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Table of Contents

Issue 42+43

Double Issue

May 21, 2010

Letter from the publisher: The scourge of specsmanship…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: MIC, Gartner, DisplaySearch, ABI Research, TFC Info, Jon Peddie Research, IMS Research, IDC, Quixel Research, Nielsen, In-Stat, Displaybank, Technology Business Research, Sony, Intel/Sony/Logitech/Best BuyDISH Network/Adobe/Google, People of Lava, Dell, AUO/LG Display, EPA/DOE, Energy Star, NTT Electronics, Hillcrest Labs, Silicon Image/Samsung, Testronic Labs, Coincident TV/Ascent Media, Zixi/PeerTV, Portrait Displays/Intel, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, VESA, IDC, Blackmagic Design, LiveU, CPC, Toshiba, WirelessHD Consortium, Mvix, Harman International, Atlona Technologies, Audio Authority, HDMI Licensing, Chrontel, Analogix, DisplayLink, DisplayLink/Diamond, BenQ, Intel, Prysm, Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Luminus/Forepi, Redwood Systems, UCI Forum, Agilent Technologies, Dolby, Blu-ray Disc Association, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, Panasonic, Samsung/DivX, Nokia, and Instrument Systems/X-Rite 

Image Sensors Europe, March 23-25, 2010, London, England; In this report on the IntertechPira conference, Phillip Hill covers presentations from CSEM, Image Engineering, University of Heidelberg/Sony Deutschland GmbH, Imatest, and RICAtek

Electronic Displays, March 3-4, 2010, Nuremberg, Germany; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Meko, ABLE Design, Merck KGaA, MG Optical Solutions GmbH, Display-Metrology & Systems, and F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH

DisplaySearch US FPD Conference, March 2-3, 2010, San Diego, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, and Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.

Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference, February 1-4, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Marc Chason and Associates, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard

Power Saving for Displays, January 26-27, 2010, Oxford, England; Phillip Hill covers this Sharp/SID hosted event with presentations from 3M Optical Systems Division, and Sharp Europe Laboratories

IDW ’09, December 9-11, 2009, Miyazaki, Japan; In this second report, Phillip Hill covers this conference organized by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with papers from the sessions on 3D; projection and large-area displays, and their components; and OLEDs. Presentations from Topcon Corp./Osaka University, AIST/NEC LCD Technologies/Epson I. D./Toshiba/Hitachi/Sharp/NTT DoCoMo/Sanyo Electric/Mitsubishi Electric/3D Consortium/Toshiba Mobile Display/YOSH Consultancy/Japanese Ergonomics National Committee, Hitachi, ELDIM, Seiko Epson/Shinshu University/Epson Research and Development, Tohoku University, Seiko Epson Corporation, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., Yeungnam University/Kyungpook University, and National Tsing Hua University 

Eurodisplay 2009/IDRC, September 14-17, Rome, Italy; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from ELDIM, Barco Technology Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hitachi/Toshiba/NEC LCD Technologies/Seiko Epson/NTT DoCoMo/Mitsubishi Electric/Toshiba Mobile Display/AIST/Japanese Ergonomics National Committee, and NEC LCD Technologies/Toshiba/Seiko Epson/3D Consortium/Sharp/Sanyo Electric/NAMCO BANDAI Games/Hitachi/Mitsubishi Electric/NTT DoCoMo/Sony/AIST/Toshiba Mobile Display Technologies/Japanese Ergonomics National Committee

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; Garb Oil & Power Corporation, Greenpeace, Acer, Energy Star, Philips, NEC Display Solutions, Sony, The Basel Action Network, Federal Trade Commission, Philips Lumileds, ITI, NRDC, Osram/Artison, UDC/Moser Baer, NCER, Department of Energy, MTI MicroFuel Cells, IERCE, ViewSonic, Sprint/Samsung, CodeGreen Solutions, Natcore Technology, Onset, IPSO alliance, Frost & Sullivan, Google, Office Depot, Electronics Recyclers International, and Dell

Boomers … the numbers, the markets keep growing by Andy Marken

LED Confusion Continues by Jennifer Colegrove and Chris Connery

Corporate Green by Matt Brennesholtz

The financial standard…

  -- “Last follower” by Mark Fihn

  -- WitsView’s Market Confidence Index (MCI)

Color by the Numbers: Variable Costs Reduce the Benefit of Scale by David Barnes

Classic Pete: Contrast, Shmontrast! by Pete Putman

Last Word: Display Myths Shattered… by Raymond Soneira: How Monitor & HDTV Companies Cook Their Specs: Take everything you think you know about displays and throw it out the window. It's time for a clinic on what display specs really mean – brace yourself…

Display Industry Calendar

 100 pages

Issue 40+41

Double Issue

March 2, 2010

Letter from the publisher: Feedback…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Zhaga, HDBaseT Alliance, WiGig Alliance, SiBEAM, WirelessHD, Scribd, DiiVA, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, Netgear, Sigma Designs, Toshiba/Best Buy, LG, JVC, Microsoft, Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group, SiTune, LG/Panasonic/Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Elgato, DVB, HDMI Licensing, NEMA, Gaming Standards Association, Apple/HTC, 1394 Trade Association/HANA, MONKEYmedia, International Digital Media Alliance, Symmetricom/Cheetah Technologies, CEA/CTIA, ITU, Marvell, Symbian Foundation, University of Kuopio, Simplay Labs, National Instruments, Cavium Networks, Sanus, DisplayLink/HP, VESA, Belkin, Gefen, Atlona/Wisair, Atlona Technologies, Wireworld, TeleAdapt, Apple, ACME Portable, Agilent Technologies, Japan Electronic Publishing Association, Open Technology Alliance, Sharp/Samsung, Sharp/RIM, Virgin Media/Rovi, IMS Research, Forward Concepts, ABI Research, In-Stat, Quixel Research, DisplaySearch, Displaybank, and iSuppli

IDW ’09, December 9-11, 2009, Miyazaki, Japan; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers this conference organized by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with papers from the sessions on active matrix displays, display electronics systems, and electronic paper. Presentations from Toshiba Mobile Display, Sharp Mobile LCD/Sharp Corporation, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, AU Optronics Corporation, Sharp Laboratories of America, and Nemoptic/Uppsala University

Printed Electronics USA 09, December 1-4, 2009, San Jose, California; There were 50-or-so presentations from this IDTechEx-organized conference. Some have already been published in our sister newsletters High Resolution, Touch Panel, and Flexible Substrate. In this report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Applied Materials, MIT Media Lab, and Powercast

ACM Multimedia 2009, October 19-24, Beijing, China; Phillip Hill covers papers from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Microsoft Research India/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Taiwan University, National University of Defense Technology, National University of Singapore/Rice University, University of Ottawa, and Fraunhofer FOKUS

Eurodisplay 2009/IDRC, September 14-17, Rome, Italy; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from iSuppli Corporation, OLED Association, Sharp Corporation, Kyungpook National University, NTT DOCOMO, Japanese Ergonomics National Committee/NTT DOCOMO/NEC LCD Technologies/Hitachi/Toshiba/Seiko Epson/Sanyo Electric/Mitsubishi Electric/Toshiba Mobile Display Technologies/AIST, Center for Measurement Standards/Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Panasonic Corporation

Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies, July 13-15, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece; In his report on this 6th international conference, Phillip Hill summarizes papers from Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, University of Minho, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau/CEA-LETI, Hysitron, and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Interview with Micha Risling from the HDBaseT Alliance 

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; WEEE, RoHS  Greenpeace  Best Buy  Toshiba  ABI Research  Sentina  The Refinishing Touch  Westinghouse  Samsung  Sustainability Consortium, and Apple 

Display metrology news compiled by Phillip Hill; IDT, Gigahertz-Optik, Zygo, Zygo/Zemetrics, Halma/SphereOptics, Orb Optronix, and Blackmagic Design

50 Common Display Technology Misconceptions by Raymond Soneira

What is an Intellectual Property Strategy? by Bill Meade

Cable vs. Internet – the battle for eyeballs gets serious by Andy Marken

All the small things… by Fluppeteer

Global TV Market Analysis and Forecast by Jed Yune 

Color by the Numbers: The rise and fall of Chi Mei Optoelectronics by David Barnes

The financial standard…

  -- WitsView’s Market Confidence Index (MCI) 

  -- Apple continues market growth trends by Mark Fihn

The Last Word: COMPACT by Norman Hairston

Display Industry Calendar

 100 pages

Issue 38+39

Double Issue

December 15, 2009

Letter from the publisher: Driving in Palau…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: International Telecommunications Union, FCC, ETSI/European Patent Office, Wireless Home Digital Interface, Conde Nast, the Hearst Corporation, Meredith and the News Corporation, EPUB, AbleGamers Foundation, Cranberry, GCT Semiconductor, Underwriters Laboratories, Videoconferencing Lighting Performance Standard Task Group, Advanced Television Systems Committee, Open Mobile Video Coalition,  1394 Trade Association, AMIMON, DisplayLink/Targus, EPA, SMPTE, TCO, Nokia, Sharp/Samsung, CMO/Innolux, Samsung Electronics UK, Disney, CEA, Digital Tech Consulting, Universal, VESA, In-Stat, HDMI Licensing, Analog Devices, Gefen, Simplay Labs, Atlona Technologies, Kanex, STMicroelectronics/LG Display, CCID Consulting, IMS Research, iSuppli, Microtune, DisplaySearch, and Displaybank

Green Display Expo, October 27, 2009, Washington, District of Columbia; The Green Display Expo organized by Insight Media is the first event with a focus on green displays. It covers display components, panels and display-based products with the focus on the full eco-system. Phillip Hill covers presentations from Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc., WRT Associates/Insight Media, LCD TV Association, OLED Association, Waveguide Consulting, Insight Media, Kent Displays, Corning Display Technologies, Merck, Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM), National Center for Electronics Recycling, TCO, Environment Protection Agency, and US EPA Energy Star Program

Symposium on Vehicle Displays, October 15-16, 2009, Dearborn, Michigan; Phillip Hill covers presentations from iSuppli, Denso, and Display Device Consultants

OLEDs World Summit 2009, September 30 – October 1, San Francisco, California; There were a number of presentations at this Intertech/PIRA - OLED Association event relevant to green electronics or display standards. Phillip Hill covers those from AU Optronics Corporation, NIST Flat Panel Display Laboratory, and Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.

