Volume 3
OCTOBER 2005
Number 10

 

CEDIA Report
3
1080p Message
3
New Opportunities
5
LCDs and PDPs
6
Front Projectors
6
Insight Media News
8
Nikkei Microdevices FPD 2005 Yearbook Available
8
Microdisplays
9
Brillian Reports 2Q'05 Results
9
eLCOS Panels Fitted With JDSU Technologies
10
Sony Reveals 0.61-Inch SXRD Panel
12
Illumination
13
eele Labs Starts Relamping Operation
13
Taiwan LED Struggles Lead to Consolidation
14
LED/Laser Devices
18
Novalux Ships New Lasers
18
LED/Laser Displays
19
Heliodisplay Enables Projection into Air
19
Thomson Shows LED TV and Backlight
20
Design Wins
21
Acer Taps Zoran for New DVB Tuners
21
Konka Selects Genesis for New Flat-Panels
22
LG 71-Inch PDP to Use Gennum Processor
22
Syntax Uses Silicon Optix on Premium Olevia LCDs
22
Telra's Wireless Sets Use ViXS Processor
23
Electronics
23
Lucid Raises $4M, Begins Development
23
Silicon Optix Debuts Design Wins at CEDIA
24
Mobile Video Watch
26
Mobile TV Options Shown in Europe
26
Screens and Films Watch
28
New Brightness Films a Red Flag for 3M
28
Business Projectors
29
Optoma Announces Two New DLPs
29
Panasonic Bows One-Chip Cousin to D5500
30
PLUS Ships New Dual Color Wheel Model
31
Home Theater Projectors
33
JVC and Panamorph Offer Dual Mode Projector
33
Runco Broadens Home Theater Line
34
Sharp Unveils Z-12000 at CEDIA
35
Projector Watch
36
Digital Teens-Challenge and Opportunity
36
MD-TVs
38
Brillian Launches 1080p LCOS-TV
38
Epson on 1080p Bandwagon
38
JVC Launches 1080p LCOS-RPTVs
39
LG Shows LCOS-RPTV at CEDIA
40
SIM2 Launches 55-inch 720p Model
41
Sony Releases Affordable SXRD MD-TVs
42
MD-TV Watch
43
Can HP Sell MD-TVs in the Pro Channel?
43
RPTVs to Morph into 2D Displays
46
Square Pixels for 1080p DLP
49
MD-TV Models in Europe
49
PDP Market Watch
50
PDP-TV Models in Europe
50
PDP Products
52
Dell Plasma HDTV Beats Sony in View Challenge
52
LGE PDP Line Targets Eight-Panel Process
52
Mitsubishi Digital's New Plasma Offerings
53
NEC Shows New PDP Monitors at CEDIA
53
Orion PDP Shifts Commercial Segment
54
Panasonic 65-Inch Below $9,000
54
Panasonic's New Pro Plasmas
55
Samsung Plasmas Boast 10,000:1 Contrast
56
LCD-TV Watch
57
The Race to Add LCD Capacity Accelerates
57
Japanese LCD Makers Source from Taiwan
59
LCD-TV Products
60
Second-Tier Manufacturers Update
60
Samsung's New LCD-TVs Now Shipping
61
Sanyo Uses VA Mode Panels in 37-inch LCD-TVs
62
Sharp Introduces Lower-Priced TVs
62
Sharp to Launch China Promotion; 65-inch
64
OLED Market Watch
65
Demand for OLEDs Rebounds, Future Brightens
65
Electronic Signage
68
Meijers to Roll Out Narrowcast Network
68
Alternative Displays
69
Japan Works to Realize VR-TV by 2020
69
Hitachi Develops Projection for Complex Screens
70
Philips Shows Photonic Textiles, Buys Out Lumileds
70
3D Systems
72
Newsight Demos Wireless 3D Display
72
DTV Watch
74
IPTV Evolution Update
74
Blue-ray vs. HD-DVD
76
Toshiba Winks at HD-DVD Progress
76
Channel News
78
Retail Chains Report Solid August Sales
78
Best Buy's Second Quarter Results
78
Best Buy Centricity Objective Targets `Jill'
79
Retailers Brand Kolin LCD-TVs
80
CompUSA's Techknowledgist
80
Can Dell Make it in the CE Biz?
81
Harvey Hurting in Q3-May go Private
81
Business & Strategic
82
CPT Bids for Toshiba Panels
82
InFocus Exits Thin Displays in Restructuring
83
JVC Tour Hits the Road
84
Sharp to Phase out Mainstream LCD Monitor Business
84
Sony Launches BRAVIA in Catch-up Mode
85
TCL Expands in Rest of Asia
87
Market Intelligence
87
6M Flat Displays to be Sold in the US in 05
87
HDTV Makers Need to Build Installed Base
89
DLP-RPTV Sales Shift into High Gear
90
Korea Emerges as Top Global TV Supplier
91
Flat-Panels Drive Global TV Revenue Up 10%
91
Bottom Line
93
Korean Firms Look to Q4 Recovery
93
Newsletter Editorial Matrix
95
About Projection Monthly
96
About Insight Media
96