Hello friends-in-transition, Tomorrow we will attend the defense of the PhD thesis "Flat Panel Display Characterization - A Perceptual Approach", by my next-door colleague Kees Teunissen. This will happen at the Delft Technical University at noon. Kees has always been a perception specialist, and in this book he is linking perceived picture quality to measurements for 3 important aspects: - viewing angle range (angle dependency) - flicker visibility (specifically for scanning backlights) - motion blur (specifically for sample-and-hold displays) He has developed and verified some mathematical models that can replace perception tests. If you want to know more about any of these subjects, and you have not already found it in his various publications for SID and IS&T, then you are probably smart enough to guess his e-mail address at work and bold enough to beg him for a copy of the thesis. ;-) My trip to The Tech Retreat has been cancelled for financial reasons, so I regret that I will not be seeing some of you there (Mark, Tom, ...) And I would have loved to be in the USA on the Transition Day ! Not that the Westin depends on off-air reception, but still... Groeten, -- Jeroen Jeroen H. Stessen Specialist Picture Quality Philips Consumer Lifestyle Advanced Technology (Eindhoven) High Tech Campus 37 - room 8.042 5656 AE Eindhoven - Nederland Website: http://www.consumer.philips.com/ ________________________________ The information contained in this message may be confidential and legally protected under applicable law. The message is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, forwarding, dissemination, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.