Display Development News articles from July 2003

Display Development News archives from July 2003

MARKET ANALYSIS: Advanced Applications Are Still Emerging.
July 1, 2003... Two items of interest to the display market caught our attention this month. First, a supplier of processing equipment (Ultratech) has seen a jump in orders for lithography steppers used in the manufacture of flat panel displays. They see this...

Jump in Lithography Orders Signifies Growth of LCD Market.
July 1, 2003... Ultratech, Inc. (3050 Zanker Rd., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 408/321-8835, Fax: 408/577-3376), a leading supplier of photolithography systems used to manufacture semiconductors and nanotechnology devices, said it has received orders for its...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: LCD Has Dual Domain Switching Technology.
July 1, 2003... Richardson Electronics (40W267 Keslinger Rd., LaFox, IL 60147; Tel: 630/208-2200, Fax: 630/208-2350) said they added Siemen's 2 mega-pixel (MP) grayscale flat panel display to their offerings. This display, with Dual Domain In Plane Switching...

21.3-inch Low-Temp Polysilicon Display.
July 1, 2003... Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (3655 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 800/423-7364, Fax: 408/544-4919) announced the development of a 21.3-inch low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT- LCD attained by applying cutting-edge thin-film...

LCD Combines Video, Business Applications.
July 1, 2003... Planar Systems, Inc. (1400 N.W. Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) introduced a 21.3-inch monitor designed to fill the growing demand among high-end home users, small businesses, and large corporate users...

AMLCD Optimized for Kiosk Operations.
July 1, 2003... Planar Systems also introduced a 15-inch AMLCD that is designed for displaying video in outdoor locations such as gas pumps, ATMs and advertising boards, and for indoor environments such as financial kiosks, point-of-sale, and mass transit...

Traders Can Do Two Tasks from One Screen.
July 1, 2003... Eizo Nanao (5710 Warland Dr., Cypress, CA 90630; Tel: 562/431- 5011, Fax: 562/431-4811) introduced an 18.1-inch LCD that allows traders and others much more flexibility. Known as the FlexScan L695, it is the first product that has Eizo's...

Folding LCD Monitor for Computing Mobility.
July 1, 2003... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) has a line of lightweight monitors that fold up for easy portability. Attractively designed for home users and gamers on the go,...

LCD HDTV for Monitors, Projection.
July 1, 2003... There is more significant action in the LCD television world this month. The Home Electronics Division of Hitachi America, Ltd. (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy., Brisbane, CA 94005; Tel: 650/589-8300, Fax: 650/583-4207) said its new line of HDTV...

Matsushita Licenses Kent Technology for E-Book.
July 1, 2003... Kent Displays (343 Portage Blvd., Kent, OH 44240; Tel: 330/673- 8784, Fax: 330/673-4408) has licensed its cholesteric "no power" LCD technology to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of Osaka, Japan. Matsushita is a leading manufacturer of...

PLASMA PANELS: Sony Display for Signs, Entertainment.
July 1, 2003... Sony Electronics (1 Sony Dr., Park Ridge, NJ 07656; Tel: 201/369- 3467) introduced a 42-inch widescreen display featuring WVGA resolution and anti-reflective panel protection for high contrast image display. The new PFM-42V! PlasmaPro...

Sharper Image, Lower Cost.
July 1, 2003... ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, CA 91789; Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202) introduced the latest edition to its ultra-slim, HDTV ready plasma product line. The 42-inch VPW450HD offers enhanced performance and high-definition...

Hitachi Features High Quality Picture.
July 1, 2003... The Home Electronics Division of Hitachi America, Ltd. (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy., Brisbane, CA 94005; Tel: 650/589-8300, Fax: 650/583-4207) announced its new 2003 plasma television line including 42- and 32-inch models. They utilize Hitachi's...

Plasma Display Has 4000:1 Contrast Ratio.
July 1, 2003... Panasonic Broadcast (2 Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094; Tel: 201/348-5200) introduced new 42-inch high definition (HD) and 42- inch standard definition (SD) plasma display panels offering the industry's highest contrast images and exceptional...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS: Samsung, UDC Show High-Resolution.
July 1, 2003... Samsung SDI (Yongin City, Kyonggi-Do 449-902, Korea; Tel: 82-31- 288-4423, Fax: 82-31-288-4424), a leading manufacturer of OLEDs, and Universal Display Corp. (UDC, 375 Philips Blvd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 609/671-0980), a developer of OLED...

