax: 303/451-1143) introduced the DR58f monitor, the world's first natural flat digital color CRT monitor. The natural flat CRT is designed to eliminate the distortion...