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Profile:Brillian Corp. develops, manufactures and markets microdisplay products utilizing its liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) microdisplay technology for a variety of markets. These markets include rear-projection, high-definition televisions; front-projector multimedia and home theater projectors; and "near-to-eye," or personal, display applications, including head-mounted monocular or binocular headsets and viewers for industrial, medical, military, commercial and consumer applications. The Company`s LCoS microdisplays consist of a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) backplane, liquid crystal layer and glass packaged for connectivity using highly advanced packaging technologies. A CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor that uses both negative and positive polarity circuits to reduce the use of power. In September 2003, the Company was spun-off from Three-Five Systems, Inc.
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Brillian Receives First Customer Purchase Orders for New HDTV Product
Wednesday April 14, 4:06 pm ET
TEMPE, Ariz., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions, today announced that it has received its first customer purchase orders for its newly developed 65" high-definition, rear-projection television based on its proprietary liquid crystal on silicon, or LCoS(TM), Gen II microdisplays.
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"We are pleased to announce the first customer purchase orders for our HDTV product. These orders are pursuant to a volume purchase agreement from a leading U.S.-based, nationwide retailer," said Vincent F. Sollitto, Jr., Brillian`s President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to see our HDTV channel strategy begin to take shape. This is ahead of the aggressive product development and go-to-market timetable we set for ourselves last year. The orders are especially significant to me because they were received electronically, the delivery dates have been confirmed, and the supply chain fulfillment mechanisms have been triggered."
Consumers will see this HDTV product in the market under the brand name of Brillian`s customer. As a result, the terms of the purchase orders, agreement, product specifications, and the identity of the customer must remain confidential until the customer begins its product roll-out later this year. However, the agreement calls for pricing and minimum shipment quantities with a minimum value of approximately $6 million. These initial purchase orders are for units to be delivered in the third quarter of 2004.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and end user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. Brillian is the first and only provider of LCoS(TM) Gen II technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) Gen I and LCoS(TM) Gen II microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. Brillian`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation.
Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, and Brillian intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor created thereby. Such forward-looking statements include expectations regarding the minimum committed value of the volume purchase agreement. Brillian cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward- looking statements contained herein. Such factors include the fact that, while the volume purchase agreement contains minimum committed purchase quantities for the period through June 30, 2005 and certain pricing parameters, actual pricing, quantities, and delivery dates will be specified by purchase orders.
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Wednesday April 14, 4:06 pm ET
TEMPE, Ariz., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions, today announced that it has received its first customer purchase orders for its newly developed 65" high-definition, rear-projection television based on its proprietary liquid crystal on silicon, or LCoS(TM), Gen II microdisplays.
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"We are pleased to announce the first customer purchase orders for our HDTV product. These orders are pursuant to a volume purchase agreement from a leading U.S.-based, nationwide retailer," said Vincent F. Sollitto, Jr., Brillian`s President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to see our HDTV channel strategy begin to take shape. This is ahead of the aggressive product development and go-to-market timetable we set for ourselves last year. The orders are especially significant to me because they were received electronically, the delivery dates have been confirmed, and the supply chain fulfillment mechanisms have been triggered."
Consumers will see this HDTV product in the market under the brand name of Brillian`s customer. As a result, the terms of the purchase orders, agreement, product specifications, and the identity of the customer must remain confidential until the customer begins its product roll-out later this year. However, the agreement calls for pricing and minimum shipment quantities with a minimum value of approximately $6 million. These initial purchase orders are for units to be delivered in the third quarter of 2004.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and end user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. Brillian is the first and only provider of LCoS(TM) Gen II technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) Gen I and LCoS(TM) Gen II microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. Brillian`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation.
Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, and Brillian intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor created thereby. Such forward-looking statements include expectations regarding the minimum committed value of the volume purchase agreement. Brillian cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward- looking statements contained herein. Such factors include the fact that, while the volume purchase agreement contains minimum committed purchase quantities for the period through June 30, 2005 and certain pricing parameters, actual pricing, quantities, and delivery dates will be specified by purchase orders.
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Brillian Corp. unveils high-definition television
By Ed Taylor, Tribune
Brillian Corp., a Tempe-based start-up company spun off from Three-Five Systems, unveiled its new high-definition television Thursday at a stockholders meeting, drawing gasps from attendees who viewed the ultra-sharp pictures for the first time.
“That screen is awesome,” said Len Copple, a Tempe city councilman and an investor in Brillian, as he watched video of a space shuttle launch. “That is so real, it`s like you`re actually standing there.”
Another shareholder, Walter Schuch, believes the 65-inch diagonal television will find buyers even though the retail price could be $7,000 to $9,000.
“I think it`s a narrow market, but I think it is good enough that there are people who will pay that kind of money,” he said.
The television uses technology called liquid crystal on silicon, or LCOS, to display the images, which are so bright and have such a high contrast that the moving pictures appear to be three dimensional. The second-generation imager inside the television contains three fingernail-sized semiconductor chips, each covered by a piece of glass with a liquid crystal layer in between. The image is displayed on the chip and optically magnified many times as it is projected onto the screen.
The company has shown prototypes privately to industry analysts and a few investors, but Thursday`s demonstration was the first public display, said marketing director Hope Frank.
Last month Brillian announced that it had received its first order, valued at $6 million, for the new rear-projection HDTV from an unidentified retailer that plans to put its own brand name on the product. Brillian will make the imager in Tempe, and Suntron, a Phoenix-based partner, will assemble the televisions in Tijuana, Mexico. A 720-line version is expected to be available to consumers in August, and a 1080-line version will be available early next year, said Brillian CEO Vincent Sollitto.
In addition to making televisions that others can rebrand, Brillian hopes to sell its LCOS imagers directly to television makers that can design their own HDTVs around the component, Sollitto said. One of the main problems with HDTV has been a shortage of programming, but Brillian chairman Jack Saltich said more HDTV-formatted shows are on the way. He cited the example of Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, who has started a network that broadcast sports events in high definition.
Sollitto believes HDTV sales will explode as federal regulations move the nation toward digital broadcasting. Eight million digital televisions are expected to be sold in North America this year, and of that total, 2.7 million will be larger than 50 inches, he said. If Brillian can capture 10 percent of that market, it will be able to report a 13 percent operating profit, he said. Under that scenario, Brillian should be profitable next year, he said. But Brillian faces competition.
Intel Corp. has announced that it is developing LCOS chip technology that will be delivered to HDTV producers by the end of this year. Intel has said four companies will use its chips — one based in the United States, two on mainland China and one in Taiwan.
Will Strauss, a Tempe-based semiconductor industry analyst, said the technology has good possibilities, but the retail price may have to drop before can be called successful.
“I think there`s an expectation the price will come down,” he said. “Everything I have ever seen coming out of the semiconductor industry has continually decreased in price as they have gone through the learning curve.”
Contact Ed Taylor by email, or phone (480) 898-6537
By Ed Taylor, Tribune
Brillian Corp., a Tempe-based start-up company spun off from Three-Five Systems, unveiled its new high-definition television Thursday at a stockholders meeting, drawing gasps from attendees who viewed the ultra-sharp pictures for the first time.
“That screen is awesome,” said Len Copple, a Tempe city councilman and an investor in Brillian, as he watched video of a space shuttle launch. “That is so real, it`s like you`re actually standing there.”
Another shareholder, Walter Schuch, believes the 65-inch diagonal television will find buyers even though the retail price could be $7,000 to $9,000.
“I think it`s a narrow market, but I think it is good enough that there are people who will pay that kind of money,” he said.
The television uses technology called liquid crystal on silicon, or LCOS, to display the images, which are so bright and have such a high contrast that the moving pictures appear to be three dimensional. The second-generation imager inside the television contains three fingernail-sized semiconductor chips, each covered by a piece of glass with a liquid crystal layer in between. The image is displayed on the chip and optically magnified many times as it is projected onto the screen.
The company has shown prototypes privately to industry analysts and a few investors, but Thursday`s demonstration was the first public display, said marketing director Hope Frank.
Last month Brillian announced that it had received its first order, valued at $6 million, for the new rear-projection HDTV from an unidentified retailer that plans to put its own brand name on the product. Brillian will make the imager in Tempe, and Suntron, a Phoenix-based partner, will assemble the televisions in Tijuana, Mexico. A 720-line version is expected to be available to consumers in August, and a 1080-line version will be available early next year, said Brillian CEO Vincent Sollitto.
In addition to making televisions that others can rebrand, Brillian hopes to sell its LCOS imagers directly to television makers that can design their own HDTVs around the component, Sollitto said. One of the main problems with HDTV has been a shortage of programming, but Brillian chairman Jack Saltich said more HDTV-formatted shows are on the way. He cited the example of Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, who has started a network that broadcast sports events in high definition.
Sollitto believes HDTV sales will explode as federal regulations move the nation toward digital broadcasting. Eight million digital televisions are expected to be sold in North America this year, and of that total, 2.7 million will be larger than 50 inches, he said. If Brillian can capture 10 percent of that market, it will be able to report a 13 percent operating profit, he said. Under that scenario, Brillian should be profitable next year, he said. But Brillian faces competition.
Intel Corp. has announced that it is developing LCOS chip technology that will be delivered to HDTV producers by the end of this year. Intel has said four companies will use its chips — one based in the United States, two on mainland China and one in Taiwan.
Will Strauss, a Tempe-based semiconductor industry analyst, said the technology has good possibilities, but the retail price may have to drop before can be called successful.
“I think there`s an expectation the price will come down,” he said. “Everything I have ever seen coming out of the semiconductor industry has continually decreased in price as they have gone through the learning curve.”
Contact Ed Taylor by email, or phone (480) 898-6537
High-Definition Television Set
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65" HDTV using next-generation display technology
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Brillian has developed proprietary next-generation liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS®) Gen II technology for high-definition television (HDTV). Brillian`s microdisplay-based televisions offer outstanding product performance and breakthrough image quality that sets a new standard for HDTV price/performance.
IDEO has entered into collaboration with Brillian to provide design and development services for its HDTV line. Brillian will partner with OEMs who will incorporate the TVs into their product lines.
The design challenge was to consider the 65-inch television housing more as an architectural object than as a product. The designers emphasized screen size and highlighted the frame while minimizing the base and the television`s apparent depth, using clean flat planes in the rear.
