I'd love to know the answer(s) to this, too. From what I've read of Toshiba's attempt (using, I believe, a Hitachi fab'd chip), the glass that covers the chip was deforming over time, leaving an oval "racetrack" impression on the screen. On 3-Jan-05, at 10:53 AM, Tom McMahon wrote: > Question regarding the article below - maybe some of the technologists > on this list will have answers (or at least theories): > > What exactly is it about LCOS that make it so difficult to produce? > Why is it still a "black hole of investment cash" at this > point? The article never pins down the exact issue(s). Is it a yield > problem? Cost? Contrast? Colorimetry? Latency or response > time? Temperature stability or drift? Life expectancy under bright > illumination? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.