Display Development News articles from May 2004

Display Development News archives from May 2004

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Consumers Eye Home Theaters.
May 1, 2004... Philips Electronics of the Netherlands recently commissioned the Designing at Home Survey to gauge consumers perceptions of home technology and the best ways to integrate new advances and products into the dcor of their homes. The survey was...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS: Fat to Flat Trade-in Program for Hospitals.
May 1, 2004... Planar Systems, Inc. (1400 N.W. Compton Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006; Tel: 503/690-1100, Fax: 503/690-1493) is helping health care facilities to easily upgrade from CRT diagnostic imaging monitors to Planars Dome CX line with the Fat to Flat trade...

Better Contrast & Color for Samsung LCD TVs.(liquid crystal displays)
May 1, 2004... Genesis Microchip, Inc. (2150 Gold St., Alviso, CA 95002; Tel: 408/262-6599) a leader in the development of image processing technologies for LCD TVs and other consumer display products, said that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Ridgefield Park,...

Two-Chip Design Moves TVs to Market Faster.
May 1, 2004... Genesis makes news in the display business againthis time with a German Co.. Genesis Microchip (2150 Gold St., Alviso, CA 95002; Tel: 408/262-6599) and Micronas (Freiburg, Germany), a leading supplier of cutting-edge IC and sensor system...

TFS Expands Color LCD Standard Product Line.
May 1, 2004... OEMs now have easier access to one of the widest selections of off-the-shelf display offerings in the market through Three Five Systems (TFS, 1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281; Tel: 602/389- 8600, Fax: 602/389-8801) expanded line of standard...

MICRODISPLAYS: Kopins Viewfinder Makes Fashion Statement.
May 1, 2004... Kopin Corp. (125 North Dr., Westborough, MA 01581; Tel: 508/870- 5959, Fax: 508/870-0660) said that its new CyberDisplay 113K EVF, an ultra-small, ultra-low power electronic viewfinder system, has been integrated the new SpyPen Oboe digital...

Sharp Camcorder Has CyberDisplay.(Kopin)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Kopin also announced the addition of Sharp Electronics Corp. to its CyberDisplay customer base. Sharp is integrating Kopins color filter 0.16-inch CyberDisplay-equipped electronic viewfinder system, the CyberEVF 113K, into two new Digital...

Bright Images in ELVIR Thermal Camera.(eMagin Corp.'s SVGA+ microdisplays used in Thales- Angenieux's award winning product)
May 1, 2004... eMagin Corp. (2070 Rte. 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12540; Tel: 845/892-1900, Fax: 845/892-1901), the leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon microdisplays, said that its award winning SVGA+ microdisplays are a key element in the...

Rugged Performance OLEDs Highlighted at Symposium.(organic light-emitting diode)
May 1, 2004... eMagin also showcased the rugged performance of its OLEDs at this SPIE symposium. Olivier Prache, the companys VP of Product Development, provided a presentation entitled Active Matrix OLED for Rugged HMD and Viewfinder Applications. The paper,...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Personal Projector Used in Briefcase and Boardroom.
May 1, 2004... Sharp Corp. (LCD Products, Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, NJ 07430; Tel: 866/484-7825) introduced a sleek, lightweight, personal DLP projector that can easily fit into a carry-on bag with a laptop. Called the Notevision projector, model XR-1S, this new...

Multi-Use Projector Can Go Wireless.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... InFocus Corp. (27700B SW Parkway Ave., Wilsonville, OR 97070; Tel: 503/685-8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) introduced a multi-use projector that is easy to use, has wireless capabilities and excellent image quality at an affordable price. Known as the...

Commercial Cinema in the Home.
May 1, 2004... At the other end of the product line, InFocus also introduced a Three-Chip DLP Home Cinema Projector that sets a benchmark in image performance. The ScreenPlay 777 is said to bring the performance of commercial digital cinema to the elite home...

COMMENTARY Going to the Movies at Home.(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... I recently read in a newspaper article that motion picture theater attendance has trended down over the past few years. With the exception of blockbuster new releases such as Mel Gibsons The Passion, it seems as though folks are not attending...

DISPLAY MATERIALS: Diffusion Filters Improve Clarity & Brightness.(Astra Products to display acrylic filters for flat screen displays at SID 2004)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Astra Products (Box 479, Baldwin, NY 11510; Tel: 631/242-1620, Fax: 631/242-1620) will highlight Clarex optical quality acrylic filters for flat screen displays at SID 2004, to be held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle,...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: OLED Power Conversion Integrated Circuit.
May 1, 2004... Extending efforts to support every power requirement for next- generation portable color displays, Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX; Tel: 972/308-9140, Fax: 972/308-9101) announced its first organic light emitting diode (OLED) display power...

PROCESS NEWS: Etch/Ash System for 7th Generation Substrates.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Tokyo Electron, Ltd. (TEL, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Tel: 81-3- 5561-7000) said it will begin shipments in the summer of 2004 of the Impressio, its new FPD plasma etch/ash system capable of handling 7th generation substrates used in the...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Philips Shows Its Wares at EDEX 2004.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea), one of the worlds leading innovators of thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) technology, showcased its full line up of products for desktop monitors, notebook PCs, LCD TV,...

Five Star Award to NEC-Mitsubishi.
May 1, 2004... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (Itasca, IL) said it received the prestigious Five-Star Award rating from DisplayMate Technologies for its expansive 40-inch LCD4000 and 30-inch LCD3000 (29.5 viewable image size) information...

Toshiba to Spend $9.4 Billion on Chips & Screens.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) revealed a plan to get more involved with the displays and semiconductor sectors to help make up for its slower-than-usual personal computer business. The company plans to spend about 1 trillion yen ($9.4 billion)...

eMagin Reports Growth in Product Revenues.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... eMagin Corp. (Hopewell Junction, NY) filed its year-end 2003 financial results which showed: * Total revenue for the 12 months ended December 31, 2003, of $2.6 million compared with 2002 revenue of $2.1 million. * Product revenue for...

Aydin Gets SEI Contract.
May 1, 2004... Video Display Corp. (Atlanta, GA) said that Aydin Displays, Inc., a subsidiary, has been awarded a significant contract of undisclosed dollar value by Systems & Electronics (SEI), a subsidiary of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., for rugged...

Navy Order Helps Fight Terrorism.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Teltron Technologies (2 Riga Lane, Birdsboro, PA 19508; Tel: 610/582-9450), a wholly owned subsidiary of Video Display Corp., has recently been awarded a multi-year contract with the U.S. Navy to provide Repair and Replacement Displays on the...

NEWS BRIEFS.
May 1, 2004... Dalsa Corp., based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, provides cameras for inspection of flat panel displays. The company has received camera orders totaling $3.9 million from two suppliers of flat panel display inspection equipment. They are...

Stocks Slide on Rate Fears.(Illustration)
May 1, 2004... Display stocks followed the broad market as fears of interest rates going up drove the stock prices down. In addition, the news in the Middle East put a damper on stock market optimism. Individually, only one of our fourteen stocks rose, but...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2004... May 23-28, 2004. SID 2004 Intl. Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition, Seattle, WA. Contact: SID, 610 South Second St., San Jose, CA 95112; Tel: 408/977-1013, Fax: 408/977-1531. July 26-28, 2004. Large Screen Displays for Home Entertainment...