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Technology Stocks : Flat Panel Displays - alternatives to AMLCDs
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To: Sam Citron who wrote (244)5/12/1997 9:53:00 AM
From: Toby   of 473
 
I sold my Kopin two months ago. I originally liked their LCD/Si technology but after waiting two years, the company still bleeds money and their Virtual Reality headset wasn't good enough to keep their subsidiary Forte from sinking.

Meanwhile, the GaAs epi business has been booming but I haven't seen the effect in Kopin's bottom line.

Now the big deal is little projection displays for mobile phones etc. It sounds very good to me, but this company has always made good pitches. I decided that my money would do better elsewhere and sold out for a 5% profit.

Their little projection displays have to be cheap and efficient for mobile phone applications. They have a chance, but Si and their fabrication technique is very expensive on a cm2 basis. I think LCD/Si lost to poly-Si in the virtual reality market and there is a good chance that it will lose again to either p-Si or an emissive technology in the PDA/Cellphone application.
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