new & unusual
iRex
makes the Iliad e-reader, first generation e-paper product
Magic Planet
Sperical projection
Displays without computers: Wallflower and Ceiva
IO2 Technology
"World's first interactive free-space display." Think Star Wars...
eLumens
Projections domes, from single-person to 14 foot versions. Viewing angle: 180 degrees horizontal, 130 vertical.
9X Media
Videowalls
Noritake
makes vacuum flourescent displays -- small, bright readouts similar to LED but brighter, flatter, better for small text.
CRT
Candescent
makes flat-panel CRTs
Predicta
New TVs in classic enclosures
distribution amps
Extron
Dtrovision
Ram
LCD
Axion 1.8" handheld display
for $70 on Amazon. (Posted 19 November 2004)
Benq FP581 15" $389
AND Displays
Earth Computer Technologies
Lots of LCD monitors from this reseller
EDT
Electronic Outlet
4" LCD
Industrial Electronic Engineers
Kent Displays
Kristel
Sunlight-readable, industrial LCDs
Planar Systems
Rainbow Displays
large tiled LCD displays
Samsung
has a 40" TFT-LCD with high resolution, good brightness, and many technical advances (Information Display 6/02)
Optrex America
makes small, indoor/outdoor LCD panels with a wide temperature range; resolutions up to VGA
Trident Displays
UK reseller
Rugged LCD manufacturers:
Siemens
Thomas Electronics
Silver Cloud
Polarvision
LCD Backlights:
Global Lighting Technologies
LCD Lighting, Inc. makes CCFL backlights in colors plus UV and IR.
Powertip Technology makes superbright white LED backlights.
Applied Concepts >makes DC-to-AC inverters to power backlights.
LED
Element Labs
Some interesting, unusual lighting & signage products
LED Center
Super Bright LED
Some interesting, unusual lighting & signage products
matrix switchers
Gefen
Kramer
microdisplays
Barco
Kaiser Electro-Optical
Military and industrial head-mounted displays, heads-up displays, etc.
OLED
Brightness on Display
Good introductory article from Optical Engineering magazine
eMagin
SVGA resolution OLEDs
Kodak OLEDs
Lite Array
Optical LEDs
Early effort led by G.E. Jabbour at the University of Arizona, Tucson
RIT Display
Universal Display Corp.
holds many of the key patents on the technology, in partnership with Princeton University.
outdoor
Barco MiPIX
MagInk
Outdoor networked digital displays
World's largest computer screen
3370 sq. meters, 520 pixels, on the facade of the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris, courtesy of Blinkenlights.
projection
Bulbsource
a source for (projector) bulbs
eLuminati
Ultra-wide angle projectors
Hammer Imports
has the best deals, according to Andrew Milmoe. Thanks AM!
Light Shaping Diffusers
for rear projection
Luxeon
Nashua
Projection screens
Projector Central
Good projector search site
Samsung SP-P300ME
Tiny but not terribly bright projector uses LEDs as light source. (posted 6 May 06)
Spandex House
good projection material
Vikuiti eXtended Resolution Video Screen
ViZoo
Interesting, unusual projection-based signage & effects
research
Cambridge Display Technology
light-emitting polymers as an alternative to LCDs -- can be printed with standard ink jet print technology.
Displaying the Future
Article in PC Magazine by Alfred Poor about upcoming display technologies (Nov. 2002)
E-Ink
Forthcoming thin, flexible, high-contrast displays
Getting Real: What's Next in Computer Displays?
Depth and shadow, according to this Scientific American article (Nov. 2002)
Plastic Logic
e-paper used in e-book and e-newspaper trials
Princeton Display Wall (1999)
Hi-res tiled, multicomputer projection
Society for Information Display
Lots of current information on this industry group site.
WAVE Walk-thru Virtual Environment
Fins use fog and drinking straws to make a penetrable projection screen!
3D displays
Use cellophane to convert a laptop into a 3D display
a paper by Keigo lizuka
Deep Video Imaging
Impressive 3D LCDs using dual LCD panels. Like a dual-monitor system but overlapping, with anything white on the front screen rendered transparent. Nice, sharp, real 3D effect.
4D Displays
Glasses-free LCD and plasma monitors, using lenticular stereoscopic technology.
Hitachi holographic display
prototype, first shown Feb. 2004
Stereographics
Lenticular LCDs, 18" to 42". 23"/1600x1200 = $8500 and 18"/1280x1024 = $5k
Kevin Walker
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