UDC Highlights OLED Advances.
July 1, 2003... Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, NJ), a leading developer of OLED technology, exhibited recent advances in its proprietary OLED technologies at the company's annual meeting held at the Holiday Inn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exhibits...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Wireless-Ready Personal Projector.
July 1, 2003... InFocus (27700B SW Pkwy., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Tel: 503/685- 8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) calls it the ultimate style statement for the "Tech savvy" road warriors who want to project larger than life. In the way the PDAs changed mobile computing,...

Lightweight, Entry Level Projector.
July 1, 2003... Hitachi America, Ltd. (200 Lowder Brook Dr., Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/461-8300) showed its new 6-pound multimedia projector, the CP-S210W at InfoComm 2003 last month. This entry level model has exceptional brightness and SVGA resolution in...

Two Pounds for Under Two Grand.
July 1, 2003... ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, CA 91789; Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202), a worldwide visual technologies leader, announced reduced pricing on its popular PJ250, making it the world's first sub-$2,000 micro-portable XGA...

Another Affordable Home Projector.
July 1, 2003... Mitsubishi Digital Electronics (5665 Plaza Dr., Cypress, CA 90630; Tel: 714/220-2500, Fax: 714/236-6172) just introduced their HC2 Home Cinema ColorView Projector, its first designed for home theater enthusiasts. Besides being affordable, it is...

HEADWORN DISPLAYS: Eyewear Display for Mobile PCs.
July 1, 2003... The MicroOptical Corp. (33 Southwest Park., Westwood, MA 02090; Tel: 781/326-8111, Fax: 781/326-4110) announced the availability of its SV-6 PC Viewer, the first eyewear-mounted display specifically designed for use with mobile personal...

MATERIALS: Seventh-Generation TFT-LCD Substrate.
July 1, 2003... Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (3655 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 800/423-7364, Fax: 408/544-4919) announced the glass substrate for its new seventh-generation TFT-LCD line located in Tangjung, Asan, Korea. Samsung's new 1,870- by...

LEDs for Backlighting from Cree.
July 1, 2003... Cree, Inc. (4600 Silicon Dr., Durham, NC 27703; Tel: 919/313-5300, Fax: 919/313-5452) introduced its MegaBright Plus and XBright Plus blue light emitting diodes. The typical brightness level for the new MegaBright Plus device is approximately...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: LCD TV Integrated into a Mirror.
July 1, 2003... Royal Philips Electronics (P.O. Box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Tel: 31-40-27-84986, Fax: 31-40-27-82134) introduced the mirror TV, a versatile 17-, 23- or 30-inch LCD display integrated into a mirror. The mirror uses a unique...

Faroudja Video Technology.
July 1, 2003... Genesis Microchip, Inc. (200 Town Centre Blvd., Ontario L3R 8G5, Canada) said that LG Electronics selected their FL12310 digital video format converter and Jag-ASM display processor for its RU15LA60 and RU20LA60 LCD televisions available this...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Avery Dennison And ALCOM Partner.
July 1, 2003... Avery Dennison Microreplication (ADMR, Concord, OH) is the newest member of the industrial partnership program at the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM). ALCOM is headquartered at the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI)...

Private Label Agreement.
July 1, 2003... Zytronic (Tyne & Wear, England) has signed a private labeling and distribution agreement with Elo TouchSystems, Inc. (Fremont, CA), a business unit of Tyco Electronics. Under the terms of the agreement, Elo will distribute the Zytronic Zytouch...

Kopin Gets Production Contract with Raytheon.
July 1, 2003... Kopin Corp. (Taunton, MA) announced the award of a defense contract for production display systems that will help soldiers "see" in total darkness, adverse weather, and through battlefield smoke and dust. Kopin was awarded the contract because...

DISPLAY COMPANY STOCK TABLE Stocks Rise in Quarter.
July 1, 2003... Half of our 14 display-related stocks were in the plus column for the month ending June 30, 2003, but the industrials posted a 12% rise for the second quarter and a 7.7% gain for the first half of 2003. Many things are happening to make stocks...

CALENDAR.
July 1, 2003... August 17-20, 2003. The 8th Asian Symposium on Information Display, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Contact: SID; Tel: 408/977-1013, Fax: 408/977-1531. September 15-18, 2003. 23rd Int'l. Display Research Conf., Pointe South Mountain Resort,...