An official at LG.Philips LCD said, 'We are currently undertaking a development project of 42-inch EEFL BLUs jointly with our suppliers,' and 'Of the LCD TV product lineup covering up to 55-and 42-inch and greater models are equipped with CCFLs.'

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. revealed that it will form a partnership with another company to continue the TV business, against some anticipations of its withdraw from the business.

LCOS-TV suppliers pointed out that suppliers of TV components have sought ways to pare down production costs considering the fact that the TV's prices have fallen sharply.

The clock is based on E Ink？ paper display technology, dubbed Imaging Film. With a thickness of 3.0-mm, a weight of 1.5-kg and a battery life that is 20 times longer than conventional digital clocks, the clock also can be bent while in operation.

Seagate announces that Korean manufacturer Humax has chosen one of its drive to be used for digital video recording in a Humax LCD TV.

Taiwan is losing ground in the plasma display panel (PDP) TV arena amid fierce competition from strong rivals in South Korea and Japan, and the island？ existing players in the sector are not expected to offer next-generation PDP TV products.

Moscow's Kremlin will soon be adorned with a gold-brimmed plasma display panel, produced by Korea's very own LG Electronics.

Consumers are snapping up digital TV's this holiday season. The market analysts at Gartner predict that 3.6 million high-definition TV's will be sold this holiday season, 80 percent of what was sold in all 12 months of 2004.

Micronas had announced a definitive agreement to acquire WISchip, a provider of audio and video SoC IC and software solutions, implementing the latest- generation MPEG1/2/4, H.264 and VC-1 HDTV standards.

In the world of digital projectors, DLP and LCD battle for supremacy. Neither one is perfect. So it is important to understand what each one gives you, so you can make a good decision about which will be better for you.

In a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, BenQ said it sold 40 million GDRs at US$4.68 each, or NT$31.36 per common share.

AUO cited a lack of cold cathode fluorescent tube (CCFL) backlights used with LCD screens in monitors and LCD-TVs as one factor that limited its monthly revenue figure, which broke a record high anyway.

EU is poised to announce the RoHS-related investigation result as early as January 2006.

The new products include two DSP-based system-on-chips (SoC), multimedia codecs, application programming interfaces (APIs) and frameworks development tools.

Fujitsu Hitachi announced now a 42 inch 1080p Plasma HDTV.

Lehman Brothers predicts the LCD industry will experience stable volume growth throughout 2006.

The company had previously said it was ceasing production of CRT lens systems for RPTVs at the plant. Then lenses historically have been the plant's primary product, and the company will continue making them in China.

There will be a relatively mild oversupply of liquid crystal display in the first half of next year although a stable volume growth throughout 2006 is expected for Asia's LCD industry, a report on Asia's display sector said.

After two years of losses, Pioneer has unleased a drastic reform plan that includes closing a joint venture company for manufacturing AMOLED panels, reducing PDP operation, laying off 600 workers, and dedelisting from most stock exchanges.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Goldman Sachs will probably buy some 30 pct stake in Sanyo Electric Credit to be its top shareholder.

Limited supplies of lamps and other key elements will force a reduction in panel production, helping cut down on the industry's oversupply problem.

Trident Microsystems today announced that Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Nexgen Mediatech is using Trident's SVP(TM) EX ten-bit video processor to power its new 37-inch LCD TV.

NSC said it has received LG Group？ application to invest in a photomask plan at the Central Taiwan Science Park and would likely approve the application on Dec. 20.

Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display (FHP) said on Wednesday it will bring forward the start of mass production at a new plasma display factory in western Japan by three months to October 2006 to meet strong demand.