Volume 3
SEPTEMBER 2005
Number 9

 

Insight Media News
3
Insight Media and JPR Bow Advanced TV Report
3
IMID '05 Show Report
4
Plasma and LCD-TV Makers Face Off in Seoul
4
HD or Not HD
5
LCD Versus LCD
5
On the Show Floor
7
Next Year
8
Microdisplay Devices
8
Brillian Announces $7M Funding
8
Himax Rolls Out LCOS Panel Roadmap
8
JVC Starts Volume Production of Full HD 0.7-Inch D-ILA
11
Seiko Epson Reports 1Q'05 Group Net Loss
12
SpatiaLight Announces 2Q Fiscal Results
13
TI Beats Expectations With Sales Up 9%
13
LED Backlights
14
Global Lighting Offers Modular RGB Backlight Solution
14
CI Displays Offers LED Retrofits for CCFLs
16
Illumination
16
Arisawa Invests in Luxim
16
Design Wins
17
Philips Licenses MIPS 4KE Core for TV Applications
17
Trident Powers Full Lineup of New Daewoo Flat TV
17
JVC Designs in ATI Chip Set
18
TTE Corp. Taps Genesis Chips for Thirteen Flat-Panel Sets
18
Electronics
19
Broadcom Challenges STMicro in Advanced Video Codecs
19
Genesis Reports Return to Profitability on Record Revenues
19
Intel Paid $100M to Buy Oplus
20
Microtune Narrows Losses as Sales Rebound
20
NVIDIA Rolls Out Quadro FX 4500
21
Pixelworks Takes Hit on 2Q Loss of $2.3M
21
Tivia Bows Flat TV Reference Design Kits
21
Standards
22
Taiwan Government Supports WiMAX
22
Sequans Pushes for WiMAX Certification
22
Intel Aligns with Cities on Municipal Networks
23
UWB Chip Tackles Video Distribution
23
Screens and Films
24
Screen Innovations Projects in Bright Light
24
Business Projectors
25
Alliance Announces Projector-Camera Combos
25
Canon Offers New Projectors and Visualizer
26
Lenovo Enters Projector Business
27
Home Theater Projectors
28
SIM2 Unveils Compact Three-Chip DLP Projector
28
Projector Watch
29
Epson Expected to Launch DVD Projector This Year
29
Projector Manufacturers Lower 2005 Forecasts
29
MD-TV Watch
30
InFocus Thin-RPTV Price Drops 72%
30
PDP Market Watch
32
Single Scan Cost Savings Should Boost PDP Profits
32
Plasmas Move Closer to Full HD
35
PDP Products
36
LG Electronics Debuts Single Scan PDP-TV
36
Pioneer Improves Plasma Offering
36
Toray Adopts New Technology for HD Plasma TVs
37
LCD-TV Watch
37
32-inch Price Drops Precipitate Outsourcing
37
37-inch LCDs Turn Up Heat on PDPs
39
40/47-inch LCD Panel Lines Expand
40
Chinese 5G LCD Volume Slated for 2Q'06
41
Recent Performance of Taiwan's TFT-LCD Makers
42
The LCD Picture in Japan
44
LCD-TVs Win First Leg of Summer Sales Race
45
LCD-TV Products
46
Acer Intros New TVs
46
BenQ Debuts LCD-TVs for Taiwan
46
Genii Introduces 1080p LCD-TVs
46
Konka Gets Big Order From Best Buy
47
Sharp to Sell 65-Inch LCD-TV in November
47
Skyworth Slashes Prices of LCD TVs
47
Toshiba Shipping P-LSA LCD Panels
48
Tatung Nears 32-Inch LCD-TV Order From Philips
48
Multi-Primary Displays
49
Natural Vision Exhibits Extended Color Gamut System
49
Electronic Signage
50
BenQ Offers Network LCD-TV Solution
50
InFocus Strategic Shift: Acquires The University Network
51
NTT Network Lab Co-Develops Ad System for Malls
52
Thomson Buys into Retail Market
52
Viz/Sim
53
Companies Combine to Upgrade Air Force Training System
53
eLumens Debuts VisionDome2 at SIGGRAPH 2005
54
Alternative Displays
55
Bendable and Colorful: Japan Makers Pursuing E-Paper
55
SED Production Update
57
3D Systems
57
3D Visualization Improves Medical Diagnosis
57
Barco Demonstrates VR Workroom at SIGGRAPH
58
Barco Bows Single Projector 3D
59
LightSpeed Shows 3D at SIGGRAPH
60
Simultaneous 2D and 3D: an Optical Quantum Leap
61
DTV Watch
61
FCC Eases DSL Regulation
61
IPTV Portends Broadcast Shakeup
62
DTV News
64
US Sat Broadcasters Beaming in the Black
64
CNC to Offer HDTV Transmission Services to KDDI
65
Fuji TV, NTT to Test Wireless High-Def Video Transmissions
66
Conversion to Digital TVs Delayed 10 Years in Europe
66
Company Watch
67
BenQ Reevaluates Focus
67
Coretronic Weighs LCM, Flat-Panel TV Options
68
Panasonic Touts PDP's Strength as Consumer TV Technology
71
Market Watch
74
Global TV Market Entering Uncharted Territory
74
Channel News
77
New Age to Distribute HP TVs
77
Tweeter Expands Credit Availability
77
Business & Strategic
77
Chinese TV Makers to Pay for Patented Technology
77
China Creates Formidable Electronics Company
78
China LCM Capacity to Expand
78
BenQ Feels Price Heat From Philips
79
Dell to Sell TVs in Japan
79
Gateway Abandons TV
79
HP Cancels R&D Projects
80
LG Focuses on Channel
80
Sharp Focuses on LCD-TV Sales in Europe
81
Sony Tops Harris 'Best Brands' Poll
81
TCL Expands Locally
82
Xiamen TV Maker Joins With LG.Philips LCD
82
Market Intelligence
82
China's TV Market Contracts in 2Q
82
Picture Bright for US Digital TV Industry
84
Prices For Flat-Panel Televisions Drop Sharply
84
S. Korean Firms Advance Global Display Share
85
Bottom Line
86
First Quarter Mixed for Japanese Electronics Makers
86
CMO Continues Losses, Raises Forecast
89
Dell Revenue Climbs 15% in First Half
89
InFocus Announces Second Quarter Loss
90
JVC CE Sales Down in First Quarter
91
LG Looses Money in FPD Operations
91
LG.Philips LCD Gets Boost From Stock Offering
92
Samsung Profits and Sales Down in 2Q
92
Thomson Still Forecasting Growth in 2005
93
Toshiba Inks Three-Year Business Plan
93
PM/MDR Editorial Matrix
94
About Projection Monthly
95
About Insight Media
95