The television controls were removed from the front face and put parallel to the floor along the base, again so the picture bezel would not distract from the architectural aspect of the design. The result allows the image to be the television`s most prominent feature.
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Trivisio Selects Brillian LCoS(TM) Microdisplay Imagers and Advanced Electronics for New Near-To-Eye Products
Brillian Technology Featured in Four Innovative and Affordable Head-Mounted Display and Nightvision Devices
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 07:30 ET
TEMPE, Ariz., May 19, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions and microdisplay components, today announced that Trivisio GmbH has developed a line of new and second-generation head-mounted display (HMD) and nightvision products leveraging Brillian`s liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) near-to-eye microdisplay imagers and application specific ICs (ASICs).
Brillian`s Z86D-3 microdisplay imagers and support electronics are featured in four new Trivisio display devices: a monocular HMD, two nightvision systems, and a customizable HMD augmented reality system that can be tailored to the specific needs of the application in which it is being used. The new monocular device is targeted at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) producing wearable computing and notebook PC accessories. The second-generation Trivisio binocular nightvision HMD, the Scout2, is sold to dealers in the marine equipment, hunting and outdoors markets. Also available is a first-generation handheld monocular nightvision product, called the TS2. It features the latest in nightvision sensor technology plus zoom capability to enable viewing as far as 100 meters without LED illumination. Trivisio`s customizable, augmented-reality HMD system is targeted at manufacturing facilities and research organizations where the display viewing device is used in a unique optical see-through mode so that, for example, an auto mechanic could be looking at an engine and a diagram would be superimposed in their line of sight on how to repair it.
Brillian`s high-resolution LCoS(TM) microdisplays provide a rich user experience by supporting a full range of content including text, graphics, multimedia, full-motion video, and 3-D/stereoscopic images. Supporting a high frame rate of 120Hz, the images are free of flicker and color breakup artifacts. Also, because LCoS(TM) features a high fill factor, the displays deliver smooth images without the pixelation found in color filter-based transmissive and OLED-on-silicon displays. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplays operate in a wide temperature range enabling both indoor and outdoor use. In addition, they have a long lifetime, without degraded display performance, and low power consumption for portable applications.
"We are pioneering a broad portfolio of head-mounted displays, augmented and mixed reality systems, and nightvision systems that are both high performance and affordable," said Gerrit Spaas, CEO of Trivisio. "Brillian`s LCoS(TM) technology plays a critical role, delivering the highest image quality possible and helping us deliver innovative and first-to-market features and price/performance attributes."
Said Vincent F. Sollitto, president and CEO of Brillian, "Image quality is a critical factor in medical, industrial and commercial near-to-eye applications. Our microdisplay imagers are ideally suited to the cutting-edge applications Trivisio addresses with its product family. We`re very pleased to be working with their team to bring new products to market that address compelling new market opportunities and fully leverage the quality and performance characteristics of our LCoS(TM) imagers."
About Trivisio
Trivisio is an engineering company engaged in the development and production of near-to-eye opto-electronic display devices for the see-through augmented reality, monocular HMD, nightvision goggle, and stereoscopic HMD markets. Trivisio`s focus is to provide solutions for the visually impaired, security, and law enforcement organizations, avionics and automotive industries, and university research organizations. For additional information, visit www.trivisio.com.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s Gen I LCoS(TM) and Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Brillian Corporation
CONTACT: Hope Frank, Vice President, Marketing and Communications of
Brillian Corporation, +1-602-389-8986, hope.frank@brilliancorp.com; or
Kimberly Pepper of Weber Shandwick, +1-425-452-5439,
kpepper@webershandwick.com, for Brillian Corporation
URL: http://www.trivisio.com
http://www.brilliancorp.com
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Brillian Technology Featured in Four Innovative and Affordable Head-Mounted Display and Nightvision Devices
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 07:30 ET
TEMPE, Ariz., May 19, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC), a designer and developer of rear-projection, high-definition televisions and microdisplay components, today announced that Trivisio GmbH has developed a line of new and second-generation head-mounted display (HMD) and nightvision products leveraging Brillian`s liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) near-to-eye microdisplay imagers and application specific ICs (ASICs).
Brillian`s Z86D-3 microdisplay imagers and support electronics are featured in four new Trivisio display devices: a monocular HMD, two nightvision systems, and a customizable HMD augmented reality system that can be tailored to the specific needs of the application in which it is being used. The new monocular device is targeted at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) producing wearable computing and notebook PC accessories. The second-generation Trivisio binocular nightvision HMD, the Scout2, is sold to dealers in the marine equipment, hunting and outdoors markets. Also available is a first-generation handheld monocular nightvision product, called the TS2. It features the latest in nightvision sensor technology plus zoom capability to enable viewing as far as 100 meters without LED illumination. Trivisio`s customizable, augmented-reality HMD system is targeted at manufacturing facilities and research organizations where the display viewing device is used in a unique optical see-through mode so that, for example, an auto mechanic could be looking at an engine and a diagram would be superimposed in their line of sight on how to repair it.
Brillian`s high-resolution LCoS(TM) microdisplays provide a rich user experience by supporting a full range of content including text, graphics, multimedia, full-motion video, and 3-D/stereoscopic images. Supporting a high frame rate of 120Hz, the images are free of flicker and color breakup artifacts. Also, because LCoS(TM) features a high fill factor, the displays deliver smooth images without the pixelation found in color filter-based transmissive and OLED-on-silicon displays. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplays operate in a wide temperature range enabling both indoor and outdoor use. In addition, they have a long lifetime, without degraded display performance, and low power consumption for portable applications.
"We are pioneering a broad portfolio of head-mounted displays, augmented and mixed reality systems, and nightvision systems that are both high performance and affordable," said Gerrit Spaas, CEO of Trivisio. "Brillian`s LCoS(TM) technology plays a critical role, delivering the highest image quality possible and helping us deliver innovative and first-to-market features and price/performance attributes."
Said Vincent F. Sollitto, president and CEO of Brillian, "Image quality is a critical factor in medical, industrial and commercial near-to-eye applications. Our microdisplay imagers are ideally suited to the cutting-edge applications Trivisio addresses with its product family. We`re very pleased to be working with their team to bring new products to market that address compelling new market opportunities and fully leverage the quality and performance characteristics of our LCoS(TM) imagers."
About Trivisio
Trivisio is an engineering company engaged in the development and production of near-to-eye opto-electronic display devices for the see-through augmented reality, monocular HMD, nightvision goggle, and stereoscopic HMD markets. Trivisio`s focus is to provide solutions for the visually impaired, security, and law enforcement organizations, avionics and automotive industries, and university research organizations. For additional information, visit www.trivisio.com.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s Gen I LCoS(TM) and Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Brillian Corporation
CONTACT: Hope Frank, Vice President, Marketing and Communications of
Brillian Corporation, +1-602-389-8986, hope.frank@brilliancorp.com; or
Kimberly Pepper of Weber Shandwick, +1-425-452-5439,
kpepper@webershandwick.com, for Brillian Corporation
URL: http://www.trivisio.com
http://www.brilliancorp.com
http://www.prnewswire.com
Copyright (C) 2004 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
Brillian Announces New SVGA Microdisplay Viewer Module for Video-Display Headsets and Viewfinders
Tuesday May 25, 7:30 am ET
Turnkey Optical Module is Designed to Deliver a Performance and Time-To-Market Edge
TEMPE, Ariz., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) today announced a new SVGA Microdisplay Viewer Module, the Brillian BR86M30-1SVGA. The turnkey optical module, based on Brillian`s Z86D-3 liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) microdisplay, delivers incredibly bright, full-color, high-resolution SVGA images.
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The BR86M30-1 is designed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are looking to enter the head-mounted display (HMD) or electronic viewfinder market, but have limited technical resources for optics development or budget constraints that make internal development difficult. In addition, Brillian offers ready-to-implement electrical reference designs for driving and illuminating the microdisplay.
The complete turnkey optical module includes a microdisplay, illuminator, illumination optics, imaging optics and mechanical housing. The lightweight, high-performance device allows OEMs to deliver a virtual 42-inch diagonal screen at two meters in a 0.6-ounce package. A 30-degree field of view, long eye relief (28mm), a large eye box (10mm x 8mm), and low distortion all provide outstanding viewing comfort for monocular, binocular and stereoscopic applications. Field sequential operation utilizes each of the 480,000 pixels for red, green, and blue -- offering a true 800 x 600 image -- for near home-theatre-quality viewing.
Brillian`s high-resolution, LCoS(TM) microdisplays provide a rich user experience by supporting a full range of content including text, graphics, multimedia, full-motion video and 3-D/stereoscopic content. The high brightness specification of 50 foot lamberts enables users to view content on the display outdoors, even in direct sunlight. Supporting a high image refresh rate of 120 Hz, the image is effectively free of flicker and color breakup, and its high fill factor of 93% delivers seamless images without the pixelation found in color filter-based transmissive and OLED-on-silicon displays, Brillian microdisplays are ideally suited to the unique demands of both HMD and electronic viewfinder applications. They operate in a wide temperature range (-20 to +70C) enabling both indoor and outdoor use, support long lifetimes (up to 175,000 hours MTTF), without degraded display performance, and offer low power consumption for portable applications.
"With the BR86M30-1 SVGA microdisplay module we offer our OEM customers a compelling advantage: the highest SVGA image quality and performance combined with an easy-to-integrate platform designed to provide both a performance and time-to-market edge," said Robert Melcher, chief technology officer, Brillian.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
Tuesday May 25, 7:30 am ET
Turnkey Optical Module is Designed to Deliver a Performance and Time-To-Market Edge
TEMPE, Ariz., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) today announced a new SVGA Microdisplay Viewer Module, the Brillian BR86M30-1SVGA. The turnkey optical module, based on Brillian`s Z86D-3 liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) microdisplay, delivers incredibly bright, full-color, high-resolution SVGA images.
ADVERTISEMENT
The BR86M30-1 is designed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are looking to enter the head-mounted display (HMD) or electronic viewfinder market, but have limited technical resources for optics development or budget constraints that make internal development difficult. In addition, Brillian offers ready-to-implement electrical reference designs for driving and illuminating the microdisplay.
