Sony has led the industry^* in developing an inorganic alignment film and new LCD materials, and has released a 0.79-type microdisplay product as a high-temperature polycrystalline silicon (HTPS) TFT LCD panel for projectors. The name given to HTPS TFT LCD panels that employ these new technologies is “BrightEra”. BrightEra devices provide ultrabright, clear images that were unavailable thus far, and will advance projectors into a new era of brightness.

*As of February 2005, the time of the announcement.