Here are a few updates:
  1. We've completed the 720p to 1080p scaling feature. It's currently in beta testing at some of our key corporate customers, and we should be completing the beta program within the next few days. Once we clean it up, we will make it available as a free firmware upgrade from our website. We will write another blog post when we're ready to release this feature. This feature is pretty significant as it will dramatically improve the user's experience when viewing 720p content on our 1080p display.
  2. We recently had some incoming quality problems with one of our key component suppliers. We rejected the out-of-spec components and are waiting for a new batch of parts that meet our incoming quality specification. This unfortunately added a delay of a few days to all orders. We apologize for this delay. We believe rejecting the poor quality components was the right thing to do so that we don't pass that to our customers.
  3. We've read in our Forum and in our emails that one reviewer (TheGameVeda) of the ST1080 is a contractor or employee of SiliconMicroDisplay paid to say good things about the ST1080. We want to say, unequivocally, that TheGameVeda is not in any way associated with SiliconMicroDisplay. He is a customer and his opinions are in no way influenced by us.


As most of you know, we are a small company and, therefore, have small company challenges in dealing with ramp up issues and doing additional marketing to promote our products. What we are is agile – agile to listen to our customers and to respond as we are with the 720p scaling feature and working on something that 3D PC gamers will be happy about (announcement to come). What we are is committed. All of us at SiliconMicroDisplay have sacrificed significantly both personally and professionally because we believe in our core technology and the vision of where our technology will go.

We have received tremendous feedback from our customers who are delighted by our product. We have also received clear feedback about where our product and service have faltered. We are committed to both building on the good and fixing the bad. We thank you for your enthusiasm, support and praise. We also thank you for your patience as we continue to work on things to improve our products and services.

Sincerely,

Paul Jin
CEO
SiliconMicroDisplay


 
 
In the rush of getting the product out the door, I didn't get a chance to update you on some great updates to the product configuration. Here's a short summary:

Additional 2D and 3D support:
We heard you loud and clear: you want more input video formats. Below is the full list of 2D and 3D formats supported by the ST1080. Additionally, if there are other formats that we can support in the future, we will make the firmware upgrades available for download from the Support area of our website. Please be sure to register your product on our support website (it'll be live in a couple of days) so that we can contact you when new firmware upgrades are available.
ST1080 Supported Formats
2D
1920x1080p_60hz
1280x720p_60hz
1920x1080i_60hz
1920x1080p_24hz
720x480p_60hz
640x480p_60hz
720x576p_50hz
1280x720p_50hz
1920x1080i_50hz
1920x1080p_50hz

3D
1920x1080p_24hz    Frame-packed (full resolution)
1920x1080p_24hz   Top-Bottom (half  resolution)
1920x1080i_60hz   Side-by-Side (half  resolution)
1280x720p_60hz   Frame-packed (full resolution)
1280x720p_60hz   Top-Bottom (half  resolution)
1920x1080p_60hz    Side-by-Side (half  resolution)
1920x1080p_60hz   Top-Bottom (half  resolution)
1920x1080p_30hz   Top-Bottom (full  resolution)
1920x1080i_50hz   Side-by-Side (half  resolution)
1280x720p_50hz   Frame-packed (full resolution)
1280x720p_50hz   Top-Bottom (half  resolution)
AC Adapter with integrated USB cable:
We were able to find a nice USB AC adapter that has (1) an integrated USB cable with a micro-USB connect for connecting to the ST1080 Controller, and (2) regional AC plugs that are removable. We will pack the correct AC adapter for your country. If you need connectors for other regions, then please email us to let us know. If we get enough requests, we may just offer them for sale as an accessory on our website.

Quick Start Guide and registering your product:
Your shipment will include a Quick Start Guide. Detailed product information, including a user's manual, will be available only on our website. We're trying to be green.

Please register your product to take full advantage of the one-year limited warranty as well as to get on the mailing list for product notices such as firmware upgrades and other incentives on future products.
 
 
We're pleased to announce that we've added additional 3D video format support for the ST1080. The table below shows all the 2D and 3D formats supported by the ST1080. Although the ST1080 is not fully HDMI 1.4 and 1.4a, it does support all 1.4 and 1.4a mandatory 3D formats along with a few optional 1.4a 3D formats.

All formats in the charts below are supported by the ST1080. The green check marks indicate which ones are 1.4 and 1.4a mandatory and optional 3D formats.