The complete turnkey optical module includes a microdisplay, illuminator, illumination optics, imaging optics and mechanical housing. The lightweight, high-performance device allows OEMs to deliver a virtual 42-inch diagonal screen at two meters in a 0.6-ounce package. A 30-degree field of view, long eye relief (28mm), a large eye box (10mm x 8mm), and low distortion all provide outstanding viewing comfort for monocular, binocular and stereoscopic applications. Field sequential operation utilizes each of the 480,000 pixels for red, green, and blue -- offering a true 800 x 600 image -- for near home-theatre-quality viewing.
Brillian`s high-resolution, LCoS(TM) microdisplays provide a rich user experience by supporting a full range of content including text, graphics, multimedia, full-motion video and 3-D/stereoscopic content. The high brightness specification of 50 foot lamberts enables users to view content on the display outdoors, even in direct sunlight. Supporting a high image refresh rate of 120 Hz, the image is effectively free of flicker and color breakup, and its high fill factor of 93% delivers seamless images without the pixelation found in color filter-based transmissive and OLED-on-silicon displays, Brillian microdisplays are ideally suited to the unique demands of both HMD and electronic viewfinder applications. They operate in a wide temperature range (-20 to +70C) enabling both indoor and outdoor use, support long lifetimes (up to 175,000 hours MTTF), without degraded display performance, and offer low power consumption for portable applications.
"With the BR86M30-1 SVGA microdisplay module we offer our OEM customers a compelling advantage: the highest SVGA image quality and performance combined with an easy-to-integrate platform designed to provide both a performance and time-to-market edge," said Robert Melcher, chief technology officer, Brillian.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) technology used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
Brillian Debuts Its Gen II Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon (LCoS(TM)) 65-Inch 720P High-Definition Television (HDTV) Monitor
Tuesday May 25, 11:39 am ET
Targeted at OEMs, Brillian`s BR6501m/i HDTV Offers Extraordinary Image Quality in a Sleek Euro Design
SEATTLE, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) unveiled its first television product: the BR6501m/i, a 65-inch rear-projection HDTV monitor based on the company`s proprietary and patent-pending Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplay technology. This is the first public showing of the HDTV. Demonstrations will be held May 25 to 27, 2004 in booth #132 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
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With three 1280x720-pixel (720p) microdisplays, the Brillian product offers the highest commercially available LCOS contrast ratios -- up to 2000:1 -- in a rear-projection HDTV. It features a 160-degree viewing angle, an ultra-fine-pitch 16:9 widescreen, artifact-free full-motion video through its three-panel architecture, and outstanding audio performance with its high-end audio system, all in a sleek design that measures a mere 20-inches in depth. The HDTV monitor can support an over-the-air ATSC tuner, CableCARD(TM), and specific OEM custom features through a flexible, add-on expansion port.
Brillian is leveraging its Gen II LCoS(TM) technology in conjunction with components from other industry-leading providers to develop complete HDTV systems that deliver outstanding image quality and price/performance for its customers. The 65-inch 720p HDTV is the first in a family of 720p and 1080p HDTVs the company plans to unveil. OEM-branded versions of Brillian`s 720p HDTV will be available in the second half of 2004.
"This is an extraordinary time in the evolution of HDTV products," said Vincent F. Sollitto, Brillian CEO. "We believe anyone who has an opportunity to view our HDTVs will walk away impressed with the near 3D picture quality, the artifact-free performance and the contrast, color vibrancy and clarity."
About BR6501m/i Gen II LCoS(TM) Technology
With highly saturated, vivid colors, Brillian`s reflective, active-matrix-driven liquid crystal displays feature about one million,
12-micron-square picture elements, each of which is capable of displaying
more than 256 gray levels. As a result, Brillian`s TVs feature grayscale
detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes -- matching the
visual response of the eye. The technology supports a high fill factor (>92%)
providing smooth, eye-catching imagery, which eliminates the "screen door"
effect visible in high temperature polysilicon displays. Its three-panel,
solid-state architecture-based design, along with fast response time
(< 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without a rainbow
effect or digital artifacts.
HDTV Product Strategy
Brillian intends to sell its 720p and 1080p televisions exclusively to brand-name OEMs and retailers, which want to have a private label product and require a turnkey HDTV set. The opportunity also exists to integrate the base TV-chassis with customized or complementary features for truly unique product configurations. These customers will then market the televisions through their distribution channels.
Brillian is internally developing or sourcing all of the key components necessary for its HDTVs. It designs and manufactures the Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplays; partners with light engine and video processing designers and integrators; designs and/or purchases all of the necessary components; and develops strategic relationships with manufacturers for final assembly. By offering a total system solution, rather than simply selling components, Brillian believes its high-end HDTVs can enter the consumer market more rapidly and at attractive price/performance levels -- offering development flexibility to its OEM customers.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that OEMs, integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, and Brillian intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor created thereby. Such forward-looking statements include expectations regarding (i) the timing of availability of the Brillian`s HDTV product; (ii) the company`s plans for marketing and selling its HDTV product, (iii) plans for introducing future HDTV products, and (iv) the company`s plans for designing and manufacturing its current, and proposed future, HDTV products. Brillian cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward- looking statements contained herein. Such factors include (a) changes in markets for the company`s products; (b) changes in the market for customer`s products; (c) the failure of Brillian products to deliver commercially acceptable performance; (d) the ability of Brillian`s component suppliers, and subassembly and final assembly contract manufacturers to provide components and manufacturing services in the timeframes required, (e) the ability of Brillian`s management, individually or collectively, to guide the company in a successful manner; and (f) other risks as detailed in Brillian`s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
Tuesday May 25, 11:39 am ET
Targeted at OEMs, Brillian`s BR6501m/i HDTV Offers Extraordinary Image Quality in a Sleek Euro Design
SEATTLE, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) unveiled its first television product: the BR6501m/i, a 65-inch rear-projection HDTV monitor based on the company`s proprietary and patent-pending Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplay technology. This is the first public showing of the HDTV. Demonstrations will be held May 25 to 27, 2004 in booth #132 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
ADVERTISEMENT
With three 1280x720-pixel (720p) microdisplays, the Brillian product offers the highest commercially available LCOS contrast ratios -- up to 2000:1 -- in a rear-projection HDTV. It features a 160-degree viewing angle, an ultra-fine-pitch 16:9 widescreen, artifact-free full-motion video through its three-panel architecture, and outstanding audio performance with its high-end audio system, all in a sleek design that measures a mere 20-inches in depth. The HDTV monitor can support an over-the-air ATSC tuner, CableCARD(TM), and specific OEM custom features through a flexible, add-on expansion port.
Brillian is leveraging its Gen II LCoS(TM) technology in conjunction with components from other industry-leading providers to develop complete HDTV systems that deliver outstanding image quality and price/performance for its customers. The 65-inch 720p HDTV is the first in a family of 720p and 1080p HDTVs the company plans to unveil. OEM-branded versions of Brillian`s 720p HDTV will be available in the second half of 2004.
"This is an extraordinary time in the evolution of HDTV products," said Vincent F. Sollitto, Brillian CEO. "We believe anyone who has an opportunity to view our HDTVs will walk away impressed with the near 3D picture quality, the artifact-free performance and the contrast, color vibrancy and clarity."
About BR6501m/i Gen II LCoS(TM) Technology
With highly saturated, vivid colors, Brillian`s reflective, active-matrix-driven liquid crystal displays feature about one million,
12-micron-square picture elements, each of which is capable of displaying
more than 256 gray levels. As a result, Brillian`s TVs feature grayscale
detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes -- matching the
visual response of the eye. The technology supports a high fill factor (>92%)
providing smooth, eye-catching imagery, which eliminates the "screen door"
effect visible in high temperature polysilicon displays. Its three-panel,
solid-state architecture-based design, along with fast response time
(< 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without a rainbow
effect or digital artifacts.
HDTV Product Strategy
Brillian intends to sell its 720p and 1080p televisions exclusively to brand-name OEMs and retailers, which want to have a private label product and require a turnkey HDTV set. The opportunity also exists to integrate the base TV-chassis with customized or complementary features for truly unique product configurations. These customers will then market the televisions through their distribution channels.
Brillian is internally developing or sourcing all of the key components necessary for its HDTVs. It designs and manufactures the Gen II LCoS(TM) microdisplays; partners with light engine and video processing designers and integrators; designs and/or purchases all of the necessary components; and develops strategic relationships with manufacturers for final assembly. By offering a total system solution, rather than simply selling components, Brillian believes its high-end HDTVs can enter the consumer market more rapidly and at attractive price/performance levels -- offering development flexibility to its OEM customers.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that OEMs, integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, and Brillian intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor created thereby. Such forward-looking statements include expectations regarding (i) the timing of availability of the Brillian`s HDTV product; (ii) the company`s plans for marketing and selling its HDTV product, (iii) plans for introducing future HDTV products, and (iv) the company`s plans for designing and manufacturing its current, and proposed future, HDTV products. Brillian cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward- looking statements contained herein. Such factors include (a) changes in markets for the company`s products; (b) changes in the market for customer`s products; (c) the failure of Brillian products to deliver commercially acceptable performance; (d) the ability of Brillian`s component suppliers, and subassembly and final assembly contract manufacturers to provide components and manufacturing services in the timeframes required, (e) the ability of Brillian`s management, individually or collectively, to guide the company in a successful manner; and (f) other risks as detailed in Brillian`s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
Brillian Announces Its BR1080HC Gen II Liquid-Crystal-On-Silicon (LCoS(TM)) Microdisplay
Wednesday May 26, 8:02 am ET
Ideally Suited for High-Performance 1080p Rear-Projection HDTV Applications
SEATTLE, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) today announced its BR1080HC microdisplay. The 0.72 inch diagonal, 1920x1200 panel features Brillian`s proprietary Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) technology, which delivers industry-leading image quality and contrast ratios as high as 2000:1. Brillian will demonstrate the new microdisplays in a three-panel, 65-inch, 1080p rear-projection HDTV prototype at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in Seattle, Washington, May 25-27, 2004.
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In addition to the microdisplays, the prototype HDTV leverages a three-panel LCoS(TM) light engine, based on the JDS Uniphase LCOS light engine along with Brillian proprietary drive electronics.
Each Brillian BR1080HC microdisplay contains more than 2.3 million pixels for rear-projection HDTV applications that demand the highest broadcast resolution available. With a 0.72-inch diagonal array and a mere 8.1 micron square pixel, this panel fulfills the LCOS promise: densely packed pixels in a tiny microdisplay that allows delivery of high-definition content in a slim profile, lightweight TV product.
