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| Insight Media News | 4 |
| 2005 Key Devices Report Ready | 4 |
| Insight Media Partners with DisplayCareers | 5 |
| Insight Media Releases MD-RPTV Database | 5 |
| ShoWest Report | 7 |
| USDC-Needham Investor’s Conference | 12 |
| IDC Highlights Changing TV Industry | 12 |
| InFocus Adapting to Industry Changes | 13 |
| Barco Firing on Most Cylinders | 14 |
| SpatiaLight Focuses on LG | 15 |
| Brillian Ships LCOS-RPTVs | 16 |
| Silicon Optix Announces Cost-Reduced Video Processor | 16 |
| Displaytech Eyes LED Projection Applications | 17 |
| DTV Summit Report | 18 |
| Industry Leaders Call for Accelerated DTV Transition | 18 |
| Congressional Leaders Call for Hard Analog Cutoff | 19 |
| Industry Analysts Make Predictions for HDTV Products | 20 |
| “Spectrum Wars” Posited at Industry Forum | 21 |
| Microdisplay Devices | 22 |
| Brillian Reports Financial Results for 4Q’04 and Full Year | 22 |
| Hana Earnings Expected to be Flat | 23 |
| Sony to Sell New VAN-Mode HTPS Panel to OEMs | 24 |
| SpatiaLight Reports Financial Results for Full Year 2004 | 25 |
| TI Says 0.55-inch XGA Chip Set Available | 26 |
| TI Nudges Guidance on DLP Demand Slip | 27 |
| Microdisplay Manufacturing | 28 |
| SpatiaLight Bows Display Chip from New Korean Factory | 28 |
| TLC to Introduce Glass Cutter at SID | 29 |
| LED/Laser | 30 |
| Epistar High-Luminance LED Chip Shipments Rebound | 30 |
| Korean University Develops First Vertical Blue LED | 30 |
| New Coverage: LED Backlights | 31 |
| Editors Note: | 31 |
| Minebea Makes White LED Backlights for LCDs | 31 |
| Nikkiso Uses Nanotubes for LCD Backlights | 32 |
| OSRAM LEDs Used by Taiwanese for Backlights | 33 |
| Design Wins | 34 |
| Silicon Image Licenses HDMI and DVI IP to Micronas | 34 |
| Electronics | 36 |
| Intel Buys Oplus for $100M | 36 |
| Micronas Bows Copy Protection Decoder | 37 |
| Silicon Image to Offer HDMI Core IP | 37 |
| Sirenza Microdevices Ships Tuner ICs | 38 |
| Standards | 39 |
| Airspan, Yozan to Build Japan's First WiMAX Network | 39 |
| China Walks Out of WLAN Talks | 40 |
| MBOA Ties Up With UWB, Gains FCC Waiver | 40 |
| Motorola Teams With WWiSE on IEEE 802.11n | 41 |
| Optics & Engines | 42 |
| OMT Systems Developing LCOS Engine, Components | 42 |
| Screens & Films | 43 |
| Da-Lite Announces Zero-Gap Light Baffle | 43 |
| Poss Media Offers Two RP Screen Types | 43 |
| Toppan Improves FC Screens for Microdisplay RPTV | 44 |
| Business Projectors | 45 |
| Hewlett-Packard Lowers Price on Ultraportable | 45 |
| Hitachi Projectors Feature Lantronix Networking | 46 |
| InFocus Projector Targets Corporate, Education | 47 |
| Mitsubishi Offers New Professional Projectors | 48 |
| PLUS Vision Introduces Brightest 7-Pound Projectors | 48 |
| Sharp Announces Dual Lamp Projector | 49 |
| Toshiba Introduces Lightweight DLP Projectors | 50 |
| Meiloon Unveils Business Projector with DVD | 51 |
| Home Theater | 52 |
| DPI Announces New DLP Projectors | 52 |
| Meiloon Unveils Home Projector with DVD | 53 |
| Vidikron Ships Three-Chip D-ILA Projector | 54 |
| RPTVs | 54 |
| Meiloon Unveils Two RPTV Models for 2005 | 54 |
| Alternative Big-Screen Displays | 55 |
| Roll-Up Display Design Starts Imminent | 55 |
| Viz/Sim | 56 |
| Fakespace Incorporates in UK and Germany | 56 |
| SEOS Display Powers U.S. Navy Knighthawk | 57 |
| PDPs | 57 |
| Nikada Targets Flat-Panel Gap | 57 |
| Second-Tier OEMs Introduce New Plasmas | 58 |
| LCD-TVs | 60 |
| Kolin Says New LCD-TV is Biggest in Taiwan | 60 |
| Lab Develops Faster-Switching LCD Panel | 60 |
| Panasonic’s First LCD for Pro Market | 61 |
| Samsung Develops 82-Inch LCD at 7G Plant | 61 |
