TV Industry Leaders To Present Competing TV Technology Perspectives At Upcoming Taiwan HDTV Conference

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17-Oct-05

DisplaySearch is proud to announce that experts in the LCD TV, PDP TV and DLP rear projection TV technology arenas will present at the 2005 Taiwan HDTV International Conference. Executives from AUO, Pioneer, TI, BenQ and Philips will discuss their respective TV technologies and how each is poised to lead the HDTV revolution. The first-ever HDTV event in Taiwan will be held at the historic Grand Hotel Taipei on November 3, 2005.According to DisplaySearch Vice President David Hsieh, ""All eyes are on the global TV marketplace with the competition between TV technologies growing strong. DisplaySearch will bring these TV leaders together in a global setting to address how their technology is poised to lead in the rapidly changing HDTV landscape.""These well-known leaders in the TV industry will participate in the TV Technologies session:Dr. C.T. Lu, Vice President, Technology Center, AU Optronics--AU Optronics is the one of the top three TFT LCD suppliers in the world and a leading LCD TV panel manufacturer. Dr. Lu leads the technology development at AU Optronics, including TVs, monitors, notebook PCs, A/V and general industrial applications. He will discuss new developments for LCD TV panels, and how AUO plans to reduce TFT LCD production costs and achieve better front-of-screen performance.Hiroyuki Ishihara, General Manager, Module Product Planning Department, Plasma Display Business Company, Pioneer--Mr. Ishihara is one of the most well-known plasma experts in the display industry and is in charge of all the plasma product development and marketing at Pioneer. Mr. Ishihara will introduce Pioneerís latest developments in high performance and environmentally-friendly plasma displays. He will also focus on Pioneer's innovative cell design technology which allows for the introduction of 1080p PDP TVs and negates the current resolution advantage of MD RPTVs and LCD TVs.Peter F. van Kessel, General Manager, DLP Products Japan, Texas Instruments--Mr. van Kessel will give an overall presentation on the rear projection TV market, as well as the characteristics and strengths of Texas Instruments DLP technology. He will analyze the rear projection TV market, not only from the technical view but also from the buying standpoint. From this market angle, he will discuss how RPTVs have become strong consumer choices because of their price and performance merits. Peter Chen, VP & General Manager of Digital Media Business Group, BenQ--Mr. Chen leads the flat panel TV business of BenQ, an emerging television company in the global market. With dominance in the LCD monitor and mobile phone markets, BenQ is driving efforts to penetrate the LCD TV marketplace. Mr. Chen will present BenQís view of TV industry and how they believe their TV products will converge with other digital multimedia devices.Peter Swinkels, Director, Product Marketing, Philips Consumer Electronics--Mr. Swinkels heads up the product planning and marketing of Philipsí flat panel TVs. Using his expertise in TV product development, Mr. Swinkels will present Philipsí TV product planning strategies and how they address market demand. He will also discuss how high definition has changed the TV industry worldwide. The 2005 Taiwan HDTV International Conference will also include two additional and informative sessions covering global TV and HDTV markets:Global FPD TV & HDTV Market OutlookTV market analysts from DisplaySearch and other research companies will discuss the status and outlook for the TV and HDTV market regionally and worldwide. Analysts from DisplaySearch will discuss North America, Japan and China, and Meko will present information about TV and HDTV market trends in Europe.Digital TV/HDTV Electronics & Digital ContentIndustry experts from the display electronics and digital TV electronics fields will discuss their unique solutions for increasing TV performance while reducing costs. Speakers from ATI Technologies, Genesis Microchip and Silicon Image will present.The full agenda is online at www.displaysearch.com.tw (in Taiwanese) or www.displaysearch.com/taiwanhdtv (in English).Sponsors of the event include AU Optronics, BenQ, Genesis Microchip, ATI Technologies and Silicon Image. BenQ will also exhibit their newest state-of-the-art TV products, and Genesis Microchip will exhibit their cutting-edge display electronics products.Register by October 15 and Save! For more information about registration or sponsorships for 2005 Taiwan HDTV International Conference, please contact Elaine Lai at elaine@displaysearch.com or David Hsieh at david@displaysearch.com, or call 886-2-2798-3929. To register online, visit www.displaysearch.com.tw or www.displaysearch.com/taiwanhdtv.

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