Even with the small pixel and panel size, the aperture ratio (fill factor) is still greater than 90%. Its reflectance is greater than 65% enabling the engine to deliver over 500 cd/m2 (nits) brightness and outstanding uniformity from edge to edge on the screen. In addition, although the interface to the system is fully digital, the gray scale and color rendition are analog. This ensures that the video performance can be optimized with great precision for the smoothest, highest-quality, artifact-free image.
Robert Melcher, chief technology officer, Brillian, said, "With its outstanding image quality and price/performance, the BR1080HC panel is an ideal component for the development of 1080p high-definition television products. Brillian plans to introduce these components in its own complete HDTV products. The components and/or light engines will also be made available to selected OEMs looking for the highest-performance and highest-quality panel and/or engine solution for their next-generation 1080p products."
About Gen II LCoS(TM) Technology
Brillian`s reflective, active-matrix-driven BR1080HC liquid crystal displays feature more than 2.3 million, 8.1 micron square pixels, each of which is capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. As a result, HDTVs based on Brillian`s technology will feature grayscale detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes -- matching the visual response of the eye. The technology supports a high fill factor (greater than 90%) assuring a smooth, artifact-free image. Its three-panel optical architecture, along with fast response time (less than 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without color break-up or digital artifacts. Importantly, the Brillian Gen II LCoS(TM) architecture supports the ability to easily scale to ultra-high resolutions to meet the highest-definition broadcast and computing standards.
Availability
BR1080HC samples and development kits will be available to selected customers in the third quarter of 2004. Production is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2004. Complete products will be introduced in the first quarter of 2005. Brillian is taking orders now.
Demonstrations for financial and display industry press and interested OEMs at SID in Seattle, May 25-27, 2004 are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment or for information on the Brillian BR1080HC, please contact Rainer Kuhn, senior director of sales, rainer.kuhn@brilliancorp.com 303-332-6154.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that OEMs, integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
Wednesday May 26, 8:02 am ET
Ideally Suited for High-Performance 1080p Rear-Projection HDTV Applications
SEATTLE, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq: BRLC - News) today announced its BR1080HC microdisplay. The 0.72 inch diagonal, 1920x1200 panel features Brillian`s proprietary Gen II liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) technology, which delivers industry-leading image quality and contrast ratios as high as 2000:1. Brillian will demonstrate the new microdisplays in a three-panel, 65-inch, 1080p rear-projection HDTV prototype at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in Seattle, Washington, May 25-27, 2004.
ADVERTISEMENT
In addition to the microdisplays, the prototype HDTV leverages a three-panel LCoS(TM) light engine, based on the JDS Uniphase LCOS light engine along with Brillian proprietary drive electronics.
Each Brillian BR1080HC microdisplay contains more than 2.3 million pixels for rear-projection HDTV applications that demand the highest broadcast resolution available. With a 0.72-inch diagonal array and a mere 8.1 micron square pixel, this panel fulfills the LCOS promise: densely packed pixels in a tiny microdisplay that allows delivery of high-definition content in a slim profile, lightweight TV product.
Even with the small pixel and panel size, the aperture ratio (fill factor) is still greater than 90%. Its reflectance is greater than 65% enabling the engine to deliver over 500 cd/m2 (nits) brightness and outstanding uniformity from edge to edge on the screen. In addition, although the interface to the system is fully digital, the gray scale and color rendition are analog. This ensures that the video performance can be optimized with great precision for the smoothest, highest-quality, artifact-free image.
Robert Melcher, chief technology officer, Brillian, said, "With its outstanding image quality and price/performance, the BR1080HC panel is an ideal component for the development of 1080p high-definition television products. Brillian plans to introduce these components in its own complete HDTV products. The components and/or light engines will also be made available to selected OEMs looking for the highest-performance and highest-quality panel and/or engine solution for their next-generation 1080p products."
About Gen II LCoS(TM) Technology
Brillian`s reflective, active-matrix-driven BR1080HC liquid crystal displays feature more than 2.3 million, 8.1 micron square pixels, each of which is capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. As a result, HDTVs based on Brillian`s technology will feature grayscale detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes -- matching the visual response of the eye. The technology supports a high fill factor (greater than 90%) assuring a smooth, artifact-free image. Its three-panel optical architecture, along with fast response time (less than 10 milliseconds) enables exceptional video reproduction without color break-up or digital artifacts. Importantly, the Brillian Gen II LCoS(TM) architecture supports the ability to easily scale to ultra-high resolutions to meet the highest-definition broadcast and computing standards.
Availability
BR1080HC samples and development kits will be available to selected customers in the third quarter of 2004. Production is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2004. Complete products will be introduced in the first quarter of 2005. Brillian is taking orders now.
Demonstrations for financial and display industry press and interested OEMs at SID in Seattle, May 25-27, 2004 are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment or for information on the Brillian BR1080HC, please contact Rainer Kuhn, senior director of sales, rainer.kuhn@brilliancorp.com 303-332-6154.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at retailers and their end-user customers looking for breakthrough performance and image quality that sets a benchmark in HDTV price/performance. The company is the first and only provider of Gen II LCoS(TM) used in these products. In addition to its high-definition televisions, Brillian also offers a broad line of LCoS(TM) microdisplay products and subsystems that OEMs, integrate into proprietary HDTV products, multimedia projectors, and near-to-eye products such as monocular and binocular headsets. Brillian`s LCoS(TM) microdisplay technologies address the market demand for a high-performance display solution with high image fidelity, high-resolution scalability, and high contrast ratios. The company`s website is www.brilliancorp.com.
Brillian is a registered trademark and LCoS is a trademark of Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Source: Brillian Corporation
65-Zoll-Fernseher als Rückprojektor mit LCOS-Display
Neues von der Ausstellung der Society for Information Displays in Seattle: Brillian stellt einen HDTV-Rückprojektor mit 65 Zoll Bilddiagonale vor. Das Gerät bietet eine Auflösung von 1280 × 720 (720p) und projiziert das Bild mit je einem "Liquid Crystal on Silicon"-Panel (LCOS) mit 8 Bit pro Farbe von hinten auf eine Mattscheibe. Der Kontrast von 2000:1, ein Blickwinkel von 160 Grad und die Dicke von rund 50 Zentimetern lassen es durchaus als videotauglich erscheinen.
Beim LCOS-Panel sind die Flüssigkristalle in einer Schicht auf einem hochreflektiven Substrat angeordnet, unter dem sich eine Siliziumschicht für die Transistorelektronik befindet. Der Vorteil der Technik ist die hohe erreichbare Pixeldichte mit 12 Mikrometern pro Pixel bei einer Bildfüllung von 92 Prozent, da die Transistoren nicht wie bei den transmissiven LCD-Paneln in HTPS-Technik (High Temperature Polysilicon) zwischen den Pixeln sitzen und die Lichausbeute verringern, was wiederum zu einem weniger körnigen Bild führt. Die Mikrospiegel-Panel (DLP) können bezüglich Pixeldichte ebenfalls nicht mithalten -- hier kann man die Spiegel momentan nicht kostengünstig miniaturisieren. Die Plasmakonkurrenz leidet unter Einbrennproblemen und kurzer Lebensdauer, LCD-Fernseher in vergleichbarer Größe sind zur Zeit eher unerschwinglich.
Auch für die maximale HDTV-Auflösung von 1920 × 1080 (1080p) sollen LCOS-Panels geeignet sein, Brillian plant schon ensprechende Produkte. Die Geräte sollen allerdings ausschließlich an OEMs geliefert werden. (mhe/c`t)
Neues von der Ausstellung der Society for Information Displays in Seattle: Brillian stellt einen HDTV-Rückprojektor mit 65 Zoll Bilddiagonale vor. Das Gerät bietet eine Auflösung von 1280 × 720 (720p) und projiziert das Bild mit je einem "Liquid Crystal on Silicon"-Panel (LCOS) mit 8 Bit pro Farbe von hinten auf eine Mattscheibe. Der Kontrast von 2000:1, ein Blickwinkel von 160 Grad und die Dicke von rund 50 Zentimetern lassen es durchaus als videotauglich erscheinen.
Beim LCOS-Panel sind die Flüssigkristalle in einer Schicht auf einem hochreflektiven Substrat angeordnet, unter dem sich eine Siliziumschicht für die Transistorelektronik befindet. Der Vorteil der Technik ist die hohe erreichbare Pixeldichte mit 12 Mikrometern pro Pixel bei einer Bildfüllung von 92 Prozent, da die Transistoren nicht wie bei den transmissiven LCD-Paneln in HTPS-Technik (High Temperature Polysilicon) zwischen den Pixeln sitzen und die Lichausbeute verringern, was wiederum zu einem weniger körnigen Bild führt. Die Mikrospiegel-Panel (DLP) können bezüglich Pixeldichte ebenfalls nicht mithalten -- hier kann man die Spiegel momentan nicht kostengünstig miniaturisieren. Die Plasmakonkurrenz leidet unter Einbrennproblemen und kurzer Lebensdauer, LCD-Fernseher in vergleichbarer Größe sind zur Zeit eher unerschwinglich.
Auch für die maximale HDTV-Auflösung von 1920 × 1080 (1080p) sollen LCOS-Panels geeignet sein, Brillian plant schon ensprechende Produkte. Die Geräte sollen allerdings ausschließlich an OEMs geliefert werden. (mhe/c`t)
22.04.2004
Brillian bei Schwäche kaufen
Der Aktionär
Die Experten von "Der Aktionär" empfehlen die Aktie von Brillian (ISIN US10949P1075/ WKN 358671) bei Schwäche zu kaufen.
Der Technologiekonzern Brillian hat, keine zwei Wochen nach der Titelstory "Digitale TV-Revolution" durch die Experten von "Der Aktionär", einen ersten Großauftrag von einer amerikanischen Handelskette bekommen. Man schätze den Orderwert auf mindestens sechs Millionen Dollar. Infolge der Auftragserteilung sei das Papier geradezu explodiert und die Aktie habe sich um mehr als 25 Prozent verteuert. Die Experten würden allerdings davon ausgehen, dass die Show gerade erst begonnen habe. Man sehe das Kursziel bei 15 Euro. Ein Stopp-Loss sollte bei 5,90 Euro vorgesehen werden.
