1994 AMERICA ON DISPLAY ... AMERICAN LCDS PLAYING CATCH-UP

With each sensational new development, the real life race for American dominance over Japan in next-generation flat panel displays is looking progressively more like a rough draft of a techno-thriller (with the likelihood of getting even rougher). The real life drama that is unfolding is not only exciting, if often seems less believable than fiction. In this episode of ''America On Display,'' we'll try to sort through what some of the leading characters have been up to lately, who they're working with (or against), and what the U.S. government and various ''cooperative'' catalysts are contributing to the chain of chaotic events.