TV Ecosystem Conference, September 2, 2009, San Jose, California; In the second of two parts, this DisplaySearch-organized conference is covered by Phillip Hill with presentations from WRT Associates/Livingston Energy Innovations, Corning, Zoran Strategic Marketing, Trident Microsystems, and WHDI

SID Display Week Symposium, June 2-5, 2009, San Antonio, Texas; In this third report of three, Phillip Hill covers presentations from CH2M HILL, University of Texas, Stanford University/Microsoft, AU Optronics Technology Center, AU Optronics Inc., Nokia, University of Leeds, University of Nantes/Acreo AB, Sony Corporation/Rochester Institute of Technology, Eastman Kodak Company, Philips Research Laboratories/Technical University Eindhoven/Delft Technical University, Sharp Corporation/CIS Laboratories Inc./Rochester Institute of Technology, National Chiao Tung University/Taiwan TFT LCD Association, Panasonic Corporation/Osaka City University, Washington State University/Link Simulation & Training/Harvard Medical School, National Taiwan University, NXP Semiconductors Display Solutions, Texas Instruments, Rochester Institute of Technology, CoreFlow Ltd., NEC LCD Technologies/ELDIM, Tatung University/Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Lcoptic/Dalarna University, Industrial Technology Research Institute/National Chiao Tung University, 3M, Tohoku University, and Industrial Technology Research Institute

Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference, February 2-5, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona; Although the vast bulk of the presentations at this conference were devoted to flexible electronics and displays, a couple focused on vision inspection systems. Phillip Hill covers presentations from Northfield Automation Systems, and CyberOptics

New TCO certification for projectors announced by Clare Hobby

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker; Apple, Pike Research, Sony Ericsson, CEA/Information Technology Industry Council, Vancouver Olympics, Sainsbury’s, National Computer Recycling Act, LG Display, Johns Hopkins, ON Semiconductor, 3M Optical Systems, CEA/California Energy Commission, Energy Savings Trust, Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Insight Media, Lumenergi/WattStopper, Dell, and Samsung

Will the CEC ruling save energy, stifle innovation? by Phillip Wright

Display metrology news compiled by Mark Fihn; Pro-Lite, X-Rite, Agilent, Orb Optronix, Bruker Nano, and Glowpoint

LCD response time and motion blur by Raymond Soneira

“Is that a Zip Drive on your desk?” How Complimentary Technologies Can Succeed by Norman Hairston

Everyone follows social media… Everyone! by Andy Marken

All the small things… by Fluppeteer

Color by the Numbers: Another Bubble Bursts by David Barnes

The financial standard…

Last Word: Smart phones, eBook readers, and the “same old, same old”…by Andrew Updegrove

Display Industry Calendar

 100 pages

Issue 36+37

Double Issue

September 30, 2009

Letter from the publisher: The green-eyed monster…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: NEC Display Solutions, Silicon Mountain Holdings, Toshiba, Stewart Filmscreen, Siano, Nevion, Sorenson Media, CrestaTech, HbbTV, Aptina, Capella Microsystems, BAFO Technologies, BBC, FCC, Envivio, Mirics/NVIDIA, Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group, NXP, Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics, Tributaries Cable, Gefen, DisplayLink, IOGEAR, Anchor Bay, Atlona Technologies, NetStreams, Parade Technologies, IDT, Leadis Technology, Avago Technologies, Forge Europa, OSRAM, Cypress Semiconductor, Philips Lumileds, WirelessHD, NDS Surgical Imaging, Amulet Technologies, ENERGY STAR, THX, CEA, In-Stat, SMPTE, Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, Displaybank, NEC Electronics, Amazon, RVU Alliance, FLO Forum, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, DVB-H, Alliance Storage Technologies, Vidabox, VESA, Khronos Group, Samsung, Blackmagic Design, Motorola, MPEG/ULDAGE, CableLabs, IEC/ISO/ITU, iNEMI, IDPF,and Intel/iNEMI

TV Ecosystem Conference, September 2, 2009, San Jose, California; In the first of two parts, this DisplaySearch-organized conference is covered by Phillip Hill with presentations from Wireless Media Business, SiBEAM, Sigma, and DisplaySearch

SID Display Week Symposium, June 2-5, 2009, San Antonio, Texas; In this second report of four, Phillip Hill covers the presentations from day two of the symposium: NIST, KRISS/NIST, Samsung Electronics, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, Nokia Research Center, EuropTec USA Inc./West Virginia University, Nitto Denko Corporation, National Chiao Tung University, and TCL Corporate Research

Electronic Displays 2009 Conference, March 4-5, 2009, Nuremberg, Germany; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from this conference organized by Design&Electronik in Germany: F & S Elektronik Systeme, Epson Europe Electronics, Micronas, Lumetrix Corp./MG Optical Solutions, and Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Interview with Brett Gaines from the DiiVA Consortium

Interview with Les Chard from WHDI

TCO announces new award program: Best in class green technologies by Clare Hobby

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN, Mark Torokwa, e-Stewards, Philips High Tech Campus, Emirates Environmental Group, Ewaste Foundation, EU, Farnell, Greenpeace, Newsweek, Energy Star, Panasonic, Solar Roadways, Sprint, Westinghouse, Home Theater Specialists of America, Chris Jordan, MAD, GreenSun Energy, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, StEP, and BAN

My solar installation – a marathon not a sprint by Ross Young

The TV wars by Norbert Hildebrand

Reaching for new Light Peak display interface by Tom Rossi

Display metrology news compiled by Phillip Hill; Radiant Imaging, Datacolor, Sencore, Pantone, X-Rite, Gamma Scientific, StellarNet, Quantum Data, Imatest, Cognex, Botest Systems, Fluke, Taylor Hobson, Video Clarity, Coventry University, Westar Display Technologies, Pro-Lite, Photo Research, and Image Engineering

ICDM Update by Joe Miseli

Monochrome to Field Sequential Color (Back to the Future) by Norman Hairston

Color by the Numbers: eBooks or eMules? by David Barnes

Last Word: Digitization and the (vanishing): Arts of the Book by Andrew Updegrove

Display Industry Calendar

 102 pages

Issue 34+35

Double Issue

August 4, 2009

Letter from the publisher: “Adelina Madelina” by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: CyberLink/Intel, HDcctv Alliance, AMD, CBHD, BDA, DisplaySearch, AACS, BBC, ARM/LG Electronics, Fujitsu, ITC, Silicon Labs, PTS/Harmonic, Yankee Group, Mirics/ARM, Epson, Toshiba, Agilent Technologies, Belden, Monster, Molex, Gefen, NXG Technology, Atlona Technologies, Silicon Image, Belkin, IDT, CEA, LG Chemical, Displaybank, VIZIO/Funai, Philips, GRIFS, LG Electronics, MPEG LA, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, TCO, Khronos Group, WIPO, and DisplayLink

Korea Display Conference, June 25-26, 2009, Seoul, South Korea; Phillip Hill covers presentations from LG Electronics, and GfK China

Projection Summit, June 15-16, 2009, Orlando, Florida; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Wavien, THX, Insight Media, Radiant Imaging, and 3LCD Technology

SID Display Week Symposium, June 2-5, 2009, San Antonio, Texas; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers all the presentations from day one of the symposium: LG Display, Samsung Electronics (x3), Eldim/NEC LCD Technologies, Himax Display/Integrated Microdisplays, NASA Ames Research Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Eldim, and NIST/Lumita Inc./VCD Sciences Inc./Datacolor Inc.

SID Display Week Business Conference, June 1, 2009, San Antonio, Texas; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Intel Capital, Pixel Qi, DisplaySearch (x2), and nFlexion

DisplaySearch China FPD & HDTV Conference, May 21-22, 2009, Shenzhen, China; Phillip Hill covers presentations from STMicroelectronics, Freescale Semiconductor, Zoran Home Entertainment Division, WHDI, Synerchip, and DisplaySearch

SGIA Printed Electronics Symposium, May 5-7, 2009, Overland Park, Kansas; Phillip Hill covers presentations from REACH, EIT Instrument Markets, and BSI

FINETECH Japan, April 15-17, 2009, Tokyo, Japan; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch Japan, Deutsche Bank, iSuppli Japan, Sangyo Times (x2), Merrill Lynch, AKT, Orbotech, Nippon Leiz Corp., and AU Optronics

Electronic Displays 2009 Conference, March 4-5, 2009, Nuremberg, Germany; In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from this conference organized by Design&Electronik in Germany: VDMA-DFF, Densitron Displays, Elektrosil Systeme der Elektronik, National Semiconductor, and Data Modul

Interview with Steve Venuti from HDMI Licensing

Overview and benefits of TCO Certified Edge by Niclas Rydell

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; UKDL/Resource Efficiency KTN/Hampshire County Council, Greenpeace, RoHS, CEA, EPA, EPEAT, Sharp, Reporterlinker, University of Rochester, GE, LEDtronics, HID Laboratories, Lebelight, Datexx, LedEngin, City of Palo Alto, Philips, Toshiba, Tangent, Samsung, NextGen Research, Sheffield University, University of York, and Research Frontiers

Will AMOLED-TVs be green? by Ken Werner

Display metrology news compiled by Phillip Hill; LabSphere/Orb Optronix, Radiant Imaging, Photo Research, OPTICOM, Instrument Systems, Horiba Scientific/Genoptics, Microvision, Imatest, Westar, Dr. Schenk, Dark Field Technologies, Datacolor, X-Rite, Nanometrics, , Nanometrics/Zygo, and Video Clarity

The Wider Aspect… by Paul Butler

The Usual Aspects… by Fluppeteer

De Divina Proportione II by Mark Fihn

Color by the Numbers: From Big Glass to Small Panels by David Barnes

The Next Generation of Television by Dale Cripps

The Last Word: Stereo, wherefore art thou? Is there a conspiracy? by Jon Peddie

Display Industry Calendar

 104 pages

Issue 33

June 11, 2009

Letter from the publisher: Standards dump…by Mark Fihn; Commentaries about a variety of standards-related topics: The death of PDP, The rise of the touch-screen, Life without a mobile phone, The digital switchover, Will VESA survive the DisplayPort fiasco?, Price fixing, LED TVs, Specsmanship and color, 16:9, and 21:9

Display-related standards news: Monster, In-Stat, AMD, Sorenson Media, CoreEL Technologies, TI/Radvision, Gennum, Intel Visual Computing Institute, HDMI, PPC, Gefen, Dell, Source R&D, Analogix, NXP, Parade Technologies, Displaybank, Quixel Research, DisplaySearch, DisplayLink, Georgia Institute of Technology/Microsoft Research, WitsView, NEC Electronics, CBHD, LonMark International, CEA, ATSC, and InFocus

Image Sensors Europe 2009, March 24-26, 2009, London, England, Phillip Hill covers two presentations from this Intertech/PIRA conference relevant to display standards: Harvest Imaging and the BBC

DisplaySearch HDTV Conference, September 15-17, 2008, Los Angeles, California, In this third report, Phillip Hill covers a handful of presentations dealing with “Tru2way” from Update Logic, Ensequence, Panasonic, and Samsung

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; Dell, Total Environment Centre, 3M, HP, IEEE, Pike Research, One Laptop Per Child, NEC Display Solutions, eMagin, Universal Display, LCD TV Association, Sharp, OSRAM, Mechdyne, Energy Star, and Steinel

Display metrology news: Hamamatsu Photonics, Agilent Technologies, ELDIM, Datacolor, Image Engineering, Mentor Graphics, Quantum Data, and LeCroy 

Bits from the Professor…by Alfred Poor

Someone pays – even for the “free lunch” by Andy Marken

Killing the Cockroach… by Andrew Updegrove; The incredibly illogical, fundamentally odious – but seemingly ineradicable – billable hour

The juggernaut picks up speed by Pete Putman; Commentary about HDMI 1.4 and the seemingly insurmountable positioning of HDMI in the market