Es wird vor diesem Hintergrund, langfristig orientierten Investoren, von den Experten von "Der Aktionär" empfohlen, die Brillian-Aktie bei Schwäche zu kaufen.
Brillian bei Schwäche kaufen
Der Aktionär
Die Experten von "Der Aktionär" empfehlen die Aktie von Brillian (ISIN US10949P1075/ WKN 358671) bei Schwäche zu kaufen.
Der Technologiekonzern Brillian hat, keine zwei Wochen nach der Titelstory "Digitale TV-Revolution" durch die Experten von "Der Aktionär", einen ersten Großauftrag von einer amerikanischen Handelskette bekommen. Man schätze den Orderwert auf mindestens sechs Millionen Dollar. Infolge der Auftragserteilung sei das Papier geradezu explodiert und die Aktie habe sich um mehr als 25 Prozent verteuert. Die Experten würden allerdings davon ausgehen, dass die Show gerade erst begonnen habe. Man sehe das Kursziel bei 15 Euro. Ein Stopp-Loss sollte bei 5,90 Euro vorgesehen werden.
Es wird vor diesem Hintergrund, langfristig orientierten Investoren, von den Experten von "Der Aktionär" empfohlen, die Brillian-Aktie bei Schwäche zu kaufen.
http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/053104brillian/
LCOS HDTV from Brillian
By Ultimate AV Staff
May 31, 2004 — Brillian Corporation is making waves among the HDTV elite with its first-ever rear projection monitor, a 65"-diagonal widescreen unit with exceptional specifications—among them a 160-degree viewing angle and 2000:1 contrast ratio. At the heart of the new BR6501m/I are three 1280x720 microdisplays, the latest in the company`s patent-pending Gen II LCoS line.
The BR6501m/l generated plenty of buzz the last week of May at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference held in Seattle. The monitor is Brillian`s first television product; the SID show was its official debut. Only 20" deep, the BR6501m/I delivers ultra high-rez images with glitch-free motion, and incorporates what observers described as an excellent audio system. An expansion port on the back of the unit allows use of CableCards, an external ATSC tuner, and other options.
The BR6501m/I is the first in a series of 720p and 1080p HD monitors from Brillian. The set should be available in OEM versions later this year. It exceptional picture quality is due to its Gen II LCoS active-matrix-driven liquid crystal displays, each of which has approximately one million, 12-micron-square picture elements, each capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. With a screen sourced from Japan`s Toppan, the BR6501m/I delivers bright images by rejecting ambient light even in brightly lit rooms, a characteristic said by the manufacturer to be ideal for home-theater applications. The monitor has exceptional grayscale detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes, and its fast response time and high fill factor eliminate grain, and any rainbow, moiré, or "screen door" effects.
Brillian`s marketing strategy is to supply 720p and 1080p monitors and televisions to brand name OEMs, as well as to retailers seeking a private label product. The design of the basic chassis makes it easy to add customized features, according to a Brillian announcement. "By offering a total system solution, rather than simply selling components, Brillian believes its high-end HDTVs can enter the consumer market more rapidly and at attractive price/performance levels," the announcement stated.
In addition to the new monitor, Brillian has announced its BR1080HC microdisplay, a 0.72"-diagonal, 1920x1200 LCoS panel with the company`s proprietary Gen II technology. Each Brillian BR1080HC microdisplay contains more than 2.3 million pixels for rear-projection HDTV applications that demand the highest broadcast resolution available. Each pixel in the BR1080HC is only 8.1 micron square; the dense pixel packing is said to allow delivery of unprecedented high-definition images.
LCOS HDTV from Brillian
By Ultimate AV Staff
May 31, 2004 — Brillian Corporation is making waves among the HDTV elite with its first-ever rear projection monitor, a 65"-diagonal widescreen unit with exceptional specifications—among them a 160-degree viewing angle and 2000:1 contrast ratio. At the heart of the new BR6501m/I are three 1280x720 microdisplays, the latest in the company`s patent-pending Gen II LCoS line.
The BR6501m/l generated plenty of buzz the last week of May at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference held in Seattle. The monitor is Brillian`s first television product; the SID show was its official debut. Only 20" deep, the BR6501m/I delivers ultra high-rez images with glitch-free motion, and incorporates what observers described as an excellent audio system. An expansion port on the back of the unit allows use of CableCards, an external ATSC tuner, and other options.
The BR6501m/I is the first in a series of 720p and 1080p HD monitors from Brillian. The set should be available in OEM versions later this year. It exceptional picture quality is due to its Gen II LCoS active-matrix-driven liquid crystal displays, each of which has approximately one million, 12-micron-square picture elements, each capable of displaying more than 256 gray levels. With a screen sourced from Japan`s Toppan, the BR6501m/I delivers bright images by rejecting ambient light even in brightly lit rooms, a characteristic said by the manufacturer to be ideal for home-theater applications. The monitor has exceptional grayscale detail at all brightness levels, even in the darkest scenes, and its fast response time and high fill factor eliminate grain, and any rainbow, moiré, or "screen door" effects.
Brillian`s marketing strategy is to supply 720p and 1080p monitors and televisions to brand name OEMs, as well as to retailers seeking a private label product. The design of the basic chassis makes it easy to add customized features, according to a Brillian announcement. "By offering a total system solution, rather than simply selling components, Brillian believes its high-end HDTVs can enter the consumer market more rapidly and at attractive price/performance levels," the announcement stated.
In addition to the new monitor, Brillian has announced its BR1080HC microdisplay, a 0.72"-diagonal, 1920x1200 LCoS panel with the company`s proprietary Gen II technology. Each Brillian BR1080HC microdisplay contains more than 2.3 million pixels for rear-projection HDTV applications that demand the highest broadcast resolution available. Each pixel in the BR1080HC is only 8.1 micron square; the dense pixel packing is said to allow delivery of unprecedented high-definition images.
http://www.insightmedia.info/emailblasts/JuneIssueofPMOut.ht…
June Issue of Projection Monthly is Out
Dear Readers,
Whose idea was it to have SID, Projection Summit and InfoComm all with a couple of weeks of each other? We have had to burn the midnight oil to write up most of the news from SID over the last week and have crammed that and the rest of the industry news into the latest Projection Monthly edition. It`s a whale at 117 pages, but nicely organized to help readers focus on the news they want to read. Now we have to do it all over again!
The highlights of the SID conference were summed up in our last email - the SID "Best Buzz" awards. We awarded top honors to Sony`s "wavelength selective" front projection screen technology and Brillian for its demo of 1080p LCOS-RPTVs. For our crowd, both were the top items people were talking about at SID. We also recognized Kodak, Philips Research Labs, Philips LCOS Microdisplay Systems, iFire, JDSU, Cambridge University, Lumus, Samsung Electronics, Toppan, DNP and Jenmar Visual Systems.
We are in Atlanta to conduct the Projection Summit and attend InfoComm. The Projection Summit will offer a very strong slate of speakers this year covering the most important and timely subjects of interest to projection supply chain vendors, big-screen display product makers, system integrators, dealers and VARS. Looks like we have over 60 of the industry`s top movers and shakers presenting at the conference with an exhibition area that will also showcase some interesting technology. This is a great opportunity to rub elbows with the real decision makers in the projection industry, come away with thousands of dollars worth of market intelligence - and maybe start or solidify a new business deal. http://www.insightmedia.info/PS04/ps04agenda.htm
In Projection Monthly, we report on JVC`s 1280 x 720 resolution LCOS panel, that will power its line of RPTVs to roll this summer. JVC has high hopes for these sets and is ramping up for some serious sales. The panel features a digital backplane from Aurora Systems coupled to JVC`s high-contrast VAN mode liquid crystal later. JVC was supposed to show these sets off to the press in May, but canceled the demo because the sets were damaged in shipment. They sure better figure out how to ship these sets without breaking them if they want to sell them.
One of the more exciting news stories we wrote up this month is about Kodak`s new Grating ElectroMechanical System (GEMS) spatial light modulator. Similar in principle to the Grating Light Valve (GLV) developed by Silicon Light Machines and Sony, Kodak`s GEM device is a linear array of modulators that can diffract a line of laser light to a scanning galvanometer to create a laser projection display system. The devices could see use in projection TVs, data visualization and simulation systems. I bet Sony is not too happy about this.
Speaking of Sony, they are set to debut a new 4K x 2K resolution SXRD (LCOS) projector at InfoComm that should be quite impressive, judging by the image quality of their other SXRD product, the Qualia 004 LCOS projector with 1920 x 1080 resolution. Reportedly, Sony will position the new 8K projector for digital cinema applications where it will offer 4 times as many pixels as a DLP Cinema platform for about half the price. I bet TI is not too happy about that.
And speaking of TI, we had a chance to see a very nice shootout of TI`s new HD3 and xHD chip sets at the Home Entertainment show in New York City last month. Both feature a new scanning technology that uses about half the number of mirrors to create an on-screen image with twice as many pixels. The HD3 chips offer 1280 x 720 resolution in a size and cost-reduced 0.55-inch package while the xHD offer 1920 x 1080 in a 0.9-inch package. We took a hard look at the HD3 sets vs. LCOS and HTPS competitors and vs. Samsung`s current HD2 sets. The bottom line is that the new scanning method works on the HD3 sets as the image quality is as good and even better than the competitors. The xHD chip set still needs some work as we saw some artifacts which gave us a good clue about how the new chip sets work, as TI has been mum on the subject so far. Samsung looks like it will be the only company to come to market in 2004 with HD3 sets, which should give it a nice competitive advantage.
In what has become an annual tradition at SID, Holger Moench, a research scientist at Philips Research Laboratories presented new data concerning Philips UHP lamps technology and operation. In his paper (#26.2), Moench revealed data for the first time that showed operation of the UHP lamp at higher frequencies (>200Hz) will actually reduce lamp lifetime, contrary to what many in the industry have believed. Projection Summit will have a whole session devoted to understanding the lamp issues including supply and demand - a significant factor in the potential market success of projection products for 2004 and 2005.
Development in screen technology is also heating up - and it is about time. Sony`s wavelength selective screen technology, which adds a red, green and blue highly reflective layer on top of a black absorbing layer, created quite a stir at SID with it high-contrast and wide-viewing-angle images. In addition, DNP, Toppan and Jenmar Visual System have been busy with screen developments too. DNP is working to use cholesteric liquid crystals in a front projection screen to reduce contrast-degrading ambient light while Jenmar is use a polarizing film from Optiva to accomplish the same thing. Toppan is working on a crossed-lenticular RPTV screen design that will enable the expansion of the viewing cone in the vertical direction. Finally, a Finnish company called FogScreen has developed a novel walk-through screen/projection system that uses a finely controlled mist of water vapor to create the screen. Definitely cool.
