Display Development News articles from May 2002

Display Development News archives from May 2002

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Flat Panels vs. CRTs.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... In this issue, we feature another advance in CRT technology. This venerable product accounted for almost 52% of the display market in 2001 despite all the advances in flat panels. CRTs are appearing with flatter screens, increased...

CATHODE RAY TUBES: Brightest CRT From NEC-Mitsubishi.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America )
May 1, 2002... A new line for the NEC MultiSync Flat Enterprise CRT series was announced by NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143, Tel: 630/467-4552). It delivers unprecedented image brightness and...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Widescreen HD Compatible LCD TV.(Sharp Electronics LC-30HV2U)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Sharp Electronics Corp. (One Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430; Tel: 877/388-SHARP), the market leader in LCD TV, announced the availability of the 30-in. widescreen, high definition compatible AQUOS Liquid Crystal Television. The company recently...

Tripath Powers Aiwa's LCD Television.
May 1, 2002... Tripath Technology, Inc. (3900 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054; Tel: 408/567-3000, Fax: 408/567-3003) creators of Class-T advanced 1-bit Digital Audio Amplifiers, says that its TA1101B will power Aiwa's 15-in. TDT, an active matrix LCD...

Sunlight Readable LCD Display.(Densitron Phoenix)
May 1, 2002... Densitron Corp. (10430-2 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; Tel: 562/941-5000, Fax: 562/941-5757) introduced an astounding new sunlight readable LCD display system with surface luminosity of 1800 nits (cd/m2) and screen diagonal of 12.1...

SGI Announces 22-Inch LCD.(Silicon Graphics's F220 flat panel display)
May 1, 2002... Silicon Graphics (SGI, 1600 Amphitheater Way, Mountain View, CA 94043; Tel: 650/960-1980) announced its F220 flat panel display, a state-of-the-art 22-in. model that offers high resolution support and leading edge image quality for Silicon...

2.2-Inch TFT for Mobile Products.(Three-Five Systems )
May 1, 2002... Three-Five Systems (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ; Tel: 602/389- 8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) added a 2.2-in. TFT display to the company's line of color display technologies. Designed for mobile product applications, the 176 by 220 QCIF+ format...

Monitor Shows Pages Side by Side.(New flat panel display from Planar Systems Inc.)
May 1, 2002... Planar Systems, Inc. (1400 N. W. Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) introduced a new flat panel monitor featuring a viewing area that measures 23.1 in. diagonally. Ideal for financial professionals,...

PLASMA PANELS: High Resolution 43-Inch Display From Pioneer.(Pioneer Electronics PDP-433C)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Pioneer Electronics (2265 220th St., Long Beach, CA 90810; Tel: 310/952-2111, Fax: 310/952-2990), a leading provider of plasma displays, introduced its third generation 43-in. PureVision XGA plasma monitor that revolutionizes the industry with...

Plasma Displays Debut in Hospitality Venues.(Hospitality and Design Expo Conference )
May 1, 2002... At the Hospitality and Design Expo Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2 to May 4, visitors will be treated to a demonstration of the new Sony Plasma monitors and a Crypton digitally produced electronic game of musical chairs. The setup will...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS EMagin, ROHM Make Strategic Investment.
May 1, 2002... eMagin (1550 Rte. 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892- 100, Fax: 914/892-1901) and ROHM Company, Ltd., one of the largest Japanese semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers, announced a strategic investment by ROHM in...

$1 Million For Military Avionics Development.(eMagin contract with Navy for OLED microdisplays)
May 1, 2002... Also in the news, eMagin will receive additional funding of its Phase III SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force. The $1 million contract will be used to further advance and integrate high resolution active matrix OLED microdisplays for a...