The financial standard… by Mark Fihn and WitsView;  Apple vs. Dell; WitsView’s Market Confidence Index (MCI)

Last Word: Has Samsung given up on LCD TV? by Mark Schutter

Display Industry Calendar

60 pages

Issue 32

April 29, 2009

Letter from the publisher: Multiple musings about standards…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Adobe, DiiVA Consortium, HDMI, Atlona, Gefen, Monster/RedMere, California Micro Devices, Celeno Communications, Chrontel, Quantum Parametrics, Vitesse, Envivio, LG, Axis Communications, Motorola/Time Warner Cable, Tandberg Television, Lenovo, Harmonic, Sarnoff, D-Link, Fujitsu/NTT DoCoMo, Toshiba, California Energy Commission, Futuresource Consulting, Warner Bros., CyberLink, Panasonic/Philips/Sony, Lionsgate, Nokia, Intel/Psion, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Visible Light Communications Consortium, Ecma International, Philips/LG Display, CIPA, Khronos Group, Samsung, Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, DisplaySearch, Displaybank, Gartner, In-Stat, ABI Research, and the Society for Information Display

Image Sensors Europe 2009, March 24-26, 2009, London, England, Phillip Hill covers two presentations from this Intertech/PIRA conference relevant to display standards: Harvest Imaging and the BBC

DisplaySearch US FPD Conference, March 2-4, 2009, La Jolla, California, Mark Fihn covers a session entitled “Mini-Notes: Cannibal or Market Creator?” with presentations by DisplaySearch, Intel, Dell, and Sony; and a session entitled “Evolving Definition of Desktop Monitors” featuring presentations by DisplaySearch, HP, ViewSonic, and DisplayLink. Bob Raikes from Meko covers sessions about the TVs, including presentations from NPD, Vizio, Macrovision, Blockbuster, Universal Studios, DisplaySearch, Dolby, Sharp, and Mitsubishi

DisplayMate Motion Bitmaps Edition by Raymond Soneira

TCO launches new display standards by Niclas Rydell

Green electronics round-up: In addition to the regular news and commentary, Keith Baker offers a sadly fascinating insider’s story about e-waste disposal in the UK. News about green electronics from: The WEEE Directive, Dell, Microsoft, Best Buy, Spranq, OIDA, Sharp, Pixel Qi, ROHM, Samsung, LG, Cricket, Consumer Reports, EPA, River Glow, Ricoh, Clear Channel Communications/CBS Outdoor/Lamar Advertising, Marieke Staps, USHIO, Bristol University, Lejigh University, Optomec, LG Display, Toshiba, IKEA, DOE, and Philips

California’s HDTV power consumption legislation by Ken Werner

The financial standard

   -- HP continues to gain PC market share…Dell continues to give it up by Mark Fihn

   -- WitsView’s Market Confidence Index (MCI)

Beyond the 3-minute call…business, entertainment or cool by Andy Marken

Last Word: The standard TV set by Norman Hairston

Display Industry Calendar

78 pages

Issue 30+31

Double Issue

February 16, 2009

Letter from the publisher: De Divina Proportione: The evolution of aspect ratios...by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: NEC Electronics America, Samsung, Hauppauge, LG/Xceive, Valens, Panasonic/Comcast, In-Stat, Silicon Image, Gefen, Simplay Labs, Silicon Image/Analogix, DVIGear/Gennum, HDMI Licensing, Accell, PPC, Celeno/Cavium Networks, Apple, InFocus/DisplayLink, DisplayLink/HP, DisplayLink/Samsung, DiiVA Consortium, Oregan Networks, CEA, Displaybank, MIC, DisplaySearch, FCC, Golden Signals, ITU, SiBEAM, WirelessHD Consortium, IEEE, OMVC, Green Plug, MIPI Alliance, Mixel/Northwest Logic, Axis Communications, Mirics, FlexiTV/NorDig, CP/ Sharp/LG Display, Pony/Canyon, SNL Kagan, Honestech, SEMI PV Group, ISO/IEC JTC, Panasonic, and SENSIO Technologies

Meko/DisplaySearch Display Forum 2008, November 4-5, Düsseldorf, Germany; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers this joint conference with presentations from Lenovo, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and EPEAT

SID Mobile Displays Conference 2008, September 23-24, San Diego, California; Phillip Hill covers the standards aspects with presentations from iSuppli, Samsung SDI, AMD, California Micro Devices, and Nokia

DisplaySearch HDTV Conference, September 15-17, 2008, Los Angeles, California; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from DTVAnswers, LG Electronics USA, Audiovox Accessories Corporation, and Xceive

Displaybank Korea Display Conference, July 2-4, 2008, Seoul, South Korea; Phillip Hill covers talks from AUO, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, 3M Optical Systems, and Samsung SDI

SID Display Week 2008 Symposium, May 20-23, Los Angeles, California; In this third report of three, Phillip Hill covers the pick of the poster sessions with presentations from Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, National Chiao Tung University, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc./Tokai University, Korea University/ i-components, Otsuka Electronics, Industrial Technology Research Institute/ISUZU Optics Corp., Tatung University/Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Eldim, and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health/FIMI/Philips

Interview with Nicole Helsberg from ESAC

Viewing angle and spectral characterization of LCDs and their components by Pierre Boher

Background information for the LCD shoot-out by Raymond Soneira; Comparison of Top-of-the-Line Flagship Models from Samsung, Sharp and Sony and Mid-Line models from LG, Samsung and Sony

Display metrology news: Phabrix Fuji TV/Tektronix, Labsphere/Otsuka, ORA, Tektronix/SureWest, Ocean Thin Films, and DisplayMate

Green electronics round-up compiled by Keith Baker with additional material by Phillip Hill; EU Directives, One Laptop Per Child, Vodafone Ireland, Indian OLPC, Washington State, Oregon, California, Lenovo, Purdue University, Dell, Greenpeace, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, Energy Star, IEEE, DisplaySearch, Sharp, Sony,and EPA

IPC Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, July 16-17, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this third report of three, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Benchmark Electronics, University of Massachusetts, and Intel

Green technology in flat panel displays by David Hsieh

The financial standard… by Mark Fihn and WitsView

Innovation, partnership, and death: new economics of HDTV semiconductors by Christian Prusia

Westinghouse and Vizio bemoan ATSC license fees by Aldo Cugnini

Active Optical Cables Market Report 2009 by Tom Rossi

BD – defining the definition of HighDef by Andy Marken

Last Word: The other side of the recession by Norman Hairston

Display Industry Calendar

120 pages

Issue 28+29

Double Issue

December 22, 2008

Letter from the publisher: Christmas lights…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: In-Stat, Sanyo. Sharp. Memorex. Technicolor. Sony. Blockbuster. Toshiba. Warner Home Video. Microsoft. Pioneer. SiTune. Freeview. Broadcom. Cidana/Siano. Panasonic. Tensilica. Microtune. NECEL. Envivio. On2 Technologies. Onsemi. Boston University. Rockwell Collins. SISVEL. CEA. ATSC. Mobile DTV Alliance. ITU. CIPA. Screen Research. HP. Taiyo Yuden. Silicon Image. Gefen. Atlona Technologies. Chrontel. Lighthouse. Omron. ASUS. Parade Technologies. CPT/ IDT. Acer/DisplayLink. DisplayLink. DisplayLink/Mitsubishi. Nanovision. MCCI. RGB Spectrum, DisplaySearch, ABI Research, Display Insights, WSGF, Samsung, EIZO, AMD/The Khronos Group, CMD/MIPI, Mixel, NIST, EPA, Snell & Wilcox, and Orbotech

Meko/DisplaySearch Display Forum 2008, November 4-5, Düsseldorf, Germany: In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers this joint conference with presentations from Meko, Panasonic Marketing Europe, Sony Europe, Tvonics Solution, and EBU Technical

LIGHTSHIFT: LED Solutions Mean Business, September 24, Toronto, Ontario: Phillip Hill covers this meeting on LED signage and lighting applications with presentations from Thomas & Betts, LED Solutions, Raku Corporation, National LED Direct Corporation, greenTbiz, and LED Systems

DisplaySearch HDTV Conference, September 15-17, Los Angeles, California: In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, ICF International, Plasma Display Coalition, 3M Optical Systems Division, THX, and Sezmi Corporation

ANSI Open Forum for Standards Developers, June 24, Washington, D.C.: In this report, Karl Best offers his impressions of the talks at the June Standards Developers Forum put on annually by ANSI

Insight Media Projection Summit 2008, June 16-17, Las Vegas, Nevada: In this report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Radiospire Networks, Luxtera, and DisplayLink

DisplaySearch TV Supply Chain Conference, June 5-6, San Diego, California: Phillip Hill covers presentations from NOVA Chemicals, AMD, and Zoran Corporation

SID Display Week 2008 Symposium, May 20-23, Los Angeles, California: In this second report of three, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Novatek Microelectronics, Intel, Samsung Electronics/Anapas Inc/NEC Electronics Corporation, Seoul National University/Samsung Electronics, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, Marvell Semiconductor Inc, Sharp Labs of America, and University of California

SID Mid Europe Chapter Spring Meeting 2008, March 13-14, Jena, Germany: Phillip Hill covers this meeting held jointly with Fraunhofer IOF. Presentations from Eldim and Instrument Systems

Multispectral viewing angle characterization of LCDs and their components by Pierre Boher

Display metrology news: Pro-Lite, X-Rite, Video Clarity, LeCroy, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, PHABRIX, ESI/Zygo, Labsphere/Otsuka, Konica Minolta, Symmetricom, Instrument Systems, Gamma Scientific, Agilent Technologies, Tektronix, OmniTek, Ocean Optics, Quantum Data, Radiant Imaging, and Agilent Technologies/Quantum Data

Green electronics round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: Basel Action Network, CEA, RoHS, Energy using Products Directive, European Union Energy Labelling Directive, Brunel University, GE, Computer Equipment Recycling Program, Dell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Attero Recycling, SON/(CPN, EIZO, Sharp, Intematix, BenQ, AU Optronics, 3M, Lenovo, Freescale/Samsung Electronics, Nittoh, ReCellular, The Green Grid, Fairchild, Barack Obama, Good for You, Good for the Planet, Texas A&M University/University of Houston, Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies/ONEXIM/Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant, Tred Displays/SemaSys, ANEC/BEUC, RoHS/WEEE, Sony, UL, and Greenpeace

IPC Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, July 16-17, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this second report of three, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Design Chain Associates, DuPont, Allen & Overy, and IPC

Off-axis color performance “surprisingly poor” by Aldo Cugnini

Critical features evolving into more affordable luxuries in US LCD TV market by Tom Lo

A year of realignment, reassessment, repositioning by Andy Marken

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection revision 2.0

The financial standard: Apple continues to do well in the computer market ; WitsView MCI

The Last Word: Increasing LCD transmissivity – key to lower costs by Charles Annis