There is also some nice progress underway in optical component technology. ColorLink for example, has proposed a new solid state color wheel design that adds some optics, but simplifies the retarder design to improve cost and performance. Wavien has proposed an all-lightpipe HTPS-LCD projection engine that offers savings in size and cost. Coresix and Unaxis are beefing up capacity to meet surging demand for components for microdisplay-based projection systems. And, 3M is working on lifetime tests for its Vikuiti optical core that provides color management in a three-panel LCOS engine. It has some new lead-free glass and new adhesives it hopes will achieve a 20K hour lifetime.
Speaking of 3M, this Vikuiti core was showcased in a 65-inch RPTV demonstrator using Brillian panels at SID and offered very high image quality. Brillian also showed a similar set using the UltreX-3 color management core with outstanding performance - hence the Best Buzz award. The 720p version of sets should roll by late summer through one of Brillian`s unnamed customers and will be a bit pricey at $7 to $8K. But that will limit demand allowing Brillian and its partners to properly ramp up to support a rapid price reduction later.
Philips showed its 1080p demo at SID and is now starting a real roll out of its 720p models in 44-, 55- and 61-inch screen sizes. Mitsubishi is set to roll out its 2004 RPTV line with one LCOS and six DLP models. Samsung`s 2004 line of HD3 and HD2+ RPTV is also due to start the roll out this summer.
Samsung is also planning on offering a five-color DLP-RPTV in 2005. This set will expand the RGB signal into five primaries and use a color wheel with red, green, blue, cyan and yellow segments. This not only expands the color space allowing better display of colors like gold and turquoise, but it can use the light normally rejected by the yellow notch filter, thus offering a brighter set. This will top the company`s product line in 2005.
And, we have news about LCD-TVs, PDP-TVs, alternative big-screen displays, tiled/blended displays and 3D display systems in this issue. We have news from the Digital Cinema segment, the Visualization/Simulation market - not to mention Business and Strategic, Channel, Bottom Line, etc. Check the Table of Contents to see the news we covered in these other sections.
Until next time…
Chris Chinnock
203-831-8404
chris@insightmedia.info
About Insight Media
Insight Media (www.insightmedia.info) is a full-service market research company specializing in microdisplay-based products in the projection and near-to-eye segments. It track the full supply chain, finished products and distribution of these microdisplay-based products through its various newsletters, technology reports, forecasts, conferences and custom consulting activities. Headquartered in Norwalk, CT, Insight Media has a core of 8 analysts and associates to cover the microdisplay industry in a comprehensive manner.
June Issue of Projection Monthly is Out
Dear Readers,
Whose idea was it to have SID, Projection Summit and InfoComm all with a couple of weeks of each other? We have had to burn the midnight oil to write up most of the news from SID over the last week and have crammed that and the rest of the industry news into the latest Projection Monthly edition. It`s a whale at 117 pages, but nicely organized to help readers focus on the news they want to read. Now we have to do it all over again!
The highlights of the SID conference were summed up in our last email - the SID "Best Buzz" awards. We awarded top honors to Sony`s "wavelength selective" front projection screen technology and Brillian for its demo of 1080p LCOS-RPTVs. For our crowd, both were the top items people were talking about at SID. We also recognized Kodak, Philips Research Labs, Philips LCOS Microdisplay Systems, iFire, JDSU, Cambridge University, Lumus, Samsung Electronics, Toppan, DNP and Jenmar Visual Systems.
We are in Atlanta to conduct the Projection Summit and attend InfoComm. The Projection Summit will offer a very strong slate of speakers this year covering the most important and timely subjects of interest to projection supply chain vendors, big-screen display product makers, system integrators, dealers and VARS. Looks like we have over 60 of the industry`s top movers and shakers presenting at the conference with an exhibition area that will also showcase some interesting technology. This is a great opportunity to rub elbows with the real decision makers in the projection industry, come away with thousands of dollars worth of market intelligence - and maybe start or solidify a new business deal. http://www.insightmedia.info/PS04/ps04agenda.htm
In Projection Monthly, we report on JVC`s 1280 x 720 resolution LCOS panel, that will power its line of RPTVs to roll this summer. JVC has high hopes for these sets and is ramping up for some serious sales. The panel features a digital backplane from Aurora Systems coupled to JVC`s high-contrast VAN mode liquid crystal later. JVC was supposed to show these sets off to the press in May, but canceled the demo because the sets were damaged in shipment. They sure better figure out how to ship these sets without breaking them if they want to sell them.
One of the more exciting news stories we wrote up this month is about Kodak`s new Grating ElectroMechanical System (GEMS) spatial light modulator. Similar in principle to the Grating Light Valve (GLV) developed by Silicon Light Machines and Sony, Kodak`s GEM device is a linear array of modulators that can diffract a line of laser light to a scanning galvanometer to create a laser projection display system. The devices could see use in projection TVs, data visualization and simulation systems. I bet Sony is not too happy about this.
Speaking of Sony, they are set to debut a new 4K x 2K resolution SXRD (LCOS) projector at InfoComm that should be quite impressive, judging by the image quality of their other SXRD product, the Qualia 004 LCOS projector with 1920 x 1080 resolution. Reportedly, Sony will position the new 8K projector for digital cinema applications where it will offer 4 times as many pixels as a DLP Cinema platform for about half the price. I bet TI is not too happy about that.
And speaking of TI, we had a chance to see a very nice shootout of TI`s new HD3 and xHD chip sets at the Home Entertainment show in New York City last month. Both feature a new scanning technology that uses about half the number of mirrors to create an on-screen image with twice as many pixels. The HD3 chips offer 1280 x 720 resolution in a size and cost-reduced 0.55-inch package while the xHD offer 1920 x 1080 in a 0.9-inch package. We took a hard look at the HD3 sets vs. LCOS and HTPS competitors and vs. Samsung`s current HD2 sets. The bottom line is that the new scanning method works on the HD3 sets as the image quality is as good and even better than the competitors. The xHD chip set still needs some work as we saw some artifacts which gave us a good clue about how the new chip sets work, as TI has been mum on the subject so far. Samsung looks like it will be the only company to come to market in 2004 with HD3 sets, which should give it a nice competitive advantage.
In what has become an annual tradition at SID, Holger Moench, a research scientist at Philips Research Laboratories presented new data concerning Philips UHP lamps technology and operation. In his paper (#26.2), Moench revealed data for the first time that showed operation of the UHP lamp at higher frequencies (>200Hz) will actually reduce lamp lifetime, contrary to what many in the industry have believed. Projection Summit will have a whole session devoted to understanding the lamp issues including supply and demand - a significant factor in the potential market success of projection products for 2004 and 2005.
Development in screen technology is also heating up - and it is about time. Sony`s wavelength selective screen technology, which adds a red, green and blue highly reflective layer on top of a black absorbing layer, created quite a stir at SID with it high-contrast and wide-viewing-angle images. In addition, DNP, Toppan and Jenmar Visual System have been busy with screen developments too. DNP is working to use cholesteric liquid crystals in a front projection screen to reduce contrast-degrading ambient light while Jenmar is use a polarizing film from Optiva to accomplish the same thing. Toppan is working on a crossed-lenticular RPTV screen design that will enable the expansion of the viewing cone in the vertical direction. Finally, a Finnish company called FogScreen has developed a novel walk-through screen/projection system that uses a finely controlled mist of water vapor to create the screen. Definitely cool.
There is also some nice progress underway in optical component technology. ColorLink for example, has proposed a new solid state color wheel design that adds some optics, but simplifies the retarder design to improve cost and performance. Wavien has proposed an all-lightpipe HTPS-LCD projection engine that offers savings in size and cost. Coresix and Unaxis are beefing up capacity to meet surging demand for components for microdisplay-based projection systems. And, 3M is working on lifetime tests for its Vikuiti optical core that provides color management in a three-panel LCOS engine. It has some new lead-free glass and new adhesives it hopes will achieve a 20K hour lifetime.
Speaking of 3M, this Vikuiti core was showcased in a 65-inch RPTV demonstrator using Brillian panels at SID and offered very high image quality. Brillian also showed a similar set using the UltreX-3 color management core with outstanding performance - hence the Best Buzz award. The 720p version of sets should roll by late summer through one of Brillian`s unnamed customers and will be a bit pricey at $7 to $8K. But that will limit demand allowing Brillian and its partners to properly ramp up to support a rapid price reduction later.
Philips showed its 1080p demo at SID and is now starting a real roll out of its 720p models in 44-, 55- and 61-inch screen sizes. Mitsubishi is set to roll out its 2004 RPTV line with one LCOS and six DLP models. Samsung`s 2004 line of HD3 and HD2+ RPTV is also due to start the roll out this summer.
Samsung is also planning on offering a five-color DLP-RPTV in 2005. This set will expand the RGB signal into five primaries and use a color wheel with red, green, blue, cyan and yellow segments. This not only expands the color space allowing better display of colors like gold and turquoise, but it can use the light normally rejected by the yellow notch filter, thus offering a brighter set. This will top the company`s product line in 2005.
And, we have news about LCD-TVs, PDP-TVs, alternative big-screen displays, tiled/blended displays and 3D display systems in this issue. We have news from the Digital Cinema segment, the Visualization/Simulation market - not to mention Business and Strategic, Channel, Bottom Line, etc. Check the Table of Contents to see the news we covered in these other sections.
Until next time…
Chris Chinnock
203-831-8404
chris@insightmedia.info
About Insight Media
Insight Media (www.insightmedia.info) is a full-service market research company specializing in microdisplay-based products in the projection and near-to-eye segments. It track the full supply chain, finished products and distribution of these microdisplay-based products through its various newsletters, technology reports, forecasts, conferences and custom consulting activities. Headquartered in Norwalk, CT, Insight Media has a core of 8 analysts and associates to cover the microdisplay industry in a comprehensive manner.
http://stanfordresources.isuppli.com/analysis/index.asp
LCOS TVs Poised to Enter the Market
Sets on the way, components available, defects solved—but price reductions needed
David E. Mentley - Senior Vice President, iSuppli/Stanford Resources
After many false starts, a half-dozen failed startups and more than 10 years of development, consumer video products based on Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) light engines are ready to enter the market in a big way.
