• TLC Phoenix-600^® Perfects Alignment/Computerized Cutting of Shaped LCDs by glasstec technology live

TLC International, home of the TLC Phoenix-600^® High-Accuracy Mechanical Rectilinear/SHAPES Glass Cutter, perfects a monumental achievement in alignment capabilities for 100% repeatable close-tolerance cutting of shaped (curvilinear) LCD products required for many avionic, aerospace, industrial, and clock/watch display applications. Read more at the glasstec technology live web site.

• What's New with Displays

This year marks the end of the CRT's dominance on the desktop: LCDs have now taken the lead in unit sales. Read more at PCMAG.com.

• SID 2001 Review

Microdisplays seem always to be late in delivering on their promises - but they do deliver. Viewfinder applications are erupting now, and rear-projection is rumbling.
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• Microdisplay Report

TLC International (Phoenix, AZ) (www.tlcinternational.com) used the recent Microdisplay 2001 conference to demonstrate a second-generation substrate cutting machine. While still in development, the TLC Phoenix-600^® has already shown the ability to accurately and cleanly separate individual LCOS display dies from a glass-silicon lamination assembly. Once perfected, the company believes the machine will offer a superior singulation solution at a lower overall cost.
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• Dichroic Filters and Glass Gobos in Entertainment Lighting

Dichroic filters are amazing in their simplicity and efficiency. They are an integral part of automated lighting technology - color filters that allow robotic lighting to change color on command. They are made of glass covered with a metallic coating, but they are able to withstand tremendous heat produced by high-powered lights focused in optical paths no larger than a quarter or half dollar. They stand up to the abuse of stagehands tossing them carelessly in a roadcase and traveling thousands of miles across the earth, many of them on the pothole-strewn highways of third-world countries. But dichroic filters always look as good as the day they were manufactured - highly saturated, vibrant and intense with color. What is it that makes a dichroic filter one of the most important components of automated lighting?
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• AMLCD Glass Substrates - Foundation for High Tech Displays