Exhibit 99.1

                                     A D T I
                              Video Solutions Group


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 4, 2006                              Advance Display Technologies, Inc.
                                                   7334 South Alton Way, Suite F
                                                           Centennial, CO  80112

                   ADTI NAMES VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING

     Denver, CO, December 4, 2006 -- Advance Display Technologies, Inc.
(OTCBB--ADTI) today announced the appointment of Mr. James (Jim) P. Martindale
as the Company's Vice President of Manufacturing. Mr. Martindale will be
responsible for leading manufacturing initiatives and processes for the rollout
of ADTI's latest video display technologies.

As VP of Manufacturing, Jim Martindale brings a wealth of relevant
manufacturing, operations and industry experience to ADTI. Prior to joining
ADTI, Mr. Martindale served as Senior Director, New Business Development for
InFocus Digital Media. He was responsible for developing and executing new
business strategies leveraging InFocus' software, hardware and service assets to
offer digital-media solutions to the education, corporate, and digital
advertising markets. In addition to his business development role, Mr.
Martindale also held senior positions in Service, Application Engineering, and
Technical Sales since joining InFocus in 1999. Jim Martindale also brings
extensive international manufacturing experience to ADTI from his 19 plus years
at Hewlett-Packard Co. where he held positions from Mechanical Engineer, to
Manufacturing Development Manager for HP's Specialty Printing Systems. Mr.
Martindale stated, "I am delighted to join ADTI. The new technologies ADTI is
bringing to market are poised to bring tremendous value to the outdoor digital
advertising market."

President and CEO Matthew W. Shankle said, "We are very excited to have Jim on
board as he brings 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience, most
recently in the video display industry. Jim will lead the Company's
manufacturing operations as we begin producing our proprietary UltraNet(TM) LED
display systems."

For more information about Advance Display Technologies, please visit our
website at http://www.advancedisplaytechnologies.com, or call Tudi Grierson at 1
303 267 0111.