To this analyst, demonstration products shown at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2004 event in Seattle last week appeared to be better than ever and might just be ready for prime time.
Previous tries at LCOS were plagued by problems that were not apparent in the lab, but gave fits to manufacturers months after the products left the factory. However, annoying defects like color shifting and image sticking now appear to have been resolved.
Prototype systems on the SID show floor built by Brillian Corp., Philips and Spatialight Inc. all appeared to be ready for shipment and displayed pictures with more-than-adequate quality to compete head to head with projection TVs based on CRTs and on Texas Instruments Inc.’s Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology.
With the resurrection of LCOS, and with the increasing number of competing technologies in the television market, videophiles will have a difficult choice deciding between plasma, 50-inch-range LCDs and the wide variety of excellent projection displays.
The LCOS sets demonstrated at SID represent just the tip of the iceberg for this emerging market.
Although they were not shown at SID—at least not publicly—many other companies have LCOS TVs in development. These sets are based on LCOS components from Intel Corp., MicroDisplay Corp. and a few other developers like JVC, Aurora Systems Inc., CRL Opto, eLCOS Microdisplay Technology and a rumored startup named Steridian. Beyond these suppliers, JDS Uniphase Corp. is now ramping up its engine-building capacity with a new generation of optical components that guarantee accurate color and efficient design.
The large number of component suppliers that are offering stable and mature technology is instilling confidence among television makers that a full-scale retail rollout for LCOS can proceed.
LCOS displays have long held the promise of delivering very high-definition images at low cost. At SID, it was evident that the first part of the promise has now come true.
Brillian showed a 1,080, progressive scan (1080p) rear-projection TV built around three of its 1,920 by 1,200 chips.
A quick demonstration showed that the color, contrast and black level of the Brillian set are excellent. Very close pixel spacing of 8.1 microns on the 0.72-inch chip produces no discernable gap on a 65-inch screen. Even the 1,280 by 720 pixel systems shown by Philips and Spatialight looked great, with sufficient quality to satisfy most digital TV buyers.
LCOS technology now is capable of carving out a share of the 6-million-unit projection TV market. However, more work will need to be done before that can happen.
The key issue that must be addressed is pricing. Prices must be driven downward over the next few years to align with competitive products, specifically the DLP and eventually the CRT-based rear-projection TVs. ?
David E. Mentley is senior vice president at iSuppli/Stanford Resources.
LCOS TVs Poised to Enter the Market
Sets on the way, components available, defects solved—but price reductions needed
David E. Mentley - Senior Vice President, iSuppli/Stanford Resources
After many false starts, a half-dozen failed startups and more than 10 years of development, consumer video products based on Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) light engines are ready to enter the market in a big way.
To this analyst, demonstration products shown at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2004 event in Seattle last week appeared to be better than ever and might just be ready for prime time.
Previous tries at LCOS were plagued by problems that were not apparent in the lab, but gave fits to manufacturers months after the products left the factory. However, annoying defects like color shifting and image sticking now appear to have been resolved.
Prototype systems on the SID show floor built by Brillian Corp., Philips and Spatialight Inc. all appeared to be ready for shipment and displayed pictures with more-than-adequate quality to compete head to head with projection TVs based on CRTs and on Texas Instruments Inc.’s Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology.
With the resurrection of LCOS, and with the increasing number of competing technologies in the television market, videophiles will have a difficult choice deciding between plasma, 50-inch-range LCDs and the wide variety of excellent projection displays.
The LCOS sets demonstrated at SID represent just the tip of the iceberg for this emerging market.
Although they were not shown at SID—at least not publicly—many other companies have LCOS TVs in development. These sets are based on LCOS components from Intel Corp., MicroDisplay Corp. and a few other developers like JVC, Aurora Systems Inc., CRL Opto, eLCOS Microdisplay Technology and a rumored startup named Steridian. Beyond these suppliers, JDS Uniphase Corp. is now ramping up its engine-building capacity with a new generation of optical components that guarantee accurate color and efficient design.
The large number of component suppliers that are offering stable and mature technology is instilling confidence among television makers that a full-scale retail rollout for LCOS can proceed.
LCOS displays have long held the promise of delivering very high-definition images at low cost. At SID, it was evident that the first part of the promise has now come true.
Brillian showed a 1,080, progressive scan (1080p) rear-projection TV built around three of its 1,920 by 1,200 chips.
A quick demonstration showed that the color, contrast and black level of the Brillian set are excellent. Very close pixel spacing of 8.1 microns on the 0.72-inch chip produces no discernable gap on a 65-inch screen. Even the 1,280 by 720 pixel systems shown by Philips and Spatialight looked great, with sufficient quality to satisfy most digital TV buyers.
LCOS technology now is capable of carving out a share of the 6-million-unit projection TV market. However, more work will need to be done before that can happen.
The key issue that must be addressed is pricing. Prices must be driven downward over the next few years to align with competitive products, specifically the DLP and eventually the CRT-based rear-projection TVs. ?
David E. Mentley is senior vice president at iSuppli/Stanford Resources.
http://www.eetimes.de/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21…
US-Hersteller Brillian prescht mit LCoS-HDTVs vor
von Nicolas Mokhoff
EE Times
May 28, 2004 (12:00 p.m. GMT)
SEATTLE — Was die Konsumenten in Sachen hochauflösende TV-Bildschirme demnächst erwarten können, wurde auf der Jahreskonferenz der `Society for Information Display` (SID) in dieser Woche vorgestellt.
Während Samsung, Sharp und Toshiba große LCD-Panel-Prototypen mit einer Auflösung von 1280 Pixel präsentierten, erschien der US-amerikanische Display-Spezialist Brillian Corp. mit einem TV-Gerät, dessen Bildschirm auf der LCoS-Mikrodisplay-Technik (Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon) beruht. Diese Vorstellung des Geräts war zudem die erste öffentliche Vorführung eines 65-Zoll-HDTV-Rückprojektionsmonitors.
"Wir haben es hier mit einem besonderen Abschnitt in der Entwicklung von HDTV-Produkten zu tun," bemerkte Brillians CEO Vincent F. Sollitto, der besonders auf die "nahezu artefaktfreie 3D-Bildqualität des LCoS-Monitors" verwies.
Der Monitor verfügt über drei Mikrodisplays mit einer Auflösung von jeweils 1280 x 720 Pixel, die laut Brillian derzeit das wohl beste Kontrastverhältnis in einem Rückprojektions-HDTV (High Definition TV) aufweisen - "bis zu 2000:1". Der Betrachtungswinkel des hoch auflösenden Großbildschirms mit einem Bildformat von 16:9 wird mit 160 Grad angegeben, wobei die Systemarchitektur mit ihren drei Panelen eine uneingeschränkte und störungsfreie Videowiedergabe bietet. Hinzu kommt eine ausgezeichnete Audioqualität. Der Monitor weist eine Bautiefe von rund 50 cm auf.
Brillians reflektierende AM-LCDs (active matrix) bestehen aus einer Million Bildelementen (12 Quadratmikron pro Element), von denen jedes mehr als 256 Graustufen wiedergeben kann. Die verwendete Technik unterstützt einen Füllfaktor von mehr als 92 Prozent, die jenen typischen Graupeleffekt verhindert, der oft auf Hochtemperatur-Polysiliziumdisplays zu sehen ist. Das 65-Zoll-HDTV-Gerät mit Vollbildwiedergabe (progressive scan) ist das erste Gerät einer geplanten Brillian-Produktserie von HDTVs mit 720 und 1080 Zeilen Darstellung. OEM-Versionen des Gerätes werden für Markenartikler in der zweiten Jahreshälfte verfügbar sein.
Brillian will seine 720- und 1080-Zeilen-Fernsehgeräte exklusiv an Markenartikler und Wiederverkäufer abgeben, die ein komplettes HDTV-Gerät benötigen, wobei die OEM-Kunden das Basis-TV-Chassis auch mit speziellen oder ergänzenden Eigenschaften für besondere Produktkonfigurationen integrieren dürfen. Die modifizierten TV-Geräte werden dann durch die OEM-eigenen Vertriebskanäle in den Markt gebracht.
Die wichtigsten HDTV-Komponenten bezieht Brillian entweder intern oder von den entsprechenden Anbietern. Während das Unternehmen LCoS-Mikrodisplays der zweiten Generation entwickelt, kooperiert es zugleich mit Designern und Integratoren in den Bereichen der Licht- und Videoverarbeitungstechnologien. Laut Brillian kann sich das Unternehmen aufgrund seines komplette Gerätesspektrums auch schnell in den preissensitiven Consumermarkt hineinbewegen.
Anfang dieses Jahres begann Brillian, in seinen 720-Zeilen-HDTV-Geräten Bildschirme des japanischen Herstellers Toppan einzusetzen. Dessen Bildschirmtechnik bietet ein gleichmäßiges und hoch auflösendes Bild ohne Szintillation (Glitzerstörungen). Mit dieser Technologie erreicht man eine sehr kontrastreiche Bildwiedergabe auch bei relativ hellem Umgebungslicht ohne Kompromisse hinsichtlich des Betrachtungswinkels, der bei 160 Grad bleibt. Augrund dieser Eigenschaften eignen sich diese TV-Geräte nach Ansicht der Brillian-Geschäftspartner besonders vorteilhaft für die so genannten Home Theaters.
Da Toppan nach Ansicht von Sollitto unter anderem die neueste Bildschirmtechnologie bereits in der Fertigung verwendet, "erfüllt das japanische Unternehmen die von Brillian geforderten Produktionsvorgaben".
US-Hersteller Brillian prescht mit LCoS-HDTVs vor
von Nicolas Mokhoff
EE Times
May 28, 2004 (12:00 p.m. GMT)
SEATTLE — Was die Konsumenten in Sachen hochauflösende TV-Bildschirme demnächst erwarten können, wurde auf der Jahreskonferenz der `Society for Information Display` (SID) in dieser Woche vorgestellt.
Während Samsung, Sharp und Toshiba große LCD-Panel-Prototypen mit einer Auflösung von 1280 Pixel präsentierten, erschien der US-amerikanische Display-Spezialist Brillian Corp. mit einem TV-Gerät, dessen Bildschirm auf der LCoS-Mikrodisplay-Technik (Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon) beruht. Diese Vorstellung des Geräts war zudem die erste öffentliche Vorführung eines 65-Zoll-HDTV-Rückprojektionsmonitors.
