NEWS: highlights of the week

11 Jul 2002

Here is a roundup of the latest news. Click on the links for the full story.

Consumers demand larger television screen sizes
More than 70% of US consumers would like a TV with a screen size larger than 40 inches but purchasing decisions are keenly price-sensitive.

Fujitsu develops method to make 100 inch plasma panels
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a technology based on many tiny glass tubes to produce very large plasma display panels that will reduce power consumption and panel weight to one-quarter that of existing PDPs.

Business briefs
News from Sanyo in China, DuPont Displays and Polar Vision, Creo of Canada, HDMI progress, and CDT's latest accolade from Time magazine.

E Ink, Toppan, Philips demonstrate active-matrix color display
E Ink has announced the demonstration of the world's first high-resolution, active-matrix color display developed with electronic ink.