Display Industry Calendar

106 pages

Issue 26+27

Double Issue

September 21, 2008

Letter from the publisher: Waiting for DisplayPort…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Samsung, HP, ATSC, LG/Samsung, Adobe/Open Screen Project, NIST, Apple, Toshiba, Orbotech/Photon Dynamics, SCHOTT, Video Clarity, NXP, GAO, NEC Electronics, Ofcom, S3 Graphics, Sony, Mirics, Qpixel, ThinkNavi/RMI, Intellon, Malata, AMD, TransferJet Consortium, Khronos Group, Kaleidescape, Open Network Video Interface Forum, Siano, World Trade Organization, Tektronix, Ambric, Quantum, Harmonic, Hauppauge, ON Semiconductor, China Digital TV/ViXS Systems, NIST, GCT Semiconductor, Pioneer, InPhase, DIVA Consortium, Best Buy, Shanghai United Optical Disc, Belkin, 1394 Trade Association, IEEE, WHDI, Pulse~LINK, Avogadro Project, Toshiba, ZeeVee, W3C, GETAC, CEA, Samsung/Polaroid/Westinghouse, WirelessHD, Orb Optronix, OMVC, Digital UK, LCCR, NBC, IMS Research, EMA, ABI Research, Futuresource, Harris, DisplaySearch, GfK, Quixel Research, IPTV, HP/DreamWorks, Gefen/TZero, Gefen, NXP, ASUS, Panasonic, Analogix/Silicon Image, NuVo, Monster Cable, Microsoft, Integra, Denon, Anchor Bay, AOC, Analog Devices/Hitachi, Silicon Image, ATEN, Sony/DisplayLink, Linear, SVSi, DisplayLink/LG, StarTech.com, InFocus/DisplayLink, ASUS/DisplayLink, and Kensington/DisplayLink

DisplaySearch China FPD Conference, September 4-5, 2008, Shanghai, China; Presentations given by DisplaySearch, Lenovo, Intel, 3M, and LG Display

DisplaySearch TV Supply Chain Conference, June 5-6, 2008, San Diego, California; Presentations from SRS Labs, LCD TV Association, DisplaySearch, Dolby Labs, and Emo Labs

SID Display Week 2008 Symposium, May 20-23, Los Angeles, California; Presentations from Display-Metrology & Systems, Sun Microsystems, Autronic-Melchers, LG Display, Corning, Southeast University/Philips Consumer Lifestyle/Philips Research Laboratories, R2D Technology, Advanced PDP Development Center Corporation, University of Colorado/Invitrogen/Molecular Probes, and Technolox/LINTEC

Display drivers and interface techniques, April 17, 2008, Stevenage, UK; Presentations from CDT, Epson Europe, Fraunhofer Institute, Sitronix, UCL, and ZBD

Interview with Roman Maisch from Merck KGaA

Interview with Phil Downen from Westar

Matte vs. glossy displays by Michael Becker

Display metrology news: Westar, Optronic Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, ELDIM, X-Rite, Pantone, Horiba Jobin Yvon, Botest Systems, Cine-tal Systems, Gamma Scientific, Video Clarity, ITWorks, Konica Minolta, Ocean Optics, Instrument Systems, Pro-Lite, NexTechFAS, and Veeco

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: World Computer Exchange, Greenpeace, DFSK, IGEL Technology/UMSICHT, EPA, House Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, PartStore, Nissan, Green Grid, Dell, HP, Samsung, Sharp, JVC, Sony, LG, Best Buy, LED City Initiative, Bridgelux, OSRAM, Electronics TakeBack Coalition, Avago Technologies, O2Micro, University of California at Irvine, ProAction Media, Linde Group, and ITRI

IPC Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, July 16-17, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Tyco Electronics, Lenovo, Consumer Electronics Association, HDP User Group International, SGS, Sun Microsystems, and Indium Corporation

Will your content change with the Internet weather? by Andy Marken

How many humans does it take to judge video quality? by Bill Reckwerdt

The financial standard: Happy Apple – Dell Hell by Mark Fihn and MCI by WitsView

The Last Word: Blu-ray is king by Ken Werner

Display Industry Calendar

118 pages

Issue 24+25

Double Issue

May 16, 2008

Letter from the publisher: Ultima, color IQ, “versatility”, DismayPort, and 16:9…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Display Week 2008,Digital View, Dupont, Endicott Research Group, Epson, Five Star Technologies, Global Lighting Technologies, LG Display, Microsemi, Microvision, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Pavonine, RPO, Samsung Electronics, Sharp Microelectronics, UniPixel, Vertex, Wacom, ICDM, Analogix, Gefen, ASUS, TranSwitch, S3 Graphics, Sony, Onkyo, Greenhouse, Fujitsu, HDMI, Dell, DisplayPort, VESA, Molex, Agilent Technologies, Analogix, IDT, AMD, Parade Technologies, Efficere, DisplayLink, InFocus/DisplayLink, Samsung, ENERGY STAR, HomeGrid Forum, CIE/ISO/IEC, ISO/IEEE, Commerce Department, FCC, Nintendo, Apple, Toshiba, Insight Research, USITC, DTTB, Westar, Iomega, Acer/Portrait Displays, Acer, Hamamatsu, 1394 Trade Association, Digital Watermarking Alliance, HiRISE, DCI, Digital UK, DivX, Bluewin, EIA/JGPSSI, Dolby/SIM2, CITEL/DVB, FLO Forum, SIPO, EPA, ISO, Open IPTV Forum, International Digital Publishing Forum, Testronic Labs, Khronos Group, Mobile DTV Alliance, MPEG LA, ABI Research/Bernstein Research, Sony, Microsoft, Interpret, BD-Live, Strategy Analytics, China HD-DVD, Gateway, CyberLink, Newport Media, Discretix/VisualOn/Axel Technologies, SEMI, SMPTE/EBU, Panasonic, OMVC, World Intellectual Property Organization, PacketVideo, Samsung, Imagination Technologies, Sharp, Agilent Technologies, NXP, Saigant Technologies, Best Buy, Fraunhofer, Ambric/MainConcept, AOptix Technologies, Silicon Laboratories, NTT Electronics, ABI Research, Philips, Broadcast International, HP/DreamWorks, Tokyo Electron Device, A-VSB Initiative, Magnum Semiconductor, Kulabyte, ICO, Cine-tal, Technicolor/CinemaNow, ATEME, and Inlet Technologies

1st Annual JPR IDTV Conference, May 14, Taipei, Taiwan: Several of the sessions at the IDTV Conference were panel discussions where participants responded to questions from both a session moderator and from the audience. In this section, Mark Fihn summarizes three of these discussions which featured panelists from Micronas, Digital TV Labs, Fresco Microchip, Analog Devices, Trident, Rambus, NXP, ARM, Portrait Display, AnySource Media, and RallyPoint Systems.

2008 Electronics Recycling Summit, April 9-10, Las Vegas, Nevada: This event was co-sponsored by ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries). Phillip Hill covers presentations from Best Buy, Decisions & Agreements, Elliot Maxwell, EPA Office of Solid Waste, Green Electronics Council, MaSeR Corporation, and Metech International, Monitex, MSS, Recellular, and Global Investment Recovery

10th Annual DisplaySearch US FPD Conference, March 11-13, 2008, La Jolla, California: Phillip Hill’s report covers presentations from AMIMON, DisplayLink, Europe TV Research, Genesis Microchip, Radiospire, and SiBeam

DisplayForum 2007, November 14-15, Prague, Czech Republic: Phillip Hill’s second report on this Meko-organized event covers presentations from NXP Semiconductors, Telecom Italia Lab, and Nokia

SID Display Applications Conference, October 23-25, San Francisco, California: Phillip Hill’s second report from this newly-named conference focused on the engineering aspect of applications covers presentations from NIST and NEC

10th Asian Symposium on Information Display, August 2-3, Singapore: Phillip Hill, in this second of two reports, covers presentations from ITRI, Nanyang Technological University/Singapore Polytechnic, Japan Science & Technology Agency, and R2D Technology Inc

SID announces 2008 Display of the Year Awards

Interview with Tom Miller, executive director of SID

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach’s tutorial about displays and ambient light

Specsmanship: the artistry of sugarcoating performance specifications by Michael Becker

Display metrology news: Lumita, Agilent Technologies, Agilent Technologies/Quantum Data, Sarnoff, X-Rite, National Instruments, microLEX Systems, SphereOptics, BERTScope, VI Technology, Sarnoff, Allion, Basler, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Tektronix, Labsphere, OPTICOM, ELDIM, Ocean Optics, X-Rite/Pantone, Zygo, Konica Minolta, OmniTek, Microvision, LightTools, EuP, Pixelmetrix, Pro-Lite, Optikos, Lord Sainsbury

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: EnerLume Energy Management, nVidia, HP/WWF Climate Savers, AUO, Lenovo, Dell, CEA, LumiLeds, Delta, Philips Lighting/Echelon, OptoElectronix, TPO, Electronic Recyclers International, State of New Jersey, LCD TV Association, ANSI, EU Commission, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Greenpeace, Nielsen, National Center for Electronics Recycling, IBM, Christoph Klemmt, Queensland University of Technology, Tom Lawton, GE, Foster + Partners, Geotectura, Duggan Morris Architects,

Internet Protocol TV by Rodolfo La Maestra

High def TV is in the eye of the beholder by Andy Marken

What hath Sony wrought? by Ken Werner

The financial standard: by WitsView

More LCD TV using LCD monitor panels by David Hsieh

The Last Word: Steve Jobs’ endangered second act by Andrew Updegrove

Display Industry Calendar

136 pages

Issue 22+23

Double Issue

January 28, 2008

Letter from the publisher: RED and Blu… by Mark Fihn

  •  Seeing RED…

  •  Dell’s new DisplayPort monitor; oh yeah, HDMI too…

  •  Crystal

  •  DisplayPort at CES

  •  New DVI/HDMI report from In-Stat

  •  Seeing Blu…

Display-related standards news: USB 3.0 Promoter Group, Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Tektronix/Intel, Gore/Quellan, Luxtera, Sharp, Wal-Mart, 1394 Trade Association, Hitachi/Canon/Matsushita, Siano, Samsung, QuickPlay Media, ICO/Alcatel-Lucent, Sony, LG Electronics, BBC, Warner Bros, Sigma Designs/Sharp, Toshiba, Ritek, Microsoft, Addonics, Verbatim, MPEG LA, New Medium Enterprises, OLPC, Intel/OLPC, Imagination Technologies, Sunplus/Ocean Blue, 3LCD, Sigma/Gennum, Mobilygen/Cypress, DisplayLink, DisplayLink/Alereon/Kensington/LG/Samsung/Toshiba, Gefen, DisplayMate, BOE Technology Group/SVA Electron/Longteng, Broadcom, Bang & Olufsen, Adobe, WirelessHD, SiBEAM, Rice University, Sony Pictures Television, SPIE, EU Commission, Digital UK, EPC, SISVEL, IPC, I3A, Underwriters Laboratories, HANA, NFC Forum, SMPTE, Panasonic/THX, THX, THX/Portrait Displays, Fujitsu, Silicon Image, Simplay Labs, Ethereal, Gefen/Pulse~LINK, ST Micro, RedMere Technology, HDMI Licensing, OnChip Devices, California Micro Devices, Analogix, Parade Technologies, Jorge Contreras, Panasonic, and Analog Devices.

