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Maq.Couv-europe 15/03/05 15:03 Page 1 THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DOMAIN INNOVATION INSPIRATION HE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DOMAIN 2005 T WHAT’S NEW PROJECTS THAT AT CeBIT 2005 WORK THE YEAR OF HDTV EUROPEAN GUIDE 2005 / 2006 NEW DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD EUROPEAN GUIDE 2005 / 2006 Maq.Couv-europe 15/03/05 15:03 Page 2 ARTISTIC SERIES FLATRON L1940P 26mm Every high-performance machine needs a high-performance engine. The world’s first picture-enhancing chip for LCD monitors. FLATRON L1730S 17 TFT LCD Monitor ABOUT CLEVERDIS > Cleverdis : a Clever Concept leverdis is more than just the worldwide reference in Cleverdis Guides are annual corporate and institutional markets for display, new mobility reference works and solutions and peripherals. decision making tools, providing information With a unique concept of information sharing, with an aim of about the market, latest "growing the pie", our goal is to establish, develop and improve technologies, manufacturers' communication and understanding between Manufacturers of product & marketing Display, Enterprise Mobile Solutions & Digital Peripheral Industries strategies as well as their after and buyers of the world's largest enterprises, including sales policies. When Governmental and administrative organisations, who use these purchasing in the fields of products. Displays, Digital Peripherals and Mobile Enterprise Through the various Cleverdis Guides, over the past years, we Solutions, the Cleverdis Guide have grown to become the essential reference tool for many of helps corporate and institutional these buyers. buyers get straight to the point, to find the right product or manufacturer. A true encyclopaedia and decision-making tool, Cleverdis Guides The Cleverdis reference guide exists in five give Major Corporate and Institutional Buyers the chance to different editions for Europe, North America and Asia/Pacific benefit from fully comprehensive market studies, including regions as well as France. If you are involved in the corporate or application developments, analysis, technical outlines, case institutional buying process, or are an industry professional, you studies and interviews with key players in the market. qualify to receive a free copy of the guide covering your region - Europe (French language versions also available on request), North But that's not all. Cleverdis works to obtain invaluable feedback America, or China. from buyers and decision makers about their needs and issues, passing this information back up to manufacturers - enabling them to hone their products and marketing to better serve the buyers. • "PERSONALISED" PUBLICATIONS dedicated to a precise manufacturer, a particular product and/or with precise problem: ACTIVITIES Special Reports The best known of Cleverdis' activities, being the most "public", is B to C publications that of publishing. This activity henceforth covers all markets (B2B and B2C), and we distinguish two types of publications: "Personalised" Publications dedicated to a precise manufacturer and precise solutions. •"GENERALIST" PUBLICATIONS dedicated to all of Special Reports answer precise issues. These issues may relate to a the actors of the industry product, a distribution network, a target buyer group, SMARTreports - Target: corporate & institutional - Vertical etc; this is a markets (such as Hotel and Restaurant Trade, Digital Signage, etc.) typically specific product. SMARTguides - Target:: European channel - Training literature by product Yearly Cleverdis Guides - Target: corporate & institutional buyers www.cleverdis.com Cleverdis European Guide 2005 • 2006 I 1 A beautiful picture from every seat in the house LG.Philips LCD provides a full line up of large & wide LCD TV modules with S-IPS! LG.Philips LCD Milestones World’s #1 LCD monitor module supplier in `00~`03* World’s #1 15” and above LCD notebook PC module supplier by units in `02~Q3`04*† World’s #1 large-area TFT-LCD supplier by input area for `02 & `03, and #1 by unit shipments & revenue for `03* ** First to develop and mass produce 14.1”XGA, 17.1”WXGA+, 18.1”SXGA, 20.1”VGA, 20.1”UXGA, 22”WSXGA, 23”WUXGA, 30”WQXGA+ and 42”WXGA LCD modules Highest rated in DisplaySearch’s Customer Satisfaction Award in `02, `03 and `04*** World’s first 4th generation LCD factory in `00, world’s first & third 5th generation LCD factories in `02 & `03 and world’s largest 6th generation factory in `04 ★ According to DisplaySearch, various publications * Quarterly Large-Area TFT-LCD Shipment Report of Q2`02~Q3`04† ** Quarterly TFT-LCD Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report of Q2`02~ Q3`04 *** Annual Customer Satisfaction Reports for 2002, 2003, and 2004 DisplaySearch DisplaySearch DisplaySearch † The latest DisplaySearch numbers as of early 2005 were from the Q4`04 reports, March 2004 April 2003 March 2002 published in November 2004, with data from Q3`04 17W 20W 23W 26W 32W 37W 42 W 47 W 55 W CONTENTS 07 CHAPTER 1 What’s New at CeBIT About CeBIT INNOVATION Infocomm Las Vegas New Projector Categories Smart Event 023 CHAPTER 2 New Digital Solutions in the Corporate World Japanese Flat Screen Industry Consolidates CLEVERDIS MARKET WATCH The World Display Market The European Display Market - Meko 051 Plasma & Flat Panels - DTC CHAPTER 3 LCD and Plasma Technology The European Projection and Flat Panel DLP Technology Markets UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGIES LCos The Digital Camera Market Led illumination FACE TO FACE WITH MARKET LEADERS Why LCD? OLED Technology 3 LCD Brand Officially Launched Technology Guru - Interview - Bruce Berkoff - LG.Philips LCD LCoS - Interview with CEO of eLCos Understanding Image Quality - Yves Faroudja Throwing Specs to the Four Winds - Special Interview - Ian Miller - Samsung USA 071 CHAPTER 4 HDTV Overview - Cleverdis HIGH DEFINITION SOLUTIONS HDTV Recording Formats 081 2005 THE YEAR OF HDTV - CHAPTER 5 How to choose a PC Monitor Save Now - Pay Later - TCO of LCD DESKTOP MONITORS Heighten ROI with Multiple Monitors Ergonomics - Interview - Ergotron Why ISO is Important Optimise Your Monitor - Overview of best tips Spotlight on a Market Leader - LGE 111 CHAPTER 6 Narrowcasting Retail Display Applications - Originality and LARGE AREA MONITORS differentiation PLASMA & LCD Buying Digital Signage Interview - Steven Kieth Platt Leading Plasma Manufacturers (Pioneer - 125 Samsung) CHAPTER 7 What you need to know about front projectors Projection applications PROJECTION SYSTEMS Networking Projectors Three levels of Intelligence - Epson Special Why a Projection Screen? LCoS Goes Mainstream with Canon Under the Microscope - High end market 149 From Architecht to Integrator - Who does what? CHAPTER 8 Distribution and Logistics - INGRAM MICRO INSPIRATION - PROJECTS THAT WORK South BAnk Centre SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION Football (Pioneer) Barco - Olympics CLEVERDIS TRENDWATCH - FEATURED PROJECTS International Press Launch BMW 171 Highlights on Autumn exhibitions Party light Versa CHAPTER 9 Recycling - Current state of affairs Madrid 112 SFG Airbus REVERSE LOGISTIC & RECYCLING Requirements of the Hotel Trade - Kempinski & APPENDIX Directory Dorchester www.cleverdis.com Cleverdis European Guide 2005 • 2006 I 3 Preface by Gérard Lefebvre Publisher The release of the 2005 Cleverdis European on Digital Signage, is also being released at Guide coincides, as usual, with the CeBit the CeBit show, and is stirring major show in Hanover. While this year is no interest among all players in the market. exception in this respect, what is an It has also become obvious over the past exception is our vastly expanded presence year or so that with a plethora of new at CeBit with our SMARTevent, aiming to technologies and solutions arriving on the educate and inform corporate and market at the same time, the people selling institutional buyers, bringing them together them are having a very hard time keeping with industry professionals who are able to up. It has been repeated over and over at offer them the right answers to their different conferences and seminars that the specific questions and needs. industry must be educated. Our other new Being at the heart of this educational flagship publications, known as activity, and with constant feedback from SmartGuides, thus aim to educate and buyers regarding their need for impartial inform those selling digital solutions, in an and complete market information, it has effort to remedy this situation! The first in also been with great pleasure over the past our SmartGuide series – on Tablet PC year that we have launched parallel solutions and on Digital and HDTV, have publications catering for vertical markets as also had excellent feedback, and will no well as channel and resellers. The vertical market publications, called doubt become very useful tools for “SmartReports” give European buyers, for resellers in the industry hungry for facts the first time, the chance to express their rather than simple sales spiels. needs through testimonials and case Our Flagship remains the Cleverdis Annual studies, while at the same time finding Guide – which is I believe again superior to answers from leading industry previous editions this year thanks to ever professionals – not only vendors and more synthetic information and an ongoing manufacturers, but more importantly, attempt by our team to listen to the integrators, content providers and other feedback from you… our readers. I hope service organisations. Our first this Guide will become an essential tool for SmartReport – on the