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Tenth-Annual Display of the Year Awards
Announced Live at SID Symposium for First Time

BOSTON, May 24-For the first time in their 10-year history, the 2004 Display of the Year Awards, the most prestigious awards in the display industry, were announced live today during the Keynote Session at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2005 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition at Boston's Hynes Convention Center.

In previous years, the awards, which honor outstanding achievement in the display industry in three categories-Display of the Year, Display Product of the Year, and Display Material or Component of the Year-were unveiled months before the SID Symposium in Information Display (ID) Magazine. The Awards were then presented during the Symposium's Keynote Session each May.

"Moving the announcement to the SID Symposium has created the excitement and interest that these outstanding achievements deserve," explained Dr. Ernst Lueder, chair of the Display of the Year Awards Committee (DYAC), which is sponsored by SID and ID Magazine. "These award winners represent the pinnacle of the display industry, and it is only right that they are honored during its premier event."

To be considered for a 2004 award, candidate products had to have their commercial introductions between July 1, 2003 and October 31, 2004. To qualify for next year's Display of the Year Awards, candidate products will need to have their commercial introduction between November 1, 2004 and October 31, 2005.

The DYAC members considered many factors in their deliberations, including technical innovation, commercial significance and likely social impact, and bestowed Gold and Silver awards in each of the three categories. For complete descriptions of these products and why they were selected, please see the May 2005 issue of ID Magazine. The 2004 Display of the Year Award winners are as follows:

Display of the Year
Gold Award: LG.Philips LCD LC550W01-A5 LCD Module
The DYAC presented the 2004 Display of the Year Gold Award to LG.Philips LCD for developing the first commercially available thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) module for television sets in the mid-50-in. range, and for addressing the challenges of designing large TFT-LCD modules for television applications with a variety of innovative technologies.

Silver Award: Nemoptic BiNem® Bi-Stable LCD
Nemoptic has developed a bi-stable variation on the classic supertwisted nematic (STN) LCD, so the technology is compatible with existing STN manufacturing lines. Nemoptic's black-and-white, VGA version of the display currently being manufactured and integrated into eBooks by Nemoptic licensee Picvue earned Nemoptic the 2004 Display of the Year Silver Award.

Display Product of the Year
Gold Award: Sony LIBRIé eBook
Sony has reinvigorated the eBook category by integrating a bi-stable, electrophoretic, "electronic paper" display from the team of E Ink and Philips into its LIBRIé eBook. The DYAC bestowed Sony Corp. with the 2004 Display Product of the Year Gold Award for incorporating novel display technology in the design of an eBook that is more appealing to consumers, and which brings the eBook closer to fulfilling its potential.

Silver Award: Motorola RAZR V3 Cell Phone
From its anodized aluminum case that is only 13.9 mm thick and an all-up weight of only 95 grams, to the chemically etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy, the two state-of-the-art displays, and its long list of features, Motorola's RAZR V3 is as sleek as it is stunning. For raising the ubiquitous cellular telephone to new levels of elegance and functionality, the DYAC honored Motorola with the 2004 Display Product of the Year Silver Award.

Display Material or Component of the Year
Gold Award: E Ink Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Front-Plane Laminate (FPL) for Paper-Like Displays
For substantial innovation in the science and technology of electrophoretic front planes, E Ink Corp. won the 2004 Display Material or Component of the Year Gold Award. E Ink solved a number of difficulties with electrophoretic displays and, working with partner Philips, has commercialized a display that exhibits two levels of gray in addition to black and white, with all levels being stable when power is removed.

Silver Award: Lumileds Luxeon LED Module for Backlights
For pioneering practical LED backlight modules for liquid-crystal displays, the DYAC presented the 2004 Display Material or Component of the Year Silver Award to Lumileds Lighting LLC.

The 43rd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which is taking place Sunday, May 22 through Friday, May 27, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic information displays. For more information, visit www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html.

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