Display Development News articles from October 2004

Display Development News archives from October 2004

MARKETS: 3D Development Doubles in Size.
October 1, 2004... In recent editions of DDN, we highlighted the growth of displays for three-dimensional applications. 3D is now on the desktop and a consortium started by Sharp Electronics has been extremely active in moving this technology forward. It is now...

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS Fast Response In Gaming, Video.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... LCDs are going into multimedia applications at a rapid pace. A 19- inch LCD from ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, California 91789, Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202) offers very high brightness and one of the fastest response...

Hitachi TV Has Finer Detail.(Hitachi America Ltd. Home Electronics Div.)
October 1, 2004... The terms UltraVision and CineForm were used to describe Hitachis flat panel LCD television introduced at the CEDIA EXPO 2004. Shown for the first tine in 2004, the companys UltraVision CineForm series includes LCD, plasma, and LCD rear...

Style Matters To Consumers.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Slim cabinet designs are very important in evaluating an LCD monitor, according to NEC Mitsubishi Electronics of America, the leading stand-alone vendor of flat panel displays. The company, located at 1250 N. Arlington Heights Rd, Itasca, Ill...

PLASMA PANELS: 55-inches Offered In Entertainment Displays.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Several new advanced television products were announced by ViewSonic Corp. (381 Brea Canyon Rd., Walnut, California 91789, Tel: 909/869-7976, Fax: 909/468-1202) at the CEIDA EXPO 2004 in Indianapolis. The company showed its largest...

Panel May Reinvent Narrowcasting.
October 1, 2004... Sony entered a new part of the communications market through the use of its 50-inch Plasma Pro and an NSP-100 Network Storage Player. Coupling their efforts with Luxus Aviation, Sony is helping to reinvent narrowcasting. Its an interesting...

LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAYS Virtual Imagery For The Military.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... eMagin Corp. (2070 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 12540, Tel; 845/892-1900, Fax: 845/892-1901) is delivering virtual imagery in SaabTechs prototype Soldier Head-Mounted Device (HMD). One of the worlds leading high technology companies, Saab is...

CEO Cites Technical Progress.(eMagins CEO and president, Gary Jones)
October 1, 2004... eMagins CEO and president, Gary Jones, and chief financial officer, John Atherly, got into some of the details about the technical achievements that have been made in the OLED display technology. The occasion was the Display and technology...

Indoor LED For Digital Signage.(Barco Media)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Displays for signage applications have been getting a lot of play recently. Barco Media (1615 North 1000 West, Logan, Utah 84231, Tel: 435/753-2224, Fax: 435/752-8513) has launched a full color LED display for digital signage. Called the...

MICRODISPLAYS: InFocus Adds Thin Display Solutions.
October 1, 2004... Continuing its heritage of innovative technology and channel strength and adding to its image as a projection display manufacturer, InFocus Corp. (27700B SW Parkway, Wilsonville, OR 97070, Tel: 503/685-8888, Fax: 503/685-8887) announced two...

Digital Photo Album Fits In A Purse.(Nokia Kaleidoscope 1 )
October 1, 2004... A device no larger than a saltshaker that can be worn as a pendant or tucked in a purse, made by Nokia, is called Kaleidoscope 1 and represents the future of cellular phone technology. Its an innovative picture viewing and storage accessory for...

Display for Virtual Movie Theater.
October 1, 2004... Kopin is supplying a microdisplay system composed of the CyberDisplay 180K, a TV decoder and driver controller chipset for the new Accupix MPG-230M, a multimedia virtual movie theater eyewear that lets users watch DVDs while doing everything...

PROJECTION DISPLAYS: Wireless Links Teachers to Students.
October 1, 2004... The technology leadership teams of two Hinsdale Township High Schools (located in the suburbs of Chicago) were at a crossroads as they attempted to determine which technology would best take care of their computing needs for the future. Should...

Theater Images In Any Room.(LCD Projectors)
October 1, 2004... Whether making a presentation, viewing a movie, or lecturing a group of students, Canons new series of ultra-portable LCD projectors deliver the flexibility and quality users need for their multimedia projection needs. Each new model is...

MATERIALS: Filtered Backlights Extend Screen Life.(Schott North America)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... A key LCD screen problem is their limited life expectancy. This is caused by backlights which are typically a miniaturized neon tube that makes the image on the display visible by emitting ultraviolet radiation. This UV radiation damages vital...

