Large Display Report

Table of Contents

Insight Media News

• Webcast Announced - Opportunities for Optics in Displays

Microdisplays

• 3LCD Group Pushes Color Luminance Measurement
• Acacia Acquires Digital Micromirror Patents
• Syntax-Brillian Continues to Make Moves...Are They the Right Ones?
• Syntax-Brillian Reports Q4 Results
• TI Brings New Technology to IFA Berlin
• TI Reached 10M Shipment Milestone

LED/Laser Devices

• Novalux Hitting Milestones on Path to Laser TV

Screens and Films

• Polaroid Spins Off Coating Technology for Displays

Wireless

• Will Corporate Sponsors Drive Free Wi-Fi Deployment?
• Draft .11n Boxes Selling but Standard Stalls
• Silex Prototypes HD via Wireless UWB System
• Motorola to Deploy WiMAX Trial at SOFTBANK
• Pegasus Bows Wireless HD Streaming

Design Wins

• Haier Taps Genesis Single-Chip Video Display
• LG Electronics Selects Tvia' s Processor

Display Electronics

• Analog Devices Offers New HDMI ICS
• HDMI Licensing Cuts Fee; China to Push HDMI
• Founders Release HDMI 1.3 Spec
• Ikanos Offers DSL Chips for IPTV
• MediaTek Projects 3Q Revenue to Surge 5-10%
• Micronas Launches Dual-Tuner Reference Design
• MPEG-4 CODEC Overlay Improves Image Quality

LCD Components

• Toppan Sees Higher Margins from Ink-Jet Color Filters
• SVA-NEC to Construct Gen 5 CF plant with Fujifilm
• AUO-Toppan CFI Secures Supply of 5G CFs for QDI
• Why Is Everybody Worrying About CF Availability?
• Competition Keeps Pressure on Polarizer Prices
• Nitto Denko Bows Cheaper Contrast-Enhancing Film
• KUT to Replace ITO with Zinc Oxide

LCD Backlights

• Backlight Units Rebound in July
• CMO to Make Its Own BLUs?
• CCFL Supply to Tighten in 4Q
• China Electric Adds to CCFL Supply

LCD Panel

• Philips LG to Part in LCD JV
• Taiwan' s Panel Makers Reduce Investment
• Samsung Leaves 32-Inch Panels to Taiwan Mfg.
• AUO Supplies 40-inch Panels to Samsung
• BOE Hydis Refutes Notebook Panel Suspension Reports
• CPT to Ship 2 M TV Panels in 2nd Half of 2006
• Hannstar July Sales Rise 26% on Brand Strength
• Low Price TFT-LCD Technology Patents on the Rise

Market Intelligence

• PDP-TV 2Q' 06 Gains Mask Competitive Issues
• 2Q' 06 Shipments Increase -- Revenues Fail to Keep Pace
• Shrinking PDP-TV Margins Turn Stalwarts from PDP
• PDP-TV Increasingly Concentrated into Hands of Top Three
• Global LCD-TV Shipments Up 28% in 2Q;
• Large Screen LCDs Move into PDP Territory
• iSuppli: Specialty Monitors on the Rise
• Quixel Reports Big Sales in Big Screens
• Strong Second-Quarter for Front Projector Market
• CEA Sees Hike In 2006 CE Sales
• HDTV Service to rise 35% in 2H 06

Flat Panel Watch

• Global Competition Shifts to 8G LCD Fabs
• LCD-TV Makers Rely Heavily on N. American Market
• LG Electronics to Build LCD Plant in E. Europe
• TCL and CMO to Build LCD Modules in China
• Sony Bets on China to Overtake Japan in Sales
• Sanyo to Launch JV with Quanta
• Quanta Makes Toshiba LCD-TVs for Taiwan Market
• Wistron Lands LCD-TV Orders from HP

LCD-TV

• Sharp Introduces First LCD-TVs with New Gen 8 Panels
• Hitachi Expands Wooo LCD Product Line
• Proton Shows 42 and 47-inch 1080p LCD-TVs
• Samsung Claims First 70-inch 1080p LCD-TV Panel
• Asustek to Launch LCD-TVs
• Toshiba Rolls Out New LCD-TV Models
• Vizio Launches Two HD 42-Inch LCD-TVs

PDP-TV

• Hisense Adds HD Plasma
• LGE Bows 60-inch Single Scan Drive PDP
• Panasonic Adds $70K, 103-inch PDP
• Panasonic Shows New Pro PDPs
• Samsung' s New PDP-TV Links Wirelessly

Business and Strategic

• BenQ Fights Takeover-Ups Investment
• Matsushita to Cut Overseas Factories
• NEC Reshuffles Its American Divisions
• Prima to Launch Prima and Legend Brands at CEDIA
• Planar Gears Up New Product Lines for CEDIA
• Japan CE Makers Book Strong June Quarter
• LCD-TV Demand Helps Sharp Boost Profits
• Matsushita, Sharp Benefit from In-House Parts

Micro/Nano/Pocket Projectors

• Digislide Discusses Product Roadmap
• Sypro Optics and Mitsubishi Show New Pocket Projectors

Home Theater

• Mitsubishi Releases High Contrast HT Projector
• DPI Announces New Products For CEDIA 2006
• Meridian Premieres Faroudja D-ILA Projectors
• Runco Launches 1080p Home Theater Projectors
• Sharp Intros 1080p Projector
• SIM2 USA Now Shipping HT3000
• Sony SXRD Projector Details Leaked
• Toshiba Announces DVD-Projector Combo

Business Projectors

• Wireless Projectors Becoming the Norm?
• Canon Launches 5500 Lumen Projector
• Hitachi America Intros Projector For Large Venues
• Planar Adds Projectors to Monitor Line
• Toshiba Integrates Live Video Camera with FP
• Toshiba Announces Wireless DLP Projector

MDTV

• Mitsubishi To Expand RPTV Business in US

Visualization/Simulation

• SEOS to Field QXGA Projector on JFS Simulator

3D Systems

• 3D at SIGGRAPH 2006
• Barco 3D
• LightspeeD
• For3D Inc.
• LightSpace Technologies
• Planar
• Philips WOW Display
• Other 3D systems

Alternative Displays

• Artificial Muscle May be Used for Display

DTV

• Battle for Subs Shifts from Quantity to Quality
• Has Digital Video Distribution Come of Age?
• CinemaNow Launches Burn-to-DVD Service
• BT Offers Universal Movie Downloads
• China Adopts Own DTV Standard
• IPTV Leads Growth in DTV Services
• Broadband TV Service Tvext Makes Gains
• Hanaro to Launch TV Portal Services
• India Begins Trial IPTV Services
• IPTV Advances ' Down Under'
• Kasenna Powering Cavalier MPEG-4 IPTV Service
• E-TV Guide To Be Provided To ISPs
• ITV Success for Interactive TV Ads
• Nielsen to Track Rich Media Ads on Web
• NBC Kicks Off Interactive TV

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