Display Development News articles from October 2000

Display Development News archives from October 2000

CATHODE RAY TUBES: Monitor Has Universal Connectivity.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America's NECMultiSync FP1350X,)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552), building on the success of its Ambix dual connection technology, announced the NEC MultiSync FP1350X, the first NEC-branded CRT...

Short Depth 21-in. CRT Monitor.(ViewSonic's ViewSonic GS815)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, CA 91789; Tel: 800/888-8583 or 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202, Website: www.viewsonic.com) announced its new GS815 21-in. color monitor, the company's first short depth CRT in the 21-in. (20 in....

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Rugged Transflective Industrial Display.(Dolch Computer Systems Orca and Dolch Computer Systems Shark)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Dolch Computer Systems (3178 Laurel View Court, Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 510/661-2220, Fax: 510/490-8345, Website: www.dolch.com) showed the first color transflective technology ever to be used in rugged and sealed industrial flat panels. This...

Mini Display Has Low Power Touchscreen.(Densitron's Densitron TS3096)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Densitron Corp. (10430-2 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; Tel: 562/941-5000, Fax: 562/941-5757, Website: www.densitron.com) announced the TS3096 mini-touch LCD. The new display is available in high and super high contrast versions...

Ultra-Thin Color Video.(JVC Professional Products' JVC Professional LM-10W)(Product Development)
October 1, 2000... JVC Professional Products Co. (1700 Valley Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470; Contact: David Walton; Tel: 800/582-5825 or 973/315-5000, Website: www.jvc.com/pro) showed a prototype thin panel LCD monitor at the American Society for Industrial Security...

Brightest TFT for Industry.(Product Development)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; Contact Yumiko Kokubu; Tel: +81-3- 3457-2105, Fax: +81-3-5444-9202, Website: www.toshiba.co.jp) announced the brightest THT LVD yet developed for use in industrial applications. The company will launch two displays:...

Dell Supplying 17-in. Flat Panel Display.(Dell Computer 1701FP)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Dell Computer Corp. (Round Rock, TX; Tel: 512/723-7689 or 512/725- 0218. Contact: Anne Camden or Tom Kehoe), the world's leading direct computer systems company announced the U.S. availability of the Dell 1701FP, a high performance, dual mode...

18-in. LCD Fits Most Video Cards.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America's NEC MultiSync LCD1800)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca ILL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552, or 888/632-6487, Website: www.necmitsubishi.com) has expanded its flat panel desktop monitor market with an 18-in. device that...

Revolutionary Screen Technology.(ViewSonic's ViewSonic VP150m and ViewSonic VG175)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, CA 91789; Tel: 909/869-7976, 800/888-8583 or 909/468-3736, Fax: 909/468-1202, Website: www.viewsonic.com) introduced two new models that carry the company's SuperClear MVA, the latest in LCD screen...

PLASMA PANELS: Models Tailored to Applications.(NEC Technologies PlasmaSync 42MP2 and NEC Technologies PlasmaSync 42PD2)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... NEC Technologies (1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Itasca, IL 60143; Tel: 630/467-4552 or 877-NEC-EDIT, Website: plasma.nectech.com), the only plasma manufacturer to offer distinct series of monitors for specific application needs, announced the...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS: LED Video Display Kicks Off at Ohio State.(Product Information)
October 1, 2000... On September 2, 2000, the Ohio State (OSU) Buckeye football team kicked off its season against Fresno State University in Columbus, Ohio. The game was displayed on a new 30 ft. high by 90 ft. wide SMARTVISION LED video display, installed by...

Paper Describes Active Matrix Efficiency.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Universal Display Corp. (UDC, 375 Philips Rd., Ewing, NJ 08618; Tel: 800/599-4426, Website: www.universaldisplay.com) says that its VP of strategic product development, Michael Hack, presented an invited paper entitled "Performance of High...

