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Table of Contents

2 Editorial

Putting an LCD and CRT Side by Side

 - Kenneth I. Werner

4 A View from the Hilltop

The Four-Minute Mile...

 - Aris Silzars

14 Do Digital Interfaces Make Sense for CRT Monitors?

There are reasons for using digital interfaces for some displays, but the cost/benefits do not make sense for most CRT monitors - at least not yet.

 - Bob Myers

18 Making Larger, Lighter, Safer TV Tubes

Mastering the secrets of strong glass is the key to making TV tubes that are both lighter and safe - but implementation requires a CRT company with a high degree of vertical integration.

 - Mohammed Khalil

22 Is There a Future for Flat-Panel Cathode-Ray Tubes?

The history of flat thin CRTs reveals common reasons for their commercial failures - failures that FED technologies promise to transcend.

 - Peter Seats and Bruce Gnade

28 How Do FEDs Really Fail?

There have been several explanations for the rapid current degradation in molybdenum field-emitter arrays, but none are consistent with observed device behavior.

 - Robert H. Reuss and Babu R. Chalamala

32 Getting Plasma Displays into the Home

To expand consumer sales of still-expensive PDPs a new strategy may be required. FHP has one.

 - Shunsuke Matsuyana and Koichi Takahashi

41 SID Honors and Awards Nominations

44 Sustaining Members