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Table of Contents

2 Editorial

A Millennial Editorial

 - Kenneth I. Werner

4 The Display Continuum

Weather Vanes ...

 - Aris Silzars

12 Polymer-LED Matrix Displays

Light from plastic is setting the display world aglow, but as these PLED displays get larger, designers will have to use active matrices with multi-transistor pixel controllers.

 - Mark T. Johnson and Aad Sempel

16 Solid-State Lasers for Projection Displays

High-performance solid-state lasers can be used to make excellent projection displays that are compact and- eventually - inexpensive.

 - Eric B. Takeuchi, Robert Bergstedt, and David E. Hargis

21 Calendar of Display-Related Events

26 Reflective Color Liquid-Crystal Displays

A wide range of portable electronic products will benefit from the low power consumption and light weight of high-resolution reflective color LCDs - but brightness, color saturation, and contrast ratio still need to improve.

 - Yoichi Taira

30 The Secret of Success

Different display markets require different sales and support structures.

 - Dale H. Maunu

39 Letters

42 SID 2000 Housing Form

44 Index to Advertisers

44 Sustaining Members