DisplayForum 2007, November 14-15, Prague, Czech Republic: Phillip Hill’s first report on this Meko-organized event covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Meko, EMEA, European Broadcasting Union, and Witbe

SID Display Applications Conference, October 23-25, San Francisco, US: Phillip Hill’s first report from this newly-named conference focused on the engineering aspect of applications covers presentations from ABCD Technology, Sun Microsystems, and Azonix Corporation

10th Asian Symposium on Information Display, August 2-3, Singapore: Phillip Hill, in this first of two reports, covers presentations from Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Institute of Precision Engineering, and National Chiao Tung University

DisplaySearch 5th Annual HDTV Conference, October 10-11, Los Angeles, California: In this edition, we include Mark Fihn’s notes from the various panel discussions held during the event, during which numerous views about standards-related topics were shared and debated. A session about next-generation DVD included comments from the NPD Group, the Blu-ray Promotion Group, Warner Bros, Paramount, Microsoft, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and Disney Home Entertainment. A second panel discussion included comments about the outlook for HD gaming from Wedbush Morgan Securities, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and Microsoft. A third session discussed advances in display technology with DisplaySearch, Texas Instruments, Pioneer, and Dolby Labs.

SID 2007 Symposium and Exhibition, May 20-25, Long Beach, California: In this fourth and final report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Sharp Labs of America, Southeast University/Philips Consumer Electronics/Technical University Delft, Eldim, and Qualcomm

Interview with Martin Hojsik from Greenpeace

Interview with Tim Wong of NOVA Chemicals

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach’s tutorial about displays and ambient light

Display metrology news: Gefen, Hamamatsu, Video Clarity, ZYGO, University College London, Opnext, 4D Technology, Agilent/Allion, Symmetricom, Shimadzu, Labsphere, Konica Minolta, Radiant Imaging, ISO/IEC, Ocean Optics, Huge Winners/Ocean Optics, NDI, Tektronix, Quantum Data, and Photon Dynamics

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: Sony, Norway-RoHS, NGO Forum, CTIA, NEW, Laura Caulwell, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, EuP, IBM/Sony/Nokia, Apple, The Wireless Source, ReCellular, Consumer Electronics Show, American Consumer Institute, Forrester Research, Wireless Source, Philips, Green Electronics Council,

Channel Intelligence/Green Electronics Council

TV energy specification nears final approval by Phillip Hill

International metrology standards for reflective LCDs by Jürgen Laur

LCD specs playing with your eyes by Rodolfo La Maestra

Whole home audio and video switching with HDMI by Vaughn Petraglia

Pixel bits… by Fluppeteer

TV Tune addresses HDTV confusion and frustration by Martin Fishman

Some thoughts on color space by Aldo Cugnini

The financial standard:

  •  Market cycles… by Bruce Berkoff

  •  Apple gains momentum in the computer market… by Mark Fihn

  •  STMicroelectronics acquires Genesis Microchip

  •  WitsView Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: A very Merry Christmas for Nintendo… by Pete Gamby

Display Industry Calendar

120 pages

November 4, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Mastery or mystery: 16:9 panels in notebook PCs? by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Georgia Institute of Technology, USB 3.0 Promoters Group, JPEG XR, Silicon Photonics Alliance, AACS, World Standards Day, SMPTE/EBU, MPEG LA, Entone, Fujitsu, Khronos Group, IDPF, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, FLO Forum, ITU, DVB, IBM/Second Life, EPCglobal, Genoa Color, DLNA, Pace Micro Technology, CEA, Zoran, Micronas, D-Link/DivX, Best Buy, Micro Device Display Consortium, DCI, FIPS/Dolby Digital Cinema, Dolby/Philips, USPTO, WIPO, KIPO

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: InPhase/Bayer, NME, DVDCCA, CH-DVD, Matsushita, Blu-ray Disc Association, LG, Samsung, Home Media Research, MPEG LA, Toshiba, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Wal-Mart/Best Buy, Advanced Interactivity Consortium, Microsoft

Digital display interface news and commentary: Digital Content Protection/DisplayPort, DisplaySearch, CPT, ViewSonic, Dell, Gateway, Fujitsu Siemens, NEC, Hannspree, Eizo, Samsung, Shuttle, Chrontel, Quantum Data, HDMI Licensing, Simplay HD/Gefen, Simplay Labs, Gefen, Monster, Honeywell, OPPO Digital

Follow-up interview with Joe Lee from Silicon Image

CEA HDMI/HDCP PlugFest, October 28-November 2, Milpitas, California: Over the course of a week, the Consumer Electronics Association hosted a PlugFest in connection with HDMI and HDCP interoperability and performance. As part of the event, HDMI Licensing made a presentation that Mark Fihn summarizes here.

2007 North America DVD Conference, October 9, Los Angeles, California: Mark Fihn covers some of the presentations and discussions from the North America DVD Conference. Talks covered were given by Toshiba, Warner Bros., Sonic Solutions, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Entertainment, Technicolor, and Microsoft. 

DisplaySearch 5th Annual HDTV Conference, October 10-11, Los Angeles, California: Results from some of the topical interactive audience polling used at the event. 

Intel Developer Forum, September 18-20, San Francisco 

The needs and challenges of the $100 laptop computer, September 12, Austin, Texas: Mark Fihn covers presentations and discussions from the September meeting of the SID Texas Chapter about the OLPC program featuring talks from AMD, Renato Archer Research Center, Intel, and CMO

SID 2007 Symposium and Exhibition, May 20-25, Long Beach, California: In this third report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Barco, NIST, Westar Display Technologies, LG.Philips LCD, Genoa Color Technologies, and Display-Metrology Systems

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach tutorial about displays and ambient light

Display metrology news: Unigraf, DVD Acquisition And Development Group, X-Rite, X-Rite/Pantone, Yokogawa, Pixelmetrix, Photal, Image Engineering, Labsphere, LeCroy, Danaher/Tektronix, Micronic, OPTICOM, Imatest, Integral Vision, Datacolor, AUTRONIC-MELCHERS, Agilent Technologies, and Video Clarity/Sarnoff

Display certification in today’s HDTV market by Pat Dunn

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Sony, RoHS, Greenpeace, Chatsworth Communications, The Green Grid, World Bank Group, Dell, China Communications Standards Association, NCEL, International Carbon Action Partnership, ISO, ANSI, CEA, CIE, ZBD, IPC, JEDEC, and Chris Jordan

Would the iPhone be free of poisons if it was printed? by Peter Harrop

Rants and ramblings about video standards… by Fluppeteer

A-VSB – Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band: Part 3 – impact analysis by Rodolfo La Maestra

The financial standard: by WitsView

The Last Word: Words, standards and torture – what’s in a name? by Andrew Updegrove

Display Industry Calendar

92 pages

August 23, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Dingle, Dangle, Dongle…by Mark Fihn

HDMI Special Supplement

  +  HDMI emerges as successful interface by Brian O’Rourke

  +  HDMI and DisplayPort - reconciling views by Rodolfo La Maestra

  +  Backwards compatibility and forward thinking by Fluppeteer

  +  Interview with Joe Lee from Silicon Image

  +  Interview with David Auld from Zoran

  +  Interview with Nick Merz from OQO

  +  HDMI-related news: HDMI Licensing, Tektronix, Pace Micro Technology, Microsoft, Toshiba, BenQ, Asus, OPPO, Sony, Shuttle, BTC, Onkyo, Vativ, Accell, NXP, IOGEAR, Gefen, Monster, TTL, RedMere/Fairchild Semiconductor, VESA, Parade Technologies, Intel/Parade Technologies, Agilent Technologies

Display-related standards news: FLO Forum, DVB-H, Sharp/Samsung, TÜV, Microsoft/JPEG, EBU, JPEG 2000, SPEC, Ecma, SEMI, USPTO, Open Mobile Video Coalition, Open Mobile Alliance, CEA, USPTO/Japan Patent Office, Symmetricom/Genista, German Flat Panel Display Forum, Adobe, USDC/NIST, World Standards Day, Allion, Intel/OLPC, DCP/Tzero, Pulse-LINK/Tzero, DisplayLink/LG, WIPO

SID 2007 Symposium and Exhibition, May 20-25, Long Beach, California, Phillip Hill covers presentations from TMD, US AFRL, National Chiao Tung University, and Sony

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach tutorial about displays and ambient light

Display metrology news: Photon Dynamics/Salvador Imaging, Joe Kane, NexTech Solutions/FAS Technologies, Richardson Electronics Healthcare, Integral Vision, Microvision, Genoa/Mitsubishi/Samsung, Glen Spectra, Basler, Image Engineering, HDT, Tektronix/CESI

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: Greenpeace, Apple, WEEE, EPEAT, EnergyStar, EPA, EverLED, RPC Photonics, Greenlight Concepts, NCER, Philips, The Green Grid, Epson Imaging Devices, Ceravision, Motorola/Nokia, Sony, AUO, Google, FEMP, CIE, Energy Star

Qualcomm mired in continuing legal battles by Aldo Cugnini

The home network/entertainment connection is… easy by Andy Marken

A-VSB: Advanced-Vestigial Side-Band Part 2 – the implementation by Rodolfo La Maestra

SID ICDM activity by Joe Miseli

The financial standard: by WitsView

The Last Word: Where to participate by Karl Best

Display Industry Calendar

84 pages

June 18, 2007

Letter from the publisher: To be precise…by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: NIST, Korea Display Industry Association, IEEE, DVB-H/ISDB-T/T-DMB/FLO Forum/ATSC, ISAN-IA, HANA, In-Stat, TCO, Apple, Siemens, Xponent Photonics, DisplayLink, Gefen, Sony, HDMI, VESA, LG Electronics, Samsung, Viewsonic, Sceptre, SOTEC, I-O Data, Eizo Nanao, Dell, HP, Sony, Zepto, Toshiba, Mouse Computer, Alienware, Moneual, Projectiondesign, Chrontel, IOGEAR, VizionWare, USPTO, SEMI, OGC, WIPO/ASIPI talk on intellectual property, TIA, MPEG LA, ECMA, DigitalUK, IEEE, Samsung/Simplay, JVC/Simplay, DCP, CEA, DCI/CineCert, CDMB, ATSC, Blackmagic Design, AACS LA, ANSI, IBM, 1394, FCC, and NHK

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: HD-DVD Promotional Group, Hitachi, Okoro, HP, TMDisplay, Toshiba, Sony, InPhase, and NME

SID 2007 Symposium and Exhibition, May 20-25, Long Beach, California: In this first report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from ITRI/National Tsing Hua University; AFRL Visual Research Lab; Link Simulation and Training et al; and Southeast University/Philips

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on ambient light and its impact on image quality

Display metrology news: Silicon Optix, Pixelfantastic/OmniTek, 3LCD, CIE, MICROVISION, Hinds Instruments, Tektronix, IET, Image Engineering, Labsphere, Pixelmetrix, Optronic Laboratories, Quantum Data, Hamamatsu, Photon Dynamics/Salvador, Agilent Technologies, ELDIM, Westar, Luna Technologies, Datacolor, and Integral Vision