"Wir haben es hier mit einem besonderen Abschnitt in der Entwicklung von HDTV-Produkten zu tun," bemerkte Brillians CEO Vincent F. Sollitto, der besonders auf die "nahezu artefaktfreie 3D-Bildqualität des LCoS-Monitors" verwies.
Der Monitor verfügt über drei Mikrodisplays mit einer Auflösung von jeweils 1280 x 720 Pixel, die laut Brillian derzeit das wohl beste Kontrastverhältnis in einem Rückprojektions-HDTV (High Definition TV) aufweisen - "bis zu 2000:1". Der Betrachtungswinkel des hoch auflösenden Großbildschirms mit einem Bildformat von 16:9 wird mit 160 Grad angegeben, wobei die Systemarchitektur mit ihren drei Panelen eine uneingeschränkte und störungsfreie Videowiedergabe bietet. Hinzu kommt eine ausgezeichnete Audioqualität. Der Monitor weist eine Bautiefe von rund 50 cm auf.
Brillians reflektierende AM-LCDs (active matrix) bestehen aus einer Million Bildelementen (12 Quadratmikron pro Element), von denen jedes mehr als 256 Graustufen wiedergeben kann. Die verwendete Technik unterstützt einen Füllfaktor von mehr als 92 Prozent, die jenen typischen Graupeleffekt verhindert, der oft auf Hochtemperatur-Polysiliziumdisplays zu sehen ist. Das 65-Zoll-HDTV-Gerät mit Vollbildwiedergabe (progressive scan) ist das erste Gerät einer geplanten Brillian-Produktserie von HDTVs mit 720 und 1080 Zeilen Darstellung. OEM-Versionen des Gerätes werden für Markenartikler in der zweiten Jahreshälfte verfügbar sein.
Brillian will seine 720- und 1080-Zeilen-Fernsehgeräte exklusiv an Markenartikler und Wiederverkäufer abgeben, die ein komplettes HDTV-Gerät benötigen, wobei die OEM-Kunden das Basis-TV-Chassis auch mit speziellen oder ergänzenden Eigenschaften für besondere Produktkonfigurationen integrieren dürfen. Die modifizierten TV-Geräte werden dann durch die OEM-eigenen Vertriebskanäle in den Markt gebracht.
Die wichtigsten HDTV-Komponenten bezieht Brillian entweder intern oder von den entsprechenden Anbietern. Während das Unternehmen LCoS-Mikrodisplays der zweiten Generation entwickelt, kooperiert es zugleich mit Designern und Integratoren in den Bereichen der Licht- und Videoverarbeitungstechnologien. Laut Brillian kann sich das Unternehmen aufgrund seines komplette Gerätesspektrums auch schnell in den preissensitiven Consumermarkt hineinbewegen.
Anfang dieses Jahres begann Brillian, in seinen 720-Zeilen-HDTV-Geräten Bildschirme des japanischen Herstellers Toppan einzusetzen. Dessen Bildschirmtechnik bietet ein gleichmäßiges und hoch auflösendes Bild ohne Szintillation (Glitzerstörungen). Mit dieser Technologie erreicht man eine sehr kontrastreiche Bildwiedergabe auch bei relativ hellem Umgebungslicht ohne Kompromisse hinsichtlich des Betrachtungswinkels, der bei 160 Grad bleibt. Augrund dieser Eigenschaften eignen sich diese TV-Geräte nach Ansicht der Brillian-Geschäftspartner besonders vorteilhaft für die so genannten Home Theaters.
Da Toppan nach Ansicht von Sollitto unter anderem die neueste Bildschirmtechnologie bereits in der Fertigung verwendet, "erfüllt das japanische Unternehmen die von Brillian geforderten Produktionsvorgaben".
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/06/15/cx_af_0615lcos_i…
Displays
A Better Rear-Projection TV
Alicia Ferrari, 06.15.04, 6:00 AM ET
NEW YORK - There`s another new technology that`s set to join the crowded high-definition television market.
After nearly a decade in development, makers of LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) rear-projection televisions are gearing up for their retail debut. LCoS TVs have large, home-theater-sized displays and cost about half as much as flat-screen TVs. Manufacturers such as Philips Electronics (nyse: PHG - news - people ) hope that they`ll appeal to consumers who don`t want to drop a bundle on plasma and LCD screens. Already in stores now, LCoS televisions will become more widely available in 2005.
Philips was the first to release an LCoS TV last Thanksgiving, and the company is now introducing a new line to retailers like Magnolia, Tweeter, Bose and Fry`s Electronics. Prices range from $2,999 for a 42-inch unit to $4,299 for a 62-inch screen. Other LCoS manufacturers are set to join the electronics giant soon.
LCoS televisions are part of a new class of rear-projection TVs called microdisplays that are thinner and have superior resolution to their rear-projection predecessors. The bulk of the microdisplay category currently has Texas Instruments` (nyse: TXN - news - people ) digital light processing technology (DLP), which uses a chip embedded with hundreds of thousands of tiny mirrors that move to reflect light through color filters (see: "Texas Instruments` Flat-Screen Surrogate").
LCoS TVs also create a picture by reflecting light off an imager chip, but instead of using DLP`s tiny mirrors, LCoS sandwiches a layer of liquid crystals between a silicon chip and a glass plate. (Traditional LCD displays have a sheet of crystals between two pieces of glass.)
It`s early, but LCoS picture quality is getting great reviews. "It is spectacular," says CJS Securities equity analyst Joe Giamichael, about LCoS chipmaker SpatiaLight`s (nasdaq: HDTV - news - people ) prototype.
Information Display magazine Editor Ken Werner says he was "very, very impressed," with the color, contrast and smoothness of motion in a Philips LCoS television he saw.
But those who covet the sleek form of plasma and LCD screens may not be satisfied. LCoS televisions are thinner than traditional cathode ray tube televisions, but at about 17 to 20 inches, they are slightly thicker than DLP`s typical 16 inches.
Interest in LCoS first surged in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas after Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) showcased an LCoS television prototype based on its new chip. Intel President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini claimed that televisions using these chips would be on the market in the second half of 2004 for less than $2,000. But so far, Intel hasn`t started to mass-produce LCoS imaging chips.
Other key players in the LCoS arena are Brillian (nasdaq: BRLC - news - people ), MicroDisplay and SpatiaLight. Brillian, which makes both imager chips and televisions, was spun off from display maker Three-Five Systems (nasdaq: TFS - news - people ) in September 2003. That outfit plans to have its first batch of TVs on a retailer`s shelves in August, although it won`t say which store it`s working with.
So far, SpatiaLight has inked seven deals to provide LCoS imagers to Chinese TV makers and is expecting to see sales climb in advance of the Chinese New Year in February 2005. SpatiaLight expects TVs made with its chips to cost somewhere between $2,500 and $4,000.
Philips` LCoS televisions will soon arrive at Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ), and executive Lee Simonson says that it`s time to see how they`ll compete against other types of TVs.
Says Simonson, "This is the year for LCoS."
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A Better Rear-Projection TV
Alicia Ferrari, 06.15.04, 6:00 AM ET
NEW YORK - There`s another new technology that`s set to join the crowded high-definition television market.
After nearly a decade in development, makers of LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) rear-projection televisions are gearing up for their retail debut. LCoS TVs have large, home-theater-sized displays and cost about half as much as flat-screen TVs. Manufacturers such as Philips Electronics (nyse: PHG - news - people ) hope that they`ll appeal to consumers who don`t want to drop a bundle on plasma and LCD screens. Already in stores now, LCoS televisions will become more widely available in 2005.
Philips was the first to release an LCoS TV last Thanksgiving, and the company is now introducing a new line to retailers like Magnolia, Tweeter, Bose and Fry`s Electronics. Prices range from $2,999 for a 42-inch unit to $4,299 for a 62-inch screen. Other LCoS manufacturers are set to join the electronics giant soon.
LCoS televisions are part of a new class of rear-projection TVs called microdisplays that are thinner and have superior resolution to their rear-projection predecessors. The bulk of the microdisplay category currently has Texas Instruments` (nyse: TXN - news - people ) digital light processing technology (DLP), which uses a chip embedded with hundreds of thousands of tiny mirrors that move to reflect light through color filters (see: "Texas Instruments` Flat-Screen Surrogate").
LCoS TVs also create a picture by reflecting light off an imager chip, but instead of using DLP`s tiny mirrors, LCoS sandwiches a layer of liquid crystals between a silicon chip and a glass plate. (Traditional LCD displays have a sheet of crystals between two pieces of glass.)
It`s early, but LCoS picture quality is getting great reviews. "It is spectacular," says CJS Securities equity analyst Joe Giamichael, about LCoS chipmaker SpatiaLight`s (nasdaq: HDTV - news - people ) prototype.
Information Display magazine Editor Ken Werner says he was "very, very impressed," with the color, contrast and smoothness of motion in a Philips LCoS television he saw.
But those who covet the sleek form of plasma and LCD screens may not be satisfied. LCoS televisions are thinner than traditional cathode ray tube televisions, but at about 17 to 20 inches, they are slightly thicker than DLP`s typical 16 inches.
Interest in LCoS first surged in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas after Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) showcased an LCoS television prototype based on its new chip. Intel President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini claimed that televisions using these chips would be on the market in the second half of 2004 for less than $2,000. But so far, Intel hasn`t started to mass-produce LCoS imaging chips.
Other key players in the LCoS arena are Brillian (nasdaq: BRLC - news - people ), MicroDisplay and SpatiaLight. Brillian, which makes both imager chips and televisions, was spun off from display maker Three-Five Systems (nasdaq: TFS - news - people ) in September 2003. That outfit plans to have its first batch of TVs on a retailer`s shelves in August, although it won`t say which store it`s working with.
So far, SpatiaLight has inked seven deals to provide LCoS imagers to Chinese TV makers and is expecting to see sales climb in advance of the Chinese New Year in February 2005. SpatiaLight expects TVs made with its chips to cost somewhere between $2,500 and $4,000.
Philips` LCoS televisions will soon arrive at Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ), and executive Lee Simonson says that it`s time to see how they`ll compete against other types of TVs.
Says Simonson, "This is the year for LCoS."
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