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Micro Device Display Consortium Launches New Web Site to Advance Microdisplay Projection TV Market (1/11/2007)

The Micro Device Display Consortium (MDDPC), a membership-based industry group made up of leading companies aimed at expanding the microdisplay television market, today announced 10 new members, including Colorlink, Inc., Fourth Dimension Displays Limited, and Fujinon Corporation. MDDPC also announced that it has launched a new web site to help retailers and consumers better understand the advantages of microdisplay projection televisions. The web site contains the latest news and product information on microdisplay projection products to help consumers make more informed decisions about the increasing number of HDTVs available on the market today.

"Confusion about all the different HDTV technologies still permeates the market, especially when it comes to microdisplay technology," said Shintaro Nakagaki, MDDPC Representative Director and associate director of Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC). "Even though microdisplay projection TVs still produce one of the best television pictures for the money, the varying terminology for this TV category makes it difficult for the consumer to recognize those benefits as belonging to the MDDP category. Our new web site was designed to help clear up some of the confusion and provide consumers and retailers with the tools and knowledge to make more informed purchasing decisions."

The site includes detailed descriptions and visual illustrations of how various microdisplay technologies such as DLP, LCOS and HTPS work in projection television systems. It also highlights their advantages (low cost, high quality large screen images, high brightness and wide viewing angle, low power and energy consumption, long product life, and cooler operating temperature), and how they contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions from total energy for manufacturing, and produce less waste from disposal of set, parts and materials.

The MDDP Consortium, whose mission is to broadly promote the advantages and superiority of Micro Device Display technology to consumers, retailers, experts, and the mass media, has grown its member base from six member companies to sixteen since being founded in 2006.

The MDDP Consortium's founding members include Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC), and Royal Philips Electronics. Other member companies include Luminus Devices, 3M Company, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SCRAM Technologies, Inc, Gemidis NV, Sekinos Co., Ltd., Wavien, Inc., and Young Optics, Inc.

www.md-display.com