Scar Tissue – A problem attacking a DVD to the television by Fluppeteer

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: Foreign Policy, EIA, Electronics Recyclers, Rapra Technology, Intel/One Laptop Per Child, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Silicon offsetting, General Electric, IIChE, Gartner, National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, and Hi-Tech Wealth, 

Blue is here to stay by Andy Marken

A-VSB: Advanced Vestigial Side-Band by Rodolfo La Maestra

What’s the difference between a fighter jet and a sports car? by Ken Vassie

Migration of the FPDM group to the ICDM committee by Joe Miseli

The financial standard: by Mark Fihn

  + Genesis Microchip and Silicon Image financial comparison

  + Dell’s woes continue

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: SOS by Karl Best

Display Industry Calendar

60 pages

April 21, 2007

Letter from the publisher: In memory of a friend…by Mark Fihn

Veritas et Visus at SID 2007: Visit us at Booth #1932

Display-related standards news: VitalBook, Texas Instruments, Digital Television Transition Coalition, Microsoft, MPEG LA, SID, MainConcept, Open IPTV Forum, USPTO, Khronos/Web3D, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut/VPIsystems, Dolby Laboratories, DVB-T, EICTA, EPCglobal, CIE/CIPM, CIE, ISO, IEC/ISO/ITU, Digital UK, ATSC, Motorola/AMIMON, SMPTE, SPWG, Sonic Solutions, Toshiba/DisplayLink, Envivio, IDPF, DLNA, JEITA, Blackmagic Design, FPDM, NPL, and Sharp

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: News from: Samsung, AACS, HP, Dell, Toshiba, Memphile, Ikegami/InPhase, Panasonic/InPhase, Maxell/iVDR, Yokogawa/Fujitsu, and Sharp

HDMI/DisplayPort follow-up: Mark Fihn reviews inputs and news related to our supplement about HDMI in the PC market and the efforts by DisplayPort promoters to establish their fledgling specification

     • HDMI is a moving target

     • “Consumers do not like dongles”

     • DisplayPort is taking way too long and is “going to be a big headache”

     • Dell is divided

     • DisplayPort is NOT royalty-free

     • DisplayPort abandons “open” development process

     • HDMI continues rapid adoption rate

Interview with Eileen Robarge from Luxtera

DisplayLink – easy multi-monitor setup by Jon Peddie

LG and Harris up the ante for mobile DTV by Aldo Cugnini

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on viewing angle and its impact on image quality (part 3)

Display metrology news: News from: Pantone, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Integral Vision, Datacolor, ASTRODESIGN, K-WILL, Eldim, Quantum Data, Unigraf, Tektronix, Radiant Imaging, Video Clarity, OmniTek, Photo Research, X-Rite, Leader Instruments, and Media Cybernetics

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment from DTI, UK Environment Agency, UK Research Council, StEP, NRDC, Toxics Link, ISESE, Electronics Yorkshire, ANSI, Centre for Waste Management, NEMA, Greenpeace, Lenovo, Best Buy, Walmart, Environment Canada, NEC, Green Grid Consortium, EPA/CSC, Earth Day

The financial standard: Dell’s executive level shake-ups (updated commentary) by Mark Fihn

WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Testing implementations by Karl Best

Display Industry Calendar

53 pages

February 26, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Interface off… by Mark Fihn

HDMI Special Supplement

  + Yet another standards battle… by Tom Mainelli

  + HDMI – is that the new Hummer? by Jon Peddie

  + Interview with Les Chard from HDMI Licensing

  + Interview with Kevin Kuroiwa from Sony

  + Interview with Darek Kaminski from Alienware

  + HDMI-related news from HDMI Licensing, Sony, Intel/Vativ, ESPA, VoodooPC, RZ Products, Tektronix, Allion, Chord, Quantum Data, Convergent Design, Ethereal, Denon, Analogix/Silicon Image, and Toshiba

Display-related standards news: MPEG LA, NFC Forum, SIIM, USPTO, TEAS, DVB, I3A, FLO Forum, Dolby Digital, ATSC, CIE, NGA/OGC, Adobe/ISO, DLNA, THine Electronics, Nero Digital, AACS, and the Bolin Group

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC), October 23-26, Atlanta: Phillip Hill covers presentations from:

  + McCann et al: Spatial comparisons: antidote to veiling glare limitations in HDR images

  + IBM et al: Net2Display: proposed VESA standard for remoting displays and I/O devices

  + Micronas: Networked digital TV: the emerging opportunity

  + Pixelworks: The perfect TV

LCD LED Lighting Technology Conference, January 19, Costa Mesa, California: Geoff Walker reports on the latest in a continuing series of one-day conferences about “LEDs in Displays” hosted by the SID Los Angeles chapter from: Toyoda Gosei, Wavefront Technology, Microsemi, Semtech, Supertex, Teledyne, MCG, Luminus Devices, and DisplaySearch

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on viewing angle and its impact on image quality (part 2)

Display metrology news: Halma/Labsphere, Leader Instruments, OPTICOM, EXFO, Optronic Laboratories, and LeCroy

Facing the issue of specsmanship in display standards by Michael Becker

D-Day is upon us - now someone tell me what it is! by Aldo Cugnini

Standards lessons from the NBA by Jason Grigsby

The financial standard: by Mark Fihn

  + Apple’s strength in displays contributes to their growth in the computer market

  + Dell’s executive level shake-ups

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment from China RoHS, TUV, Design Chain Associates, WEEE/RoHS/ELV, REACH, Environ, Fujitsu-Siemens, FCC, EuP, Duo-gard, EnergyStar, Dell, Maria Hamprecht, Paul Curtis/Alexandre Orion, University of Oregon, EPA, ISO, ECMA, and CPRC

The Last Word: Stepping out into the larger picture by Kim Allen

Display Industry Calendar

65 pages

January 13, 2007

Letter from the publisher: World of disc-craft… by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Genesis/Silicon Image, Digital Content Protection Group, VESA, HDMI Licensing, Simplay Labs, Best Buy, Silicon Image, Viewsonic, Dell, HP, Sony, Apple/XtremeMac, OQO, Malata, ASUSTeK/Tzero/Analog Devices, Pulse~LINK, Amimon/Pixelworks, DVDCCA, OWLink/Mitsubishi, Luxtera, UL, FDA, Tin Whisker User Group, OGC/Web3D Consortium, WIPO, USPTO, Euro1080, APDC, Nomensa, IEEE, Dolby, CableLabs, ISO, CIE, Barco, ATSC, ASTM, DLNA, CRLA, Gaming Standards Association

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: The latest format battles including news from Dell, ZDNet, Samsung, Digital Playground, Cymfony, MPEG LA, Warner Bros, NME, Toshiba, InPhase, Plasmon, University of Central Florida, EVD Industry Alliance

What makes a good standard? by Karl Best

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC), October 23-26, Atlanta: Phillip Hill covers presentations from NIST, Planar Systems, and Eldim

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, June 4-9, San Francisco: In this sixth report from SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from:-

  + Orbotech: Challenges and approaches in auto defect classification for large LCDs

  + Corning: A novel test for evaluating surface and edge strengths of LCD panel

  + Mitsubishi Electric: Dynamic bit-rate allocation

iSuppli FID, November 8-10, San Jose: Phillip Hill covers presentations from WJR Consulting and Silicon Image

Intertech OLEDs World Summit 2006, November 13-15, San Diego: In this report, Phillip Hill covers a presentation featuring new technology from Intel

An interview with David Rodley of DisplayMasters

Lack of standards for LCD power by Jennifer Colegrove and Paul Semenza

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on viewing angle and its impact on image quality

Display metrology news: News from: Microvision, Symmetricom/QoSmetrics, Hyphenated Systems, Orbotech/S-LCD, University of Texas, Tektronix, Christie, Konica Minolta Sensing, Image

Systems, Double Black Imaging, NexTech Solutions

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

LCD TV Association launches by Bruce Berkoff

The Last Word: Do standards matter? by Andrew Updegrove

Display Industry Calendar

58 pages

December 3, 2006

Letter from the publisher: The fallacy of TV Viewing Distance Calculators… by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Wireless HD Group, In-Stat, BenQ, Silicon Image, Microsoft, 3D Industry Forum, IDPF, KAVI, ANSI/SAC, VITA, US Supreme Court, LG.Philips LCD/CPT, DisplaySearch, SPWG, WIPO, EPO/USPTO, INCITS, JPEG 2000, DCMS, EICTA, TIA/DVB, FLO Forum

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: AIMMA, iVDR Consortium, Thomson, Maxell, Displaytech, Sony, SicolaMartin, Sony DADC, Toshiba, SCEA, Washington Post, DVD Forum, EVD Alliance, Fujitsu, nVidia, Vidabox, XBOX

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC), October 23-26, Atlanta: Phillip Hill covers presentations from NIST, Radiant Imaging, and Ergotron

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, June 4-9, San Francisco: In this fifth report from SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from:

  + Philips Consumer Electronics: Characterizing motion artifacts and flicker of PDPs

  + Philips Research Laboratories: Comparison of LCD motion blur reduction methods 

  + Sharp: LCD motion blur analysis and modeling based on temporal PSF

  + Dainippon: Mura inspection for coated resist layer

3D Workshop, November 16, San Francisco: Mark Fihn covers the presentations made at the 3D Workshop, put on by the USDC and Insight Media about 3D related standards work, presented by the Web3D Consortium and RealD

An interview with Brett Gaines of Silicon Image

DisplayPort - My how the hype has changed! by Mark Fihn

Active Format Description by Michael Dolan

The remaining divide: converging the PC and TV by Toni Duboise

Micro Device Displays by Geri Koehler

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on motion artifacts

Display metrology news: Photon Dynamics, Basler Vision Technologies, Gamma Scientific, Pixelmetrix, LeCroy/Catalyst Enterprises, Orbotech, Sarnoff, EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, Labsphere, Taylor-Hobson, Trimble/FotoNation, Instrument Systems, Quantum Data, Tektronix

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment from DTI, MTP, Dell/Greenpeace, iSuppli/RoHS, GCG, China RoHS, Cobar, Toxic Links, UNEP, Panasonic OLPC, Energy Star, NERIC, EPA

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Display measurement – science or religion? by Pat Dunn

Display Industry Calendar

57 pages

October 16, 2006

Letter from the publisher: ADEAC – will it live up to its billing?… by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: HP, Samsung, ASUS, Tzero/Analog Devices, Silicon Image, Agilent, California Micro Devices, Atlona, Samsung/OWLink, Accell, UDI, Sony, Simplay HD, VESA, Samsung, acTVila, World Standards Day, TFCinfo, Kavi, Digital Watermarking Alliance, TIA, SIIM/ARTT, MPEG LA, CEA/NAB/MSTV, ANSI/NIST, JCAHO. 1394 Trade Association, DCI/Fraunhofer, CALCE/RWTT team, ATSC, Envivio/Intel, DLNA, Imagination Technologies/Frontier Silicon, Parade Technologies, DVB-H, Micro Device Display Consortium, Blackmagic Design

