Brillian Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Three-Five Systems has announced that it will demonstrate a super high contrast 720p HDTV1 LCoS based light engine for the rear-projection television (RPTV) market at the Society for Information Display's (SID) International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition in Baltimore.

Demonstrations will be conducted at the Baltimore Convention Center on 21 May. An official release informs that the 720p HDTV1 light engine is based on the Vikuiti Optical Core from 3M and TFS' new Brillian BR768HC Microdisplay. The BR768HC utilises TFS' proprietary LCoS cell construction with greatly improved contrast performance and is targeted at the high-quality, value segment of the product category.

With a contrast of 2000:1, the engine utilising the BR768HC Microdisplay enables Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to provide their customers with one of the highest contrast LCoS RPTV products in the consumer electronics marketplace. In addition, this 1280 x 768 microdisplay offers almost one million pixels on a 0.70" diagonal, making it compatible with a variety of optical designs.

An official release informs that a light engine consists of a lamp, power supply, microdisplays and associated drive electronics, a colour management system, and a projection lens. These devices, when assembled into an engine, replace all of the image-related components in traditional CRT television products.

The light engine is unique in that it is comprised of three tiny, high resolution LCoS Microdisplays and precision optics that separate light into its three primary colours, create the image and then recombine them to produce sharp and vivid images beyond the capability of traditional display technologies.

This second-generation light engine is the result of more than two years of collaboration between TFS and 3M to develop technology to capitalise on the performance capability of the BR768HC microdisplays and is an evolution of the first-generation engine demonstrated at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2003 in January. 3M will offer the optical core to OEMs/ODMs as a reference design, enabling them customize it to their specific applications.

The TFS/3M technology demonstration will feature an impressive high performance 65" RPTV development platform, which is scalable to support a variety of screen sizes. TFS provides end-to-end engineering, electronic manufacturing and display solutions to OEMs. TFS has a global footprint, with operations in the United States, Europe and in several locations in Asia offering engineering and electronic manufacturing services (EMS), with a special emphasis and expertise in display subsystems.