[opendtv] lcos
- From: "Donald Koeleman" <donald.koeleman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:44:55 +0100
Not sure what the outcome of the discussion was regarding the demise of
lcos, but came across releases by two interesting looking lcos vendors,
Spatialight and Brillian.
Donald
LG Electronics Unveils LCoS Rear Projection Televisions Incorporating
SpatiaLight Microdisplays at 2005 Consumer Electronics Show
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LG Electronics Inc.
and SpatiaLight, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDTV), made the following joint announcement
today:
LG Electronics privately demonstrated 71-inch and 62-inch models of liquid
crystal on silicon (LCoS) 1080p rear projection televisions at the
international Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, held earlier this
month. These televisions incorporate SpatiaLight's state of the art 1920
pixel by 1080 pixel resolution LCoS microdisplay devices (LCoS Sets). The
pre-production televisions were very well received by significant target
customers of LG Electronics and by other industry guests.
LG Electronics is currently planning an initial rollout of the 71-inch and
62-inch LCoS televisions commencing in the second quarter of 2005, subject
to the completion of pre-production requirements. The initial product
rollout will be into the United States, Korean and Australian consumer
markets, with future plans for expansion into other markets. LG Electronics
believes that the LCoS projection televisions will be a competitive product
in the large-sized television market.
In July 2004, LG Electronics and SpatiaLight entered into an LCoS Supply
Agreement, under which LGE committed to purchase from SpatiaLight a minimum
of 21,000 LCoS Sets over an initial six-month delivery period. Based upon
progress to date, it is currently anticipated that the initial six-month
delivery period for the LCoS Sets will begin in March 2005, which is
consistent with LG Electronics' current product rollout plan, but subject to
the completion of pre-production requirements. Under the agreement,
commencing in the first delivery month, LG Electronics is required to
provide SpatiaLight with rolling monthly firm purchase orders six months in
advance of the scheduled delivery and rolling twelve-month advance
projections of its anticipated future orders. Although the agreement does
not contain any minimum purchase requirements after the initial six-month
delivery period, it projects that LG Electronics will commence larger
mass-production scale purchases of LCoS Sets from SpatiaLight in the latter
part of 2005. The parties' rights and obligations under the agreement and
LGE's plan to rollout the LCoS projection television products are subject to
a limited quantity of trial LCoS Sets, a majority of which have been
delivered to LGE, meeting final specifications. Since the signing of the
agreement, LG Electronics and SpatiaLight have been actively working
together on developing LCoS rear projection television products.
The agreement provides that SpatiaLight will be the exclusive supplier of
three-chip 1080p high definition LCoS microdisplay products to LG
Electronics in 2005 and potentially in 2006 as well. LG Electronics will
have the exclusive right in Korea to purchase 1080p high definition LCoS
microdisplay products from SpatiaLight in the first half of 2005 and
potentially in the second half of 2005 and 2006 as well.
Havis Kwon, Executive Vice President and General Manager of LG Electronics
Display Division -- Television and Monitors, stated, "LG Electronics is
excited to announce our plan to begin product rollout of LCoS rear
projection televisions into major consumer markets. We believe that this
product, incorporating the SpatiaLight microdisplay sets, has the potential
to be an important part of our high definition rear projection television
lineup."
David Hakala, Chief Operating Officer of SpatiaLight, commented,
"SpatiaLight is excited that LG Electronics is planning to bring its LCoS
based products to market in the coming months. It is an honor conducting
business with the fine people at LG Electronics. I expect this to be the
beginning of an exciting time for both LG Electronics and SpatiaLight."
About LG Electronics Inc.
LG Electronics Inc. (Korea Stock Exchange: 06657.KS), headquartered in
Seoul, South Korea, was established in 1958 and has grown into a global
force in electronics, information and communications products with annual
total revenues of US $29.9 billion (consolidated). With more than 64,000
employees working in 73 overseas subsidiaries and marketing units around the
world, LG Electronics is comprised of four main business companies including
Digital Display, Digital Media, Digital Appliance, and Mobile
Communications.
The LG Digital Display Company provides core technologies for cutting-edge
digital products and is a world leader in digital display products including
Plasma TVs, LCD TVs and Monitors, and HDTV (high-definition televisions).
LG Electronics' goal worldwide is to create and enable the intelligent
networking of digital products that will make consumers' lives better than
ever. For more information please visit www.lge.com
About SpatiaLight, Inc.