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: TDK, Harvard, Hitachi, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Microboards Technology, Toshiba, Sony Pictures, Sharp, NEC, HD-DVD Promotion Group, Panasonic, HP, Pioneer, Sun Microsystems, NME, Memory-Tech/Toshiba, MKM/Verbatim/Plasmon

Lessons from HP about PDPs…by Bob Raikes

Balancing act: Managing intellectual property rights in standardization… by Sherrie Bolin

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, San Francisco, 4-9 June, In this fourth report from SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from:

  + Philips: Perceptually relevant characterization of LCD viewing angle 25

  + Fuji Photo Film: A practical method for evaluating viewing angle characteristics 26

  + Samsung SDI: Performance and cost-oriented full-HD PDPs for 42-inch or smaller sizes 28

  + Barco: Improvement for DICOM GSDF calibration for medical displays 30

Global TV industry landscape being altered by Japanese and Chinese digital TV standards

3D Consortium releases safety guidelines

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives a tutorial on response time and motion blur

Display metrology news: Video Clarity, Labsphere, Horiba Jobin Yvon, X-Rite, Hyphenated Systems/Stanford Microfluidics Laboratory, Datacolor, Zygo, 4D Technology, Tektronix, Ocean Optics, LeCroy, Autodesk, Q-Panel, Sarnoff, FARO Technologies, Eldim

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: RoHS, E-waste Working Group, IAER, ECS, Greenpeace/Apple, ACK Solutions/Soldertec Global, University of York, EPA, Arena Solutions, Circuit Technology Center, ISO, NERIC, SEE Grid

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: One man’s meat is another man’s poison by Chris Williams

Display Industry Calendar

52 pages

September 6, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Standards and the law… The tyranny of the status quo… by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Intel, Analogix, HDMI, Silicon Image, Philips, Analog Devices, FCC, TV Portal Service, MIPI Alliance, Common Building Blocks, SEMI Japan, LG.Philips LCD, FLO Forum, Corel/Future Image, World Wide Web Consortium, ANSI, TCO, SPEC/Autodesk, SBCA/PPC, VESA, NEMA, MPEG LA, Mobile DTV Alliance, Khronos Group, iNEMI, TTA, INCITS, I3A/Stanford University, Envivio, DVB, CEA, World Standards Day, 1394 Trade Association, Gaming Standards Association, IDPF, NIST

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: TDK, Sony, Microtech, Ulead, Nero Vision, Logitec, Toshiba, Moser Baer India, Ricoh, Plextor, LG Electronics, AMEX Digital, Microsoft, Memorex, Warner Home Video, Image Entertainment

Does one size fit all? The need for situational standardization by Sherrie Bolin

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, San Francisco, 4-9 June, In this third of four reports from SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from:

  + Hsiuping Institute of Technology et al: Microdisplay panel as vision test chart imager

  + BrightSide Technologies: Luminance, contrast and amplitude resolution of displays

  + Philips Research: Effect of MPEG-2 compression on perceived video image quality

  + NASA Ames Research Center: The Spatial Standard Observer

  + ITRI: Effect of character size and lighting on legibility of electronic papers 

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives his fifth tutorial on color 

Display metrology news: HORIBA Jobin Yvon, StellarNet, Tektronix, Optical Research Associates, Display-Metrology & Systems, HP/Intel, Stefan Winkler, QoSmetrics, Fluke

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

3D Consortium releases safety guidelines

The financial standard: by Mark Fihn

  + Dell in the dumps

  + Standards and lithium ion batteries at Dell

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Fitness for purpose, by Chris Williams

Display Industry Calendar

55 pages

August 2, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Standards and the law… “The Dell case”  by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: GSC, NTIA, International Digital Publishing Forum, TCO Development, UPnP, USPTO, AAMI, SBCA/Lincoln Technical Institute, UL, SCAR/SIIM, DoE/IESNA, NEMA, DVB, BRIDGE project, OpenGL Architecture Review Board/Khronos Group, TIA/FLO Forum, ASTM, ISO, China Digital Interface Industry Alliance, HDMI, Microsoft, Sony, Genesis Microchip, Panasonic/Sony, Austriamicrosystems, TÜV America, Khronos Group

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: North American HD-DVD Promotional Group, Toshiba, ATI Technologies, Acer, Ricoh, Human Computing, Analog Devices, LGE, MPEG LA, Cyberlink, Samsung, Pioneer, Thomson, and EU

An interview with Kamal Shah, chairman of the Mobile PC Extended Battery Life Working Group

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, San Francisco, 4-9 June: In this second of four reports from SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from

  + Radiant Imaging/Philips: An imaging sphere for high-throughput measurements

  + Kodak: Comparing reflection characteristics of paper materials and display devices

  + Barco: Improvement of DICOM GSDF calibration for medical displays

  + Sony: A new standard for video systems using extended-gamut YCC color space

  + Mitsubishi: Laser TV: ultra-wide gamut for extended color-space standard, xvYCC

Display standards – who cares? by Eric Maiser

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives his fourth tutorial on color

Display metrology news: Gamma Scientific, X-Rite/Amazys Holding, Nanometrics/Accent Optical Technologies, Basler/AU Optronics, Photoresearch, Autodesk, Eldim, 3LCD, Agilent Technologies

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

Hardware details for OLPC program revealed

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: California to consumers: e-waste is now your problem by Bill Paul

Display Industry Calendar

48 pages

June 30, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Measured thoughts from SID… by Mark Fihn

Is standardization a unifier or divider? First in a series of strategic articles from Sherrie Bolin

Display-related standards news: Brightpoint/Intel, MacDermid Autotype, Cyberlink/DiBcom, CEA, FLO Forum, Mobile DTV Alliance, USPTO, DLNA/HANA, VESA, IPC, SBCA/Coyne American Institute, COPOLCO, ISA/US Chamber of Commerce, iNEMI, ATSC, IEEE/EPA, CIE, TVWF, CEA, ECMA, DVB, Dolby, Microsoft

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Primera, Samsung, Panasonic, DVD Forum, Lenovo, Microsoft, RCA, Pioneer, Sony, InterVideo/Ulead, Macrovision

The emergence of new digital interface standards: Mark Fihn looks at the new DSI standard from the MIPI Alliance and HDMI 1.3

SID 2006 Symposium and Exhibition, San Francisco, 4-9 June: In this first of four reports from SID, Phillip Hill covers sessions on Motion Artifact Characterization and Display and Display Measurement and Standards

  + Sun Microsystems/Samsung Electronics: Advanced motion artifact analysis method

  + Southeast University China/Philips: LCD motion artifact determination

  + Nanosoftware et al: Edge blur width analysis using a contrast sensitivity function

  + Sony: Improvement of motion image quality by high frame rate

  + Display-Metrology & Systems: International standards for electronic display devices 

  + US FDA: Temporal and color measurements in medical displays 

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives his third tutorial on color

Display metrology news: Veeco, Jobin Yvon, Westar, Unigraf, Video Clarity, Dr. Schenk, Gamma Scientific, Corning, Christie, Datacolor

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

Standards will reduce flat panel cost; increase efficiency by Jonathan Davis

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Traveling tales...Chris Williams does some suspect things on his way back fro SID in San Francisco

Display Industry Calendar

54 pages

May 20, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Confusion predicted; confusion reigns… by Mark Fihn.  How HP’s departure from standardization efforts created marketplace confusion – even at HP

Display-related standards news: MPEG, USPTO, TÜV/PSE, EPCglobal, MPEG LA, ODF Alliance, SIIM, UL, CSA, SPEC, IPC, Energy Star, CLRA, CEA/NCTA, ANSI, WMTC, DVB, FLO Forum, BSkyB/Qualcomm, ISO, IEC, ASTM, AAMI, Sony Ericsson/Mobile DTV Alliance, WWComs, Chinese flat panel consortium, Sonic Solutions/HDAA, Silicon Image, Gefen, TMM

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: Peerflix, Sony, Pioneer, Matsushita, Intel/Microsoft, IBM/Fujifilm, NME

Comments about DisplayPort announcement by Mark Fihn

HDTV transition takes off in Europe by Bob Raikes

When is a standard not a standard? by Ken Vassie

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach gives his second tutorial on color

Display metrology news: NIST, Faro, Videoclarity, Tektronix

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

The financial standard: by Mark Fihn

  + Dells’ stock continues to disappoint; linkages to lack of focus on displays...

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: It’s all about appearances… says Chris Williams

Display Industry Calendar

40 pages

April 21, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Farewell to the kilogram by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: Philips/Kodak, UWB Forum, Silicon Image/UMC, Genesis/Silicon Image, UDI SIG, HDMI, VESA, BenQ/Toshiba, SEMI China, Chinese Audio Video Coding, DVB-H, FLO Forum, Mobile DTV Alliance, Euro1080, CEA, UStec, ANSI, ITU, JPEG, Khronos Group, WAPI Union, SMPTE, WIPO, USPTO

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: Toshiba. RCA, Acer, Fujitsu, Cyber Link/Sony, InterVideo, Microsoft, Samsung, TDK, MPEG LA, HVD Alliance. InPhase Technologies, HDCP, Fujitsu/Mitsui, VCD-HD, Polarizonics, In-Stat, Sonic Solutions, Hitachi/Maxell, NME

Final +RW DVD spec offers more storage capacity by Steve Sechrist

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses color

Display metrology news: Zygo, Basler, Eldim, X-Rite, Optronics Laboratories, Konica Minolta Sensing, GretagMacbeth, Agilent, Radiant Imaging, Video Clarity, Tektronix, AstroDesign

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

The financial standard: by Mark Fihn

  + What happened to Dell’s stock value? 

