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Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Planar Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
33-82696, 33-82688, 33-90258, 333-45191 and 333-37502) on Form S-8 of Planar
Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries of our report dated October 31, 2000, except as
to note 14, which is as of December 11, 2000, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Planar Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 29, 2000
and September 24, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended September 29, 2000, which report appears in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Planar Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended September
29, 2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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Portland, Oregon
December 21, 2000