| Shinco Electronics Aims to Become Largest Manufacturer | 62 |
| Syntax Announces 26-Inch Olevia LCD-TV | 62 |
| Second-Tier OEMs Introduce New LCD-TVs | 63 |
| OLEDs | 64 |
| Avecia to Sell OLED and Polymer Units to Merck KGaA | 64 |
| CDT and AVI Form New Business Collaboration | 65 |
| CDT Announces Financial Results for Fiscal 2004 | 65 |
| CDT & Toppan Start Phase 2 | 66 |
| Germany to Invest 100M Euros in OLEDs | 66 |
| LG.Philips LCD Enters AMOLED Mass Production | 67 |
| OLED Efficiency Reaches 110 Lumens per Watt | 67 |
| One Stop Displays Shows Color OLED | 67 |
| Thin CRT | 68 |
| Samsung Says Slim CRT to Ship in June | 68 |
| Digital Cinema | 69 |
| Kodak and Cinema Screen Choose InFocus Projectors | 69 |
| Mann Theaters Selects REAL D as 3D Provider | 69 |
| Thomson's to Spend $50M to Build Digital Ad Network | 70 |
| DTV Industry | 71 |
| DTV Growth at 25% for Europe in ‘04 | 71 |
| DirecTV Taps Tandberg for MPEG-4 | 72 |
| Japan Network Delivers HD Video Over Internet | 72 |
| Electronic Signage | 73 |
| Clarity Bows New Bobcat X at NSCA | 73 |
| Clarity Buys CoolSign—Expand Digital Signage Network | 74 |
| Multimedia Walls | 75 |
| Orion PDP Develops Expandable Multi-PDP Infinite | 75 |
| RGB Spectrum Bows New of Video/Data Wall Processors | 76 |
| Business & Strategic | 77 |
| Capex for Taiwan Chip and Display Makers to Slow | 77 |
| BOE Hydis Doubles TFT-LCD Output | 79 |
| China Grants Tax Break to TFT-LCD Business | 80 |
| Amoi and SPB to Tap Europe's LCD-TV Market | 80 |
| Dell Targets Asia for Plasmas | 80 |
| Fujitsu America Not Affected by FHP Sale | 82 |
| Hitachi China Aims for Top Spot | 82 |
| LG.Philips Displays to Close UK CRT Plant | 82 |
| Marubeni Teams Up With China’s BOE Group | 82 |
| Matsushita to Outsource CRTs to TCL | 83 |
| Mitsubishi Stops Plasma Sales in Japan | 83 |
| NEC Takes Over NM Visual | 83 |
| Panasonic Pushes Plasma | 83 |
| Samsung Invests in Second 7G Line | 84 |
| Sanyo Increases Flat-Panel TV Production | 85 |
| Sharp to Boost LCD Sales | 85 |
| Sharp Expands Lawsuit Against Teco | 86 |
| Sony Shuffles Management—Cuts Costs | 87 |
| Sony-Samsung JV Cross-Licensing Details | 87 |
| Syntax Triples TV Output | 88 |
| TCL TV Sales Up 40% in January | 89 |
| Thomson Claims Patent Infringement | 89 |
| Market Intelligence | 89 |
| ABI Research Names Top Broadband TV Telcos | 89 |
| CEA Sees 3M Digital Cable Ready TV Sales | 90 |
| DisplayBank: LCD-PDP Panel Price Gap to Narrow | 91 |
| DisplaySearch Raises LCD Panel Demand Forecast for 2005 | 93 |
| InFocus Leads Distributor Sales—Projector Market Grows | 95 |
| JEITA Says Domestic CE Shipments Rise Again in January | 97 |
| Kahn: Samsung Wins Best of Show Gold Award at CES | 97 |
| Peerless Says 28% of Consumers Mount Flat TVs | 98 |
| Quixel: Q’4 PDP Sales Exceed Previous Three Combined | 99 |
| Channel | 100 |
| CEA: Super Bowl Boosts TV Sales | 100 |
| Best Buy Building 60 New Stores in 2005 | 101 |
| Circuit City Closes More Stores | 102 |
| Dell Finds Success With Plasma | 103 |
| H&B Launches Flat-Panel TV Line | 103 |
| Harvey in the Black | 104 |
| New Distributor for Mitsubishi Projectors | 104 |
| Nikada Targets Flat-Panel Gap | 105 |
| Sears Plans Post Kmart Acquisition | 105 |
| Skyworth Opens TV Store in China | 106 |
| Tweeter Sales Up, But Below Plan | 106 |
| Ultimate Electronics Operating Under Ch. 11 | 106 |
| Wal-Mart Sales Up in 2004 | 107 |
| Bottom Line | 107 |
| Audiovox Sales Slip in Final Quarter | 107 |
| Barco Predicts Poor Profits in First Quarter | 108 |
| Coretronic Posts Significant Sales Jump in Fourth Quarter | 108 |
| Thomson Sales Slide | 109 |
| PM/MDR Editorial Matrix | 110 |
| About Projection Monthly | 111 |
| About Insight Media | 111 |