MICRODISPLAYS: Three-Five Gets Order for TV and Monitors.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Three-Five Systems (1600 N. Desert Dr., Tempe, AZ 85251; Contact: Elizabeth Sharp, VP of corporate relations; Tel: 602/389-8837 or 602/389-8600, Website: www.threefive.com) says it received an initial multi-million dollar production order from...

OLED-On-Silicon Microdisplay.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... eMagin (1580 Rte. 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892- 1900, Fax: 914/892-1901, Website: www.emagincorp.com), the leader in OLED-on-silicon virtual imaging display technology, showed the world's first full color active matrix...

MATERIALS: Fluorescent Materials Create Color.(FPD Technologies working prototype of flat panel display)(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... FPD Technologies LLC (Westlake Village, CA; Contact: Edward Pope; Tel: 818/991-8500 or James B. Lucas at 213/630-6550), a privately held company, announced a working prototype of a new generation of flat panel display that combines fluorescent...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: First 37.5-in. Tiled Display.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Philips Flat Display Systems (3200 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134; Contact: Jeremy Cohen at 408/617-4466 or 408/570-5630, Fax: 408/570-5830, Website: www.flatdisplaysystems.philips.com), a supplier of AMLCDs and a business group of Philips...

Polysilicon LCD for eBook Devices.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; Contact: Yumiko Kokubu, Tel: +81-3- 3457-2105, Fax: +81-3-5444-9202, Website: www.toshiba.co.jp) announced the commercialization of a 7.7-in. low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD designed for mid-sized electronic...

PROCESS NEWS: Contract for Low-Temp System.(Industry Trend or Event)
October 1, 2000... Applied Films Corp. (9586 I-25 Frontage Rd., Longmont, CO 80504; Tel: 303/774-3244, Fax: 303/678-9275, Website: www.appliedfilms.com) says it entered into a contract with its joint venture located in Suzhou, China to supply a system for the...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Cypress Completes Acquisition.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced it had satisfied all closing conditions for the acquisition of Silicon Light Machines (SLM, 385 Moffett Park Dr., Suite 115, Sunnyvale, CA 94089; Tel: 408/541-1990), a privately held supplier...

Universal Display Listed on NASDAQ.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, NJ) says its stock was added to and listed on the NASDAQ (PANL) effective September 8, 2000. UDC develops display technology based on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The company is currently located on the...

Philips Outlines Growth Strategy.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Philips Components (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Contact: Jeremy Cohen; Tel: +31 20 5977213, Website: www.philips.com), a division of Royal Philips Electronics of The Netherlands, recently announced its strategy for continued growth at a...

eMagin and Ukraine in OLED Agreement.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... eMagin Corp. (1580 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533; Tel: 914/892-1900, Fax: 914/892-1901, Website: www.emagincorp/com), the leader in OLED-on-silicon virtual imaging display technology, announced a development agreement with the Institute...

Planar Exits Military Business.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Planar Systems, Inc. (Beaverton, OR; Website: www.planar.com) says it will exit its unprofitable business of supplying high performance, full color AMLCD flat panel displays for military avionics. The decision will result in restructuring and...

Lexel Imaging Acquires Raytheon Division.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Lexel Imaging Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Video Display Corp., announced the acquisition of the cathode ray tube (CRT) manufacturing operations of the Raytheon Co. The companies say that an agreement had been reached under which the...

Hitachi Sets Up in China.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2000... Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced it will establish a company in China for the assembly production of TFT and color STN liquid crystal display modules. The new company will be called Hitachi Display Device (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. and have a...

MEETINGS: Digital Still Camera Tutorial Planned.(Industry Trend or Event)
October 1, 2000... Digital still camera systems is one of the cutting edge color and display-related topics that will be covered at the Annual Color Imaging Conference (CIC) to be held November 7-10 at the SunBurst Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona. CIC is the premier...

CALENDAR.(Calendar of Events)
October 1, 2000... Nov. 6-8, 2000, Science and Technology of Display Phosphors, Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA. Contact: Mark Goldfarb; Tel: 212/460-8090. Nov. 13-15, 2000. Light Emitting Diodes, Exploring New Markets, Technologies and Applications,...