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Table of Contents

2 Editorial
But It Sure Is Nifty ...
- Ken Werner
4 The Display Continuum
Would You Like to Know What I Think? ...
- Aris Silzars
6 European Views
French flat-panel makers don’t try to do everything - but what they do is often world-class.
- François Maurice
14 Large, Wall-hanging PALC TV Arrives
Philips, Sony, and Sharp demonstrated prototypes of their jointly developed 42-in. TV based on plasma-addressed liquid-crystal technology at the Japan Electronics Show in October.
- Ad Burgmans, Takehiro Kakizaki, and Hisashi Uede
17 Letters
22 The Future of PALC Displays and PDPs
PDPs have a $2 billion investment lead over PALC technology, so why do we believe that PALC displays will be the standard large direct-view display of the 21st century?
- Thomas Buzak
30 The Technological Barriers of an Analog World
For FPDs to compete effectively with CRTs, display controllers that aren’t biased toward the competition are needed.
- Albert Y. Lee
38 The Business Conference at Display Works 98
Asian display makers and their equipment suppliers may be suffering today, but they are very bullish on the future.
- Stefanie A. Lenway and Jeffrey A. Hart
46 Display Works Bounces Back
The “Asian Flu” was a constant topic, but the Koreans were determined, the Taiwanese optimistic, and, with nearly 4000 participants, DW ’98 was full of energy.
- Ken Werner
61 Products on Display at SID ’98
108 Sustaining Members
108 Index to Advertisers