SpatiaLight, Inc., founded in 1989, manufactures high-resolution LCoS
microdisplays for use in high definition televisions and rear projection
monitors. The company's proprietary SpatiaLight imagEngine(TM) LCoS
microdisplays represent a solution for OEMs of large-screen rear projection
monitors, home theater projection systems, video projectors, and other
display applications. Utilizing more than 6.2 million pixels, SpatiaLight's
LCoS Sets are designed to be incorporated into high definition televisions
and rear projection monitors. A SpatiaLight display unit, another company
product, is comprised of three SpatiaLight imagEngine(TM) microdisplays
fitted onto a light engine designed by SpatiaLight and Fuji Photo Optical
Co., Ltd. and manufactured by Fuji. SpatiaLight is committed to developing
microdisplay technologies that will become the standard for the next
generation of rear projection display devices and to providing OEMs with the
most cost effective, high-resolution microdisplays in the industry. For more
information about SpatiaLight, please see the company website:
www.spatialight.com.
Safe Harbor Statement of SpatiaLight, Inc.
This news release includes forward-looking statements that reflect
SpatiaLight's current expectations about its future results, performance,
prospects and opportunities. SpatiaLight has tried to identify these
forward-looking statements by using words and phrases such as "may", "will",
"expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "plan",
"should", "typical", "preliminary", "we are confident" or similar
expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on information
currently available to SpatiaLight and are subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause SpatiaLight's actual
results, performance, prospects or opportunities in the remainder of 2005
and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by,
these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are outlined
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K.
Source: SpatiaLight, Inc.
CONTACT: Ted Banzhaf of SpatiaLight, Inc., +1-415-883-1693, ext. 132
Web site: http://www.lge.com/
Web site: http://www.spatialight.com/
Brillian Microdisplays to be Featured in HOLOEYE Booth at Photonics West
New Development Platforms From Brillian Distributor Speed OEM Development
Time
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brillian Corporation
(NASDAQ:BRLC) today announced that its BR1920 and BR768 UltraContrast Gen II
liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS(TM)) microdisplays for projection
applications and its BRZ86D-3 SVGA (800x600) microdisplays for near-to-eye
applications will be featured in the HOLOEYE booth #6902 at the Photonics
West Exhibition Jan 25 to 27, 2005 in San Jose, California. The Photonics
West Conference and Exhibition, being held at the San Jose McEnery
Convention Center, is dedicated to the global advancement of optics,
photonics, and instrumentation engineering.
HOLOEYE will be discussing its OEM microdisplay services and demonstrating
Brillian's Gen II LCoS(TM)-based displays. Two spatial light modulator
products by HOLOEYE: the LC-R 2500 Spatial Light Modulator and the
OptiXplorer will be demonstrated during the conference. These turnkey
electro-optical designs are intended to speed time-to-market and leverage
development costs for OEMs developing microdisplay-based near-to-eye and
projection products. Additionally, Brillian products on display will
include a high-brightness (1000fL monochrome red, 200fL full color)
frontlight well-suited for medical, military, and industrial see-through
applications, such as range finders, rifle scopes, and see-through HMDs.
This frontlight optical engine represents a breakthrough in performance and
size (less than 27.5 cubic-centimeters in volume) for LCOS applications
requiring extremely high brightness in a compact, rugged package.
According to Rainer Kuhn, Brillian vice president, Sales and Product
Marketing, "Through our close working relationship with HOLOEYE, we have had
the opportunity to work together and foster some emerging applications and
markets with our Gen II LCoS(TM) technology. Their new spatial light
modulator platforms and diffractive optics demonstrations are a key step in
enabling Brillian to expand its technology foothold in additional
microdisplay markets by leveraging HOLOEYE's broad expertise in optics and
electronics."
For additional information on Brillian and HOLOEYE products and services at
Photonics West, please contact:
* HOLOEYE -- Klaus von Guenner, klaus.von.guenner@xxxxxxxxxxx, +49 (0) 30
63923660
* Brillian Corporation -- Rainer Kuhn, rainer.kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
+1.702.406.8400 ext. 40
About HOLOEYE Photonics AG, HOLOEYE Corporation
Founded in 1999, with headquarters in Berlin, Germany and a subsidiary,
HOLOEYE Corp. in San Diego, Calif., HOLOEYE is a leading technology provider
of professional products and services based on micro-structured optical
components and computer-controlled optical wave manipulation. The company
focuses on the development of adaptive micro-optics, spatial light
modulators and diffractive components. It offers products, services, and
innovations in a range of optic fields, including LCD, micro optics, laser
beam shaping, array optics, bio photonics, material processing, digital
holography, optical metrology, and more.
About Brillian Corporation
Brillian Corporation designs and develops rear-projection HDTVs targeted at
high-end video/audio OEMs, high-end video/audio retailers, ProAV/CEDIA
distributors, and their base of dealers and custom installers looking for
breakthrough performance and image quality. 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 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, UltraContrast, and LCoS are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Brillian Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Source: Brillian Corporation
CONTACT: Hope Frank, Vice President, Marketing of Brillian Corporation,
+1-602-389-8986, hope.frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; or Chad Giron of Edelman
Public
Relations, Los Angeles, CA, +1-323-202-1052, chad.giron@xxxxxxxxxxx, for
Brillian Corporation
Web site: http://www.brilliancorp.com/
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