  + A look at Apple

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Comparative product reviews of HDTV are a waste of time, says Alfred Poor

Display Industry Calendar

42 pages

March 18, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Driving on the wrong side of the road… by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: ODF Alliance, HDDCAA, HDMI, UDI SIG, VESA, IPC, Mobile DTV Alliance, SPEC, I3A, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, CEA, DCI, DVB, Everplay, HANA, DLNA, SEMI 

Blu-ray/HD-DVD news: Sony, Toshiba, AACS LA, New Medium Enterprises/Beijing E-World Technology, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Disney, Warner Home Video/Paramount/Universal Studios, Fujitsu-Siemens, NEC, Ricoh, Sony NEC Optiarc, NVidia, TDK, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Chrontel

Building global standards:  Actively building global standards yields attractive industry structure and competitive advantage, says Michael Yaziji

Defining dynamic range: Progress in high dynamic range display relies on methods for comparing differences between competing display technologies which is currently hampered by the lack of a clear definition of dynamic range. by Greg Ward

Display metrology news: Tektronix, Plastic Logic/Orbotech inspection system on prototype line, K-WILL, Integral Vision, Radiant Imaging, FARO, Quantum Data, Basler, Datacolor, ELDIM

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses gray scale

A review of HD digital video circuits by Bill Paul

Flexible Substrate Standards Working Group  

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

Display Industry Calendar

37 pages

February 19, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Do we leave standards up to the engineers? by Mark Fihn

Display-related standards news: 1394 Association, Dolby Laboratories, IEEE, DVB-H, Euro1080, I3A, ANSI, Khronos Group, NEMA, SEMI, US Patent Office

Beating a dead horse, by Mark Fihn, More on the DisplayPort Fiasco and VESA's continued membership struggles

Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD follow-up plus the latest from AACS, Toshiba, HP, Blu-ray Disc Association, Texas Instruments, Samsung, Microsoft, Pioneer, Ritek, CMC, Prodisc, Otiodisc, Panasonic, Intervideo, Ulead Systems, Primera Technology, various Hollywood studios, InPhase Technologies, Hitachi, Optware, Ecma International, ITRI, and New Medium Enterprises

SID: (ADEAC 2005) October 24-27, Portland, Oregon

  + NIST: Daylight and sunlight readability measurements

  + Westar Display Technologies: FPD measurement standards

  + Portrait Displays: Software managed displays

  + ELDIM: High-resolution viewing angle cartography

  + Radiant Imaging: Flat panel luminance and chromaticity measurement

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses display contrast

Display metrology news:  Latest news from Tektronix, LeCroy, Quantum Data, Agilent, Neuro Kinetics, Opticom, Jobin Yvon, Orbotech, Pantone/GretagMacbeth, Statmon Technologies/Pixelmetrix, FotoNation

NavAir Common Avionics Display Program by Brett Bryars

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment: ROHS, WEEE, EMC Technologies, Salot Bradley Group, HEPCO, Boots, State of California, E2Open

The financial standard: WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Paul Semenza pays tribute to David Mentley who died last month

Display Industry Calendar

42 pages

January 29, 2006

Letter from the publisher: And now the HDDCAA...

Display-related standards news: HANA, 1394 Trade Association, Plasma Display Coalition, JEITA, ConsortiumInfo.org, CEA, AAMI, UWB Forum/WiMedia Alliance, EU Commission, UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, ANSI, MPEG LA, JEDEC, FLO Forum, MSTV, Mobile DTV Alliance, NIST, US Congress, USPTO, Khronos, WiMax Forum, UHAPI, Adobe OpenHD Alliance, I3A

SID: (ADEAC 2005), October 24-27, Portland, Oregon

  + US Food and Drug Administration: Current challenges in medical displays

  + Sun Microsystems: Motion artifacts performance issues and VESA

  + Tektronix: Assuring interoperability of HDMI interface standards

  + Esterline Korry: Recent trends in NVIS requirements

  + Motorola: Market and design trends for mobile display modules

HDMI vs. DisplayPort: A detailed analysis by Mark Fihn

  + DisplayPort and VESA related news and commentary

  + HDMI/UDI related news and commentary

  + Following up with Silicon Image about HDMI by Bill Paul

  + CEDesigner.com: a new forum for home theater integrators

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses display contrast

Display metrology news:  The latest from Fotonation, Datacolor, Photon Dynamics, Pantone, Nanometrics/Toho Technology/Accent Optical Technologies, Integral Vision, Next Instrument, DeMontfort University, Statmon Technology/Pixelmetrix, LeCroy, Astrodesign, Yokogawa Electric

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment.

The financial standard

  + Mark Fihn looks in detail at Apple and Dell: Display strategy  stock market results

  + WitsView’s Market Confidence Index

The Last Word: Chris Williams looks at the need for display standards in the UK rail system

Display Industry Calendar

46 pages

December 7, 2005

Letter from the publisher: Standards: Another form of competition?

14.x inch wide aspect ratio panels for notebook PCs:  First in a series about aspect ratios

Display-related standards news: HDTV Business Conference, DVB, SEMI, PUBPAT, WIPO, HDMI, Silicon Image, Renesas, CableLabs/Microsoft, NanoMarkets, HL7/ASTM, Corning, ISO, MIPI Alliance, iNemi, China Intellectual Property Rights Advisory Program, ANSI/NIST, ISF, FLO Forum, IEEE/WiBro, Khronos Group

Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD follow-up:  EVD, FVD, Idar Electronics, InPhase Technologies/Hitachi-Maxell/Turner Broadcasting, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Blu-ray Disc Assn, MGM, Panasonic, DVD Forum, Microsoft, U-Tech Media, Toshiba, Richard Marquardt, MPEG LA

HDMI/DisplayPort discussion

  + A lesson from the past: VESA’s EVC “standard”

  + Still searching for the perfect interface: Bill Paul discusses HDMI’s shortcomings

  + Appeal to readers to identify positive factors related to DisplayPort

The benchmarking of OLEDs: Paul Shaw reports on his DisplayMasters project at CDT

An interview with Alexandre Fong from Optronic Laboratories

KB’s display dictionary: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses luminance and measurement equipment

Display metrology news:  Agilent, EBU, SozoTek, Photon Dynamics, Toho Technology/Nanometrics, AMETEK/Solartron, Fluke Electronics/Infrared Solutions, Konica Minolta, Taylor Hudson, Quantum Data

E-waste round-up: Keith Baker reviews news about displays and the environment -- CRA, RoHS, Dell, Greenpeace/HP, EICTA/CECED/AeA/EERA, China RoHS, WRAP, HP New Zealand,

BAN, RetroBox/Intechra, Electronic Demanufacturing Facility, AER

The financial standard: with WitsView’s Market Confidence Index 

Display Industry Calendar     

37 pages

November 1, 2005

Letter from the publisher:  Deja vu

 + Blu-ray or HD-DVD?    Mark Fihn looks at the Beta/VHS example to draw conclusions about Blu-ray/HD-DVD                                                        

 + Blu-ray and HD-DVD news: HP, AOSRA, ITRI, MII, AACS, Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, Matsushita, Paramount, Warner Bros, Bandai Visual, Kadokawa Pictures, Pony Canyon, Shochiku

 + Putting it all together: Blu-ray or HD-DVD?

Display-related standards news: EPO, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, CCC, Standardization: Unifier or Divider, World Standards Week/KAVI, OpenReader Alliance, CIE, SSPA, AAMI, WIPO, CEA/EICTA/JEITA, ETSI, UL, Samsung Electronics, NAB/MSTV/LGE/Thomson, WiMax/WiBro, DVB/SMPTE/Panthera/Crown Castle/Intel/DiBcom, NATAS/CEA, SBCA/GVF

Will VESA Survive DisplayPort?

 + Why DisplayPort is going to fail

 + Reasons to support DisplayPort

 + The issue of royalties Feedback from “Will VESA Survive?” Article

EBL-WG presents at Portable Power Conference

KB’s display dictionary. Second in a series: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses display metrology

The Ishihara Test for color blindness

e-Waste Roundup.  Column and news from Keith Baker about displays and the environment. WEEE, Greenpeace, HP, EU, ERP, US House of Representatives, REACH, CTX, Toshiba, ULi, IPC, Goodwill/Dell, CEA, IEEE

The Last Word.   Norman Bardsley expertly takes us through the troubling world of display standards          

Calendar      

September 22, 2005

Letter from the publisher: The problem of specsmanship                              

A call for greater collaboration.  Andrew Updegrove urges cooperation between standards groups and government regulators   

Compatibility of PC & CD displays: Perspectives about VESA's recommendations

 + VESA: struggling to find a purpose by Mark Fihn                        

 + Are displays hardware or software? The value of a clean sheet by Alan Jones

 + New standards for FPDs: White knight or white elephant by Chris Williams

Display-related standards news: HDMI Licensing, Silicon Image, ATI Technologies, nVidia, SPWG, TCO, KAVI, Stanford Law School, MOEA, ECMA, RFID Consortium, APCglobal, Wimax/Wibro, CDG, WIPO, MIPI Alliance, 1394 Trade Association, Computer History Museum, Global Standards Collaboration, iNEMI, DVB, JPEG 2000/Analog Devices, MPEG/Adobe Systems/Microsoft, NAB, ATSC, EICTA, UK Dept for Culture, Media and Sport, Blu-ray/HD-DVD, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Toshiba, AOSRA, ITRI, DVD Forum

KB’s display dictionary. First in a series: Karlheinz Blankenbach discusses display metrology

e-Waste Roundup.  Column and news from Keith Baker about displays and the environment. EPA, Total Reclaim, RECA Foundation, US Senate, Greenpeace, Tatooine, WEEE, RoHS

The Financial Standard            

Calendar      

August 17, 2005

Letter from the publisher:  Hats off to Henry Maudslay!                                                              

Coping with an expanding universe of information.   Andrew Updegrove introduces the standards Meta-Library.                                       

Display-related standards news:  ANSI, DTI, DFF, UPnP, Itophome, CIE, ISCC, FSSWG, Portrait Displays, ELB-WG, DVB, ISO, NIST, DCI, IHE, IEEE, MOEA, Khronos Group, SPEC, NAB/MSTV, CEA, BDA, HD-DVD, HDMI, ITU, ECMA, USPTO, WIPO, MPEG, ETSI

World Standards Week 2005                                                                                           

Critical Study of VESA and DisplayPort

+ VESA struggles to sustain Membership – follow-up by Mark Fihn                                           

+ The “Secret SIG” by Mark Fihn

+ The Future of DisplayPort by Mark Fihn                              

+ Why DisplayPort is a good thing by Bob Raikes 

+ Foresight about the notebook PC display interface by Vaughn Watts                         

+ The DisplayPort View by Mark Fihn                         

+ Do we need a new internal notebook PC display interface? by Mark Fihn                         

+ DisplayPort, do we really need another standard? by Jon Peddie                      

+ HDMI performance underestimated by DisplayPort promoters by Mark Fihn                    

+ What about HDMI and the PC? by Mark Fihn                       

+ Summary:  What does DisplayPort offer us? by Mark Fihn                     

The U.S. is getting greener – honest!                                                                              

WEEE and RoHS Update                                                                                               

e-Waste Roundup.   Column and news from Keith Baker about displays and the environment.

The Last Word:  Alan Jones offers his views about de facto standards

Calendar      

May 22, 2005

Letter from the publisher:, Introducing the Display Standard

Standards Matter...  Andrew Updegrove explains why standards are so important.

Displays: An Industry in need of standards.  Recent focus group among industry professionals clearly indicates the inadequacy of current display-related standards.

The goals of good display metrology:  NIST’s Paul Boynton discusses how to go about measuring display performance.

Display-related standards news: NIST, JSA, NEMA, Khronos Group, CALCE, SPWG, mobileformfactors.org, PSWG, ECMA, USPTO, WIPO, Energy Star, CEC, CEA, NAB, SBCA, DVB, Nokia/QUALCOMM, 3GPP, SMPTE, CIE, SEMI, Blu-ray/HD-DVD

The world wakes up to e-waste: First column from Keith Baker about displays and the environment.

HDMI takes off!   An interview with Les Chard, president of HDMI Licensing about HDMI’s surge in industry popularity.

VESA struggles to sustain membership:  The most well-known display-related standards organization has lost a huge constituency in the past few years, fueled by their inability to establish a successful digital interface standard.  Related discussion about VESA's "Secret SIG" -- recent DisplayPort announcement.

Defining LCD fabs by "generation"

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