Volume Shipments of Polymer OLEDs.(Royal Philips Electronics )
May 1, 2002... Royal Philips Electronics (5600MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Tel: 31-40-724-173) says it has begun shipping volume quantities of its PolyLED modules, a polymer-based organic light emitting diode (OLED) display technology. With these...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: HP Enters Digital Projection Market.(Hewlett-Packard Digital Projectors xb31 and sb21)
May 1, 2002... Hewlett-Packard Company (HP, 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304; Tel: 650/857-1501, Fax: 650/857-5518) says it is extending its digital imaging expertise in printing, scanning and digital photography into the portable digital projector...

NEC Portable has Increased Brightness.(NEC Solutions MT1056)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... NEC Solutions (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, ILL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) introduced its latest projector, the MT1056, which improves upon the company's award winning MT50 series to give users a choice for portable or fixed...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: MEMS Technology Improves Printing.(Afga to deploy technology from Silicon Light Machines)
May 1, 2002... Silicon Light Machines (SLM, 385 Moffett Park Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089; Tel: 408/541-1990, Fax: 408/541-1244 ), a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor, says that Agfa will deploy SLM's patented Grating Light Valve (GLV) technology in its next...

Drivers Expand Light Management.(Microsemi Corp. introduces LX1990 and LX1993)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Microsemi Corp. (2381 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614; Tel: 949/221- 7100), a leading manufacturer of power management integrated circuits, says it added two new drivers to its portfolio of controllers for light emitting diodes used in a wide...

14-Inch Nanotube Display Demonstrated.(Applied Nanotech, Inc. )
May 1, 2002... Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), a subsidiary of SI Diamond Technology (3006 Longhorn Blvd., Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512/339- 5020), announced the demonstration of a 14-in. diagonal carbon nanotube display. The display was made with low-cost...

Panel Can Display 1 Billion Colors.(Sharp Systems of America introduces LL-T1820)
May 1, 2002... Sharp Systems of America (Huntington Beach, CA 92714; Tel: 714/903-4894), a division of Sharp Electronics Corp., announced a family of new LCD desktop monitors including the flagship LL- T1820, which incorporate the first LCD panel in a...

SOFTWARE: Control for CRT, LCD Settings.(NaViSet)
May 1, 2002... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552) announced its exclusive NaViSet Software to enable advanced control of CRT and LCD monitor settings. To increase companies'...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Microvision to Add More Resellers.(marketing Nomad wearable displays)
May 1, 2002... Microvision (Bothell, WA) says it has signed agreements with three resellers of wearable computers and portable display products. Agreements were signed with Tek Gear (www.tekgear.com) a distributor of wearable products and applications; Nova...

Customer Leasing Program Started.(Microvision)
May 1, 2002... Microvision also announced a partnership with The ELEX Group, Inc. (Medford, NJ) to provide lease-financing services for business customers of the Nomad Personal Display System. The ELEX Group specializes in providing complete...

eMagin's OLED Cited by DOD.
May 1, 2002... eMagin Corp. (Hopewell Junction, NY) says the key technology it has developed in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force for a high performance imaging display to be integrated in military helmet- mounted display systems has received recognition...

Expansion Slot for Pioneer Displays.(Pioneer Electronics)
May 1, 2002... Multiple manufacturers are launching expansion boards for use with the open architecture expansion slot on Pioneer Electronics, Inc.'s PureVision plasma displays. The expansion slot was developed to enable third party manufactures to create...

Three-Five Picks Rep in Taiwan.(Promaster Technology)
May 1, 2002... Three-Five Systems, Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a leading supplier of microdisplay products, announced that Promaster Technology, a distributor with headquarters in Taipei and branch offices in Hsin Chu and Shanghai, will provide technical and sales...

White Gets Follow-On for Medical Displays.(White Electronic Designs)
May 1, 2002... White Electronic Designs Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) has received a fourth follow-on order totaling $2.8 million from one of the world's leading suppliers of medical monitoring systems. White will provide Enhanced Display Modules with two different...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2002... May 19-24, 2002. SID Int'l. Symposium, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. Contact: Jay Morreale, Palisades Convention Management, Inc.; Tel: 212/460-8090. June 30-July 5, 2002. Int'l. Liquid Crystal Conference, Edinburg, U.K. Contact:...