Display Development News articles from February 2001

Display Development News archives from February 2001

CATHODE RAY TUBES Monitor Is HDTV Ready.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... Princeton Graphic Systems (2001 South Yale St., Santa Ana, CA 92704; Tel: 714/751-8405, Fax: 714/751-5736, Website: www.princetongraphics.com) introduced a 36-in. viewable, 4:3 direct view CRT, NTSC TV/computer monitor. It has an integrated...

Most Comprehensive CRT Warranty.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The U.S. Computer Monitor Sales Group of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Westwood, MA; Contact: Leslie Bishop, Tel: 781/461-8300 or 800- 441-4832, Website: www.hitachidisplays.com), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; Tel: 81-3-211-1111) has...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Daylight-Readable TFT-LCD.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... The electronic device group of Mitsubishi Electronics America USA, Inc. (1050 E. Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086; Contact: John Garner, Tel: 408/774-3191 or 408/730-5900, Fax: 408/245-2690, Website: www.angleview.com) together with Landmark...

Touch-Screens for Internet Products.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... Philips Components (3200 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 408/570-5630, Fax: 408/570-5830, Website: www.components.philips.com), a division of Royal Philips Electronics of The Netherlands, unveiled the industry's only in- panel,...

Feature-Rich Controller.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2001... Genesis Microchip (200 Town Center Blvd., Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 8G5; Contact: Robert Hunter, Tel: 905/763-4261 or 905/470- 2742, Fax: 905/470-9022) announced its latest dual-interface LCD controller chip, which is optimized for the...

AMLCD On Space Station.(Government Activity)
February 1, 2001... Image Systems Corp. (6103 Blue Circle Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343; Contact: Barbara Anderson, Tel: 952/935-1171 or 612/935-1171, Fax: 612/935-1386, Website: www.imagesystemscorp.com) announced the deployment of its 16.1-in. high-bright,...

Monitor for the Graphics Pro.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2001... LaCie (22985 NW Evergreen Pkwy., Hillsboro, OR 97124; Tel: 503/844-4500, Fax: 503/844-4593, Website: www.lacie.com), headquartered in Massy, France, introduced its first LCD display monitor at Macworld Expo earlier in January. Designed...

PLASMA PANELS: Digital 42-in. HDTV from Hitachi.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2001... Hitachi America, Ltd. (3850 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Norcross, GA 30092; Tel: 770/409-3000, Fax: 770/409-3028) home electronics division announced its first UltraVision digital plasma HDTV monitor for consumer applications. Known as the...

ELECTROLUMINESCENT Better Drivers for iFire Display.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... iFire Technology, Inc. (15 City View Dr., Toronto, Canada M9W 5A5; Tel: 416/246-1030, Fax: 416/246-0458), a subsidiary of the Westaim Co. (Contact: Tony Johnston, Sr., VP, Tel: 403/234-3103), says it has achieved color quality equal to...

FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS SI Diamond in R&D Agreement.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... SI Diamond Technology, Inc. (3006 Longhorn Blvd., Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512/339-5020) through its subsidiary, Field Emission Picture Element Technology, Inc. (FEPET), announced the signing of a research and development agreement with one of...

PixTech Gets DARPA Funds.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... PixTech, Inc. (3350 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/986-8868, Fax: 408/986-9896, Website: www.pixtech.com) says it has been awarded additional funding from DARPA. Under the terms of the contract, PixTech will receive this $3.1...

MICRODISPLAYS LcoS Display for RCA HDTV.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... One of the most innovative exhibits at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas involved the use of microdisplays in creating television. Digital TV is slated to reach new thresholds of image performance and consumer convenience later this...

Microdisplay Test System Developed.(Government Activity)
February 1, 2001... The U.S. Display Consortium (San Jose, CA) awarded a contract to Westar Corp. (St. Charles Rock Rd., St. Louis, MO 63044; Contact: Susan Carrillo, Tel: 636/498-6005 ext. 234 or 314/298-8748, Fax: 314/298-8067) to develop a rugged microdisplay...

CyberDisplay Modules for Color Video.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2001... Kopin Corp. (695 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, MA 02780; Tel: 508/824-6696, Fax: 508/824-6958, Website: www.kopin.com) introduced its new color video module (CVM) and color module programmer (CMP) for the quarter-inch Kopin CyberDisplay...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS Rear Projection HDTV from Hitachi.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... Hitachi America, Ltd. (3850 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Norcross, GA 30092; Tel: 770/409-3000, Fax: 770/409-3028) also announced an ultra-high performance 1280 by 720 DLP-based 55-in. 16:9 rear projection HDTV monitor/NTSC receiver. Hitachi's...

Microportable LCD Projector from Canon.(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2001... Canon U.S.A., Inc. (3800 Regent Blvd., Irving, TX 75063; Contact: Mike Virgintino, Tel: 516/328-4825 or 972/830-9696, Fax: 972/556- 1620, Website: www.usa.canon.com) unveiled its LV-5100 microportable LCD display projector for business and...

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS Light Engine to Replace CRTs.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... Brimar, Inc. (25385 Avenue Stanford, Valencia, CA 91255; Tel: 661/295-5770, Fax: 661/295-5087) and CRL Opto (Dawley Rd., Middlesex UB3 1HH, U.K.; Contact: Ruppel Joshi, Tel: 44-20-8848 6421, Website: www.crlopto.com) have been awarded a...

PROCESS NEWS: Intevac to Double FPD Capacity.(Company Operations)
February 1, 2001... Intevac, Inc. (3550 Bassett St., Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/496-2214, Fax: 408/988-8145) announced the receipt of a purchase order to double the capacity of five previously ordered D-STAR flat panel display manufacturing systems. This...

Applied Films Buys Unaxis Coating Unit.(Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 2001... Applied Films Corp. (9586 I-25, Frontage Rd., Longmont, CO 80504; Tel: 303/774-3244, Fax: 303/678-9275, Website: www.appliedfilms.com) announced the completion of its acquisition of the large area coatings division (LAC) of Unaxis on December...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Portable PCs Growing Faster Than Desktops.(Industry Trend or Event)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Market data from many of the nation's manufacturers and research companies show that for the fourth quarter of 2000, desktop PCs have been outperformed by notebooks. After representing about 20% of the overall PC market, notebooks are...

Hitachi Goes After the Professional.(Hitachi America, Ltd.)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Hitachi America, Ltd. (Norcross, GA; Website: www.hitachi.com) created a new group within its home electronics division. Called the Professional Products Group, the new unit will focus on the sale of Hitachi's premier consumer electronic...

E Ink, Displaytech Join USDC.(U.S. Display Consortium)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The U.S. Display Consortium (Contact: Maya Thornell, Tel: 408/277- 3739), a public/private partnership charged with developing the FPD infrastructure, announced two new members. E Ink Corp. (Cambridge, MA) is joining the USDC as a first time...

Luxell Closes Private Placement.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Luxell Technologies, Inc. (Toronto, Canada; Contact: Jan Moir, Tel: 416/860-5230) announced the closing of a $5,644,593 private placement financing that was executed through the issuance of 1,612,741 special warrants of the company at an...

Applied Films Sells Preferred Stock.(Company Financial Information)
February 1, 2001... Applied Films Corp. (Longmont, CO; Website: www.appliedfilms.com) a leading supplier of thin film coating equipment and coated glass for the flat panel display industry, announced that it completed a private sale of $10,000,000 of convertible...

Philips Joins USDC's Governing Board.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The U.S. Display Consortium (San Jose, CA) announced the addition of the first multinational company to its governing board. Philips Components (Contact: Jeremy Cohen, Tel: 408/617-4466, Website: www.components.philips.com), a division of...

Here's How The Market Fared.(Industry Trend or Event)
February 1, 2001... All but two of fourteen stocks listed last month were in the plus column as January came to a close. It looks like a turnaround, but January was another rocky month for the entire market, including tech stocks, and the word "recession" was...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)
February 1, 2001... March 21-22, 2001, U.S. FPD Conference and Exhibition 2001, Austin, Texas. Contact: Kevin Brown; Tel: 512/459-3126, Email: Kevin@displaysearch.com April 23-28, 2001, Microtechnology (at Hanover Fair), Hannover, Germany. Contact: Website:...