TECHNOLOGY: Venture To Make Flat SED Panels.
October 1, 2004... Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display (SED) panels, a next generation display product, will be developed, produced and marketed by a Joint Venture established by Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. in Tokyo, Japan. The company name will be SED...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Jaco Sells Subsidiary, Expands in FPDs.
October 1, 2004... Jaco Electronics Inc. (Hauppauge, NY), a distributor of electronic components to OEMs, said it had completed the sale of its non-core manufacturing subsidiary, Nexus Custom Electronics Inc. to Sagamore Holdings, Inc. for $12.0 million and the...

Stocks Down 3.4% in Quarter.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Five of our display stocks were up as the third quarter came to a close. The entire market was down by 3.4%, because of oil prices, the Middle East, the election, and the economy as a whole. Even though earnings have been up a bit, many...

News Briefs BUSINESS BRIEFS.
October 1, 2004... U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) makes award. USDC, San Jose, CA, announced an award to Sencera LLC of Charlotte, North Carolina. The purpose of this $4.98M cost-shared R&D project is to build a plasma source capable of depositing high quality...

PRODUCTS.(Display Werks)
October 1, 2004... 40 inches with a touch screen. Display Werks, Seattle, Washington, announced the availability of its 4050 Series 40-inch LCD with integrated touch screen. The company developed the display specifically for kiosk, retail and public information...

FINANCIAL NEWS.
October 1, 2004... Video Display stock splits. Video Display Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, said its Board of Directors has declared a two for one stock split of its common stock, payable as a stock dividend, on October 31, 2004 to shareholders of record at the close...

RECENT PATENTS.(LCDs)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Cold Fluorescents for LCDs. O2Micro International Ltd. (Santa Clara, CA), a leading supplier of innovative power management and security ICs to manufacturers of products for the computer, consumer, industrial and communications markets, was...

STANDARDS.(portable electronic products)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Interface for portable electronics. The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) in Milpitas, CA has introduced a new interface standard developed to enable high-speed, cost-efficient, low-power communication for the latest portable...

PEOPLE.(appointments)
October 1, 2004... New CEO at International DisplayWorks. International DisplayWorks,Rocklin, CA, announced that Thomas A. Lacey has agreed to join the company as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Stephen Kircher, who will stay on as Chairman of the Companys...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
October 1, 2004... October 25-27, 2004. First American Display Engineering & Applications Conf. Hotel Doral Tesoro and Golf Club, Ft. Worth, TX. Contact Society for Information Display, San Jose, CA, Tel: 408/977-1013, Fax: 408/977-1531. Nov. 9-11, 2004....

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Structural Tailoring of Carbon Nanotube Composites for Field Emission.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... By Leandro Balzano, Chief Development Engineer, SouthWest Nano Technologies, Inc., Norman, Oklahoma Single-walled carbon nanotubes have attracted considerable attention as a field emitter material due to their superior emission...

Depositing Nanotubes.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... At present, there are no well-developed technologies for growing in-situ vertically aligned nanotubes over a large area of glass substrates at low temperatures. An alternative technology is the use of nanotubes produced separately and later...

Catalyst Formulation.
October 1, 2004... During the last few years, the group of Dr. D. Resasco at the University of Oklahoma has developed a unique catalyst formulation and production process called CoMoCAT that generates nanotubes of high quality under relatively mild conditions....

Catalyst Design.
October 1, 2004... As in every catalytic process, the design of the catalyst requires a detailed characterization of the different phases present in the solid during the various stages in the catalyst life. Also, different solid catalysts exhibit their optimal...

Development Results.
October 1, 2004... The benefits of these new composites include: * reduced cost of materials by reduction of nanotube quantity in a device; * the possible utilization of non-purified carbon nanotubes; * higher current at lower electric fields (as a...

Conclusions.
October 1, 2004... SWeNT is pleased with the work done during this 6 month period during which an optimized CERSWNT material has been obtained, that could potentially be the base for a new generation of low cost field emission devises. In addition, as a result of...

COMMENTARY: Nanotech and Displays Are "Getting Cozy".(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... Nanotechnology is being heralded as the next major technical revolution and an opportunity to improve all kinds of products. Benefits seem boundless in some cases and can send up some flags of caution until more practical experience is gained...