Display Development News articles from July 2004

Display Development News archives from July 2004

DISPLAY MARKETS: Initiatives Add To Rising Demand.
July 1, 2004... Sharp Corporation (One Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430, Tel: 1-800- BE-SHARP) is cutting the price on many models of its popular AQUOS LCD Television systems to meet the growing demand from consumers who want to improve their TV viewing...

CATHODE RAY TUBES: HDTVs With For Under $1,000.
July 1, 2004... CRTs are still among the best and least expensive ways to see HDTV and some major companies are improving the technology. Samsung Electronics (105 Challenger Rd., Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660, Tel: 800-SAMSUNG) is making HDTV more affordable...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: 40-Inch Model Aimed At Leisure Markets.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A new 40-inch LCD (39.6 inches viewable) is designed to extend the selection of large LCDs to theaters, bars, sports venues, and health clubs, among other leisure and entertainment environments. Produced by NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display...

More Display Space With Widescreen.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Television isnt the only application where LCD screens are getting larger. Sony Electronics (16450 W. Bernardo Dr., San Diego, CA 92059, Tel: 858/942-2674) is offering a 23-inch flat panel display for the desktop. Known as the P234, this...

Apple Jumps Into Widescreen Displays.(Apple Computer Inc.)
July 1, 2004... Apple (1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, Tel: 408/996-1010, Fax: 408/996-0275) is marketing a new family of widescreen displays featuring the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD model, a professional quality, wide-format AMLCD with 2560 by 1600 pixel...

PLASMA PANELS: More Function Plus A Sleek Design.
July 1, 2004... The Home Electronics Division of Hitachi America (900 Hitachi Way, Chula Vista, CA 91914, Tel: 619/591-5200, Fax: 619/482-2360) introduced its 2004 plasma television line featuring the companys exclusive CineForm industrial design and a new...

MICRODISPLAYS: Key Ring Display Intros.
July 1, 2004... Kopin Corp. (125 North Drive, Westborough, Mass. 01581, Tel: 508/870-5959, Fax: 508/870-0660) the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for consumer, military and industrial applications, said that its 0.16-inch CyberDisplay-equipped...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Hitachi Shows New Projectors.
July 1, 2004... There is life left in the CRT and to prove it, the Home Electronics Division of Hitachi America Ltd. (900 Hitachi Way, Chula Vista, CA 91914, Tel: 619/591-5200, Fax: 619/482-2360) launched its 2004 CRT rear projection television line featuring...

Home Projector Has 3 Panel Light.
July 1, 2004... Hitachis other offering in the projector market is called the UltraVision 16:9 front projector, which utilizes a new high- definition three panel LCD light engine. The new projector is equally at home in darker home theater environments as...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Genoa Adds Primary Colors to Television.(Simon Lewis,vice president,Genoa Color Technologies)(Interview)
July 1, 2004... The basic color elements of television have not changed much since 195450 years after RCA introduced the first color set. The RGB (red, green and blue) system used then still prevails. But Genoa Color Technologies (12 Maskit St., Herzlia...

COMMENTARY: There Is Still A Market For Crts.(cathode ray monitors)
July 1, 2004... Although the flat panel display (specifically the LCD) has overtaken the CRT in the desktop market and is threatening to eventually supplant it for home television viewing with LCD, plasma and projection models, there appears to be a lot of...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Double Resolution, No Cost Increase.
July 1, 2004... Hewlett-Packard (3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304, Tel: 650/857-1501, Fax: 650/857-5518) said it has developed a technology that enables twice the resolution of digital projection displays without increasing the cost of the projector. ...

OLED Backplanes On Flexible Substrates.(Organic light-emitting display)
July 1, 2004... Universal Display Corporation (375 Philips Blvd., Ewing, NJ 08618, Tel: 609/671-0980, Fax: 609/671-0995) and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, announced a collaboration to develop poly-silicon (poly-Si) thin...

PROCESS NEWS: Array Testing 7th Gen. Display Substrates.
July 1, 2004... AKT Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) an Applied Materials Company and the worlds leading supplier of PECVD systems to the flat panel display industry, introduced the AKT-40K EBT or Electron Beam Array Tester, for pixel array testing of TFT LCD panels on...

INDUSTRY NEWS: NEC, Richardson Form Medical Display Alliance.
July 1, 2004... NEC Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (Itasca, Ill), the number one stand-alone vendor of flat panel desktop displays, announced in May at the annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR 2004) a strategic...

Stocks Steady as Rates Rise.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
July 1, 2004... Display stocks reacted mildly to the increase of one-quarter point in interest rates. It was generally expected and no surprises were expected to drive the average down. Iraq and oil supplies still have a cautious impact on the market,...

Briefly Noted:.(Consumer electronics industry product launch)
July 1, 2004... * Video Display Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) chairman Ron Ordway announced that the company was honored in two prestigious performance rankings by Fortune Magazine publications. One listing placed the company in the 12th position in the Top...

CALENDAR.(trade shows)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... July 26-28, 2004. Large Screen Displays For Home Entertainment Applications. Hilton San Diego Resort Hotel. Contact Intertech at 207/781-9618, Fax: 207/781-2150 or visit www.intertechusa.com/largescreens.html. Aug. 23-27, 2004. Asia...