Display Development News articles from July 2000

Display Development News archives from July 2000

CATHODE RAY TUBES: Sony Introduces Digital Technology.
July 1, 2000... Sony Corp. (1 Sony Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Tel: 201/369-3467) announced the development of Diginex technology-delivering the true benefits of digital technology to CRT computer displays. Utilizing digital visual interface (DVI) as its...

Thomson Adds More Affordable Models.
July 1, 2000... A new breed of digital HDTV receivers is being released by Thomson Multimedia (10330 North Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46290; Tel: 317/587-3000, Fax: 317/587-6765) the manufacturer of RCA and Proscan entertainment products. Four new HDTV...

Hygienic Touch CRT Monitor.
July 1, 2000... MicroTouch Systems (300 Griffin Park, Methuen, MA 01844; Tel: 978/659-9000, Fax: 978/659-9100) introduced the newest model of its line of "guaranteed fit" KioskTouch displays for the growing self-service kiosk market. The new CRT monitor...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Sony Adds New Computer Monitor.
July 1, 2000... Soon after its award winning Multiscan N50 XGA LCD display, Sony Electronics (1 Sony Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Tel: 201/369-3467) announced the Multiscan N50PS, the next model in its LCD computer monitor series. This latest addition...

Rack Mount Uses Minimum Space.
July 1, 2000... The XVME-3015 from Xycom Automation, Inc. (750 North Maple Ave., Saline, MI 48176; Tel: 734/429-4971, Fax: 734/429-1010) is a high- resolution flat-panel monitor housed in a rugged, 19-in. rack- mount enclosure. It's based on a high-brightness...

LCD Color Rivals That of a CRT.
July 1, 2000... Mitsubishi Display Products (5665 Plaza Dr., Cypress, CA 90630; Tel: 714/220-2500, Fax: 714/236-6172) introduced what it calls an "industry-changing LCD monitor technology" in the form of the Model 580, a 15-in. LCD monitor. The color...

PLASMA PANELS: Plasma Delivers Higher Contrast.
July 1, 2000... NEC (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) introduced the PlasmaSync 42MP, the latest addition to its breakthrough MP product line with a VGA (853 by 480) panel that delivers significant improvements in brightness...

Forty-two-inch Multimedia Monitor from Matsushita.
July 1, 2000... Matsushita (1-1 Saiwai-cho, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan; Tel: +81 0726 82 7614) introduced 42-in. TVs and monitors recently based on a new driving technology that delivers a 3,000:1 contrast ratio. That's almost six times higher than conventional...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS New LEDs at Half the Power.
July 1, 2000... Cree, Inc. (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, NC; Tel: 919/313-5300, Fax: 919/313-5452) introduced new, low power, smaller size LED devices based on the company's existing standard and high brightness silicon carbide (SiC) product technology. These...

UDC Gets $1 Million.
July 1, 2000... Universal Display Corp. (375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426) says it has been awarded a $1 million, 18 month, phase 1 program by DARPA under its new flexible display program. The contract is to develop a flexible organic light...

Polymer Display Is Ink-Jet Printed.
July 1, 2000... Seiko-Epson (3840 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach, CA. 90806; Tel: 909/272-1888) and Cambridge Display Technology (Madingley Rd., Cambridge, U.K. CB3 OHJ; Tel: 44 (0) 1 223 249939) have developed a 2.5 sq. in. full color display using CDT's...

Full Color Display at Times Square.
July 1, 2000... New York City's Times Square will have a full-color LED display in front of a large new building under construction at 745 Seventh Ave. Daktronics (331 32nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006; Tel: 605/697- 4467, Fax: 605/697-4700) will design and...

MICRODISPLAYS: Microvision Develops Full Color Capability.
July 1, 2000... Microvision (19910 North Creek Pkwy., Bothell, WA 98011; Tel: 425/415-6847, Fax: 425/415-6600), the leader in retinal scanning display technology, says it has demonstrated a breakthrough miniature display that uses just three microminiature...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS "Work Wall" Helps Design Jets.
July 1, 2000... Electrohome, Ltd. (809 Wellington St., Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J6; Tel: 519/749-3188, Fax: 519/749-3136) says that its Fakespace Systems business unit, a leading supplier of advanced visualization systems, has installed an immersive WorkWall...

Take This "Light" Projector on a Plane.
July 1, 2000... Mitsubishi presentation products division (5665 Plaza Dr., Cypress, CA 90630; Tel: 714/220-2500, Fax: 714/236-6172) introduced the model SA51, a new price performance leader that has 1,000 ANSI lumens and weighs just over 7 lb. With an MSRP of...

Cordless Projector Has Remote Control.
July 1, 2000... Interlink Electronics (546 Flynn Rd., Camarillo, CA 93012; Tel: 805/484-8855, Fax: 805/484-8989), the world' leading developer of wireless interface solutions and technologies for business and home entertainment, and Sanyo Fisher Co., a...

High-End Projector Yields 4700 Lumens.
July 1, 2000... Sharp Electronics Corp. (Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430; Tel: 888/467-4277, Fax: 201/529-9636) introduced its conference series projector, model XG-V10WU. It's ideal for large conference rooms, lecture halls, and custom professional...

MATERIALS: High Performance LCD Glass from Corning.
July 1, 2000... To keep pace with consumer demand, manufacturers of advanced displays and high tech electronic devices have asked for an AMLCD glass that is lighter, thinner, larger, and more durable. Corning, Inc. (One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY; Tel:...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Nanotechnology Could Produce Better Displays.
July 1, 2000... The firefly, a creature that produces light more efficiently than any method yet devised by human beings, may have an impact on tomorrow's lighting and display technologies. By harnessing quantum effects that mimic the firefly's process,...

PROCESS NEWS: Inspection Systems Handles Microdisplays.
July 1, 2000... Integral Vision, Inc. (38700 Grand River Ave., Farmington Hills, MI; Tel: 248/471-2660, Fax: 248/615-2971) announced two inspection systems for the flat panel and microdisplay markets. Called the SharpEye and the pixelQ, the new systems were...

Screen Printing Could Make OLEDs.
July 1, 2000... The screen printing technique has been demonstrated by researchers at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ; Tel: 520/621-2211) as a tool for the deposition of thin films to fabricate organic light emitting...

INDUSTRY NEWS: TI, Imax to Develop Projectors.
July 1, 2000... Texas Instruments (TI, Dallas, TX; Website: www.ti.com/dlp) says it has signed an agreement with Imax Corp. of Toronto, headquartered in Mississauga, Canada (Website: www.imax.com). Under the agreement, Imax and its subsidiary Digital...

SpatiaLight Talks About Goals, Re-Elects Directors.
July 1, 2000... SpatiaLight, Inc. (9 Commercial Blvd., Suite 200, Novato, CA 94949; Website: www.spatialight.com), a leading developer of liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplay devices, today announced that stockholders approved all proposals during...

Joint Venture to Build Fifth Generation Fab.
July 1, 2000... L.G. Philips LCD Co., Ltd. and LG Electronics, Ltd. will jointly build a fifth generation thin film transistor (TFT) LCD plant in Kumi, Korea at a coat of about $1.6 billion, say news reports. The partners hope that the large motherglass to be...

Samsung Expands Display Line.
July 1, 2000... Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Ridgefield Park, NJ; Website: www.samsungelectronics.com) announced the expansion of their product line into the professional video display market, with a full line of HDTV video format displays at INFOCOMM...

Plasma and LCD Provider.
July 1, 2000... Enter Tech Corp. (Loveland, CO) signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire the controlling interest of AdSynchronous.com, Inc., a manufacturer and solutions provider in Valencia, California. Enter tech will acquire 80% of the outstanding...

Philips FDS Expands in Shanghai.
July 1, 2000... Philips Flat Panel Display Systems (FDS), one of the world's largest suppliers of active and passive matrix LCDs, and a business group of Royal Phillips Electronics of The Netherlands, announced the expansion of its existing LCD manufacturing...

UDC Demos Flexible Displays.
July 1, 2000... Universal Display Corp. (UDC, Ewing, NJ) demonstrated a dynamic, image-scrolling, flexible organic light-emissive (OLED) prototype and a transparent prototype display at their annual meeting of shareholders held in Philadelphia in June. The...

Venture Creates U.S.-based Firm.
July 1, 2000... Tokyo-based NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems Corp., a joint venture between display monitor companies NEC Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp., announced the beginning of North American and European operations. The parent company began...

Kodak Licenses OLED Technology to Ritek.
July 1, 2000... Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY) has licensed its innovative organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology to Ritek Corp. of Taiwan for use in flat panel passive OLED displays. The royalty bearing license to Ritek covers passive monochrome...

MEETINGS: Conference to Reveal How Displays are Made.
July 1, 2000... The first international display manufacturing conference (IDMC) will be held September 5-7, 2000 at the Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel and Conference Center in Seoul, Korea. This gathering of engineers, manufacturers, and display users is...

CALENDAR.
July 1, 2000... Sept. 25-29, 2000, Twentieth Int'l. Display Research Conference, Palm Beach, FL. Contact: Ralph Nadell, Palisades Institute; Tel: 212/460-8090. Nov. 6-8, 2000, Science and Technology of Display Phosphors, Catamaran Resort Hotel, San...