Display Development News articles from January 2005

Display Development News archives from January 2005

YEAR END REVIEW: A Look Back, A Look Ahead.
January 1, 2005... Each year, our January edition highlights the activities of the display industry over the past year and looks into the future of this rapidly growing industry. Our objective is to recount the highlights of the past year and focus on the...

MARKETS: Plasma TV Tops Gift Wish List.(Annual Holiday Sales and Forecast Survey)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Seventy six percent of U.S. consumers plan to buy or have purchased at least one consumer electronics product as a gift during this holiday season, according to the Consumer Electronic Associations 11th Annual Holiday Sales and Forecast Survey....

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS LCDs Ride High In Medical Apps.(applications)
January 1, 2005... LCD manufacturers are generating more products targeted to the medical imaging market. The medical market has started to replace its film and paper-based X-ray and medical record system with digital platforms that must display high-quality,...

Sharp Expands Into Industrial Market.(Sharp Microelectronics of America)
January 1, 2005... Sharp Microelectronics of America (5700 NW Pacific Rim Blvd., Camas, WA 98607, Tel: 800/642-0261, Fax: 360/834-8903) now has a high-resolution 6.4-inch transmissive TFT-LCD module. This new display meets the performance needs of design...

PLASMA PANELS: Commercial Users Get Another Option.(new model from Pioneer Electronics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Pioneer Electronics expanded its family of commercial-use plasma displays with an advanced definition model that joins the PureVision 61-, 50-, and 43-inch plasmas. This model offers more digital signage, boardroom, and other business...

EMISSIVE DISPLAYS: Ink-Jet Printing of Phosphorescent OLEDs.(Universal Display Corp and Seiko Epson Corp will jointly develop technology for OLED displays)
January 1, 2005... Further progress in the growing field of OLEDs was evident in the middle of December as Universal Display Corp. (UDC, 375 Philips Blvd., Ewing, NJ 08618, Tel: 609/671-0980, Fax: 609/671-0995) announced the signing of a multi-year technology...

MICRODISPLAYS: 1080p Panel With 4000:1 Contrast Ratio.(1080p eHD70 display panel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... eLCOS Microdisplay Technology, (1290 Oakmead Pkwy., Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Tel: 408/24-7588, Fax: 408/739-0026) introduced its 1080p eHD70 display panel, which features a 4000:1 contrast ratio, at International CES 2005 in Las Vegas, from January...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: High Performance for Home or Office.(new Performa CP-RS55)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... With the goal of satisfying an evolving industry that is placing equal emphasis on versatility and high-performance, Hitachi America (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy., Brisbane, CA 94005, Tel: 650/589-8300, Fax: 650/583-4207) introduced an LCD projector...

MATERIALS: GPS Display Made Sunlight Readable.(Global Positioning System; Astra Products Inc)
January 1, 2005... Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has become commonplace in the current personal electronic device culture. It is found on cell phones, PDAs and mapping systems in cars, boats and aircraft. A major component of these systems is the...

TECHNOLOGY: Optical Compensation Boosts Picture Clarity.
January 1, 2005... High definition technology is a primary driver of displays and its quality may be getting better soon thanks to developments at the University of Akron, Ohio. Rockwell Scientific Company, located at 1049 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks, CA...

PROCESS NEWS: Making Flexible TFTs At Room Temperature.(transparent thin film transistors)
January 1, 2005... Scientists in Japan have found a way to fabricate flexible transparent thin film transistors (TTFTs) at room temperature and believe their findings could be important for producing flexible displays and electronic devices such as electronic...

INDUSTRY NEWS: 3-D Screens Placed in Major Russian Venues.
January 1, 2005... Opticality Corp., with headquarters at 233 Broadway, New York City, NY 10007, Tel: 212/497-2600, Fax: 212/227-8887, the worlds leading supplier of glasses-free 3D-enabled display screens, said that advertising and promotion agency Multi Media...

BUSINESS.
January 1, 2005... Flexible Displays at USDC Conference. The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC, San Jose, CA), announced the preliminary agenda for its fourth annual Flexible Displays and Microelectronics Conference and Tabletop Exhibit, to be held in Phoenix, AZ...

CONTRACTS.
January 1, 2005... Lynch Gets $5.2 Mil. For Glass Presses. Lynch Corporation (Greenwich, CT) said they received a $5.2 million contract for three large presses used to form the glass back ends, or cones, of television sets, computer monitors and other CRTs. John...

FINANCIAL NEWS.
January 1, 2005... LCD Panels Fall. Lg. Philips LCD Co. said panel prices in the fourth quarter dell almost 20%, which was worse than originally forecast. Consequently, the Company expects the margin on fourth quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation...

PRODUCTS.
January 1, 2005... Nir-Or Develops 24-inch Display for AWACS. Voice Diary Inc. (Jericho, NY) said that Nir-Or Israel Ltd. with whom Voice Diary signed a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of its business, has completed the development of a 24-inch...

PEOPLE.(John V. Harker new chairman of American Electronics Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... John Harker of InFocus to be AeA Chairman. InFocus, a leader in projection displays, announced that John V. Harker, chairman of the board, has been elected chairman of AeAs board of directors. Founded in 1942, the AeA is a national association...

CALENDAR.
January 1, 2005... Feb. 9-11, 2005. Paper-Like Displays Conference, Tradewinds Island Grand Resort & Conf. Center, St. Pete Beach, FL. Call 207/235-2225 or visit www.imiconf.com. Feb. 21-24, 2005. Intl Display Mfg. Conf. and Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan....

WHO'S WHO IN DISPLAYS.(interview with Erik Petersen)(Interview)
January 1, 2005... An interview with Erik Petersen, vice president and general manager of Planars Commercial Business Unit Touch screen technology has been growing market in product such as ATMs, gas station pumps, and self-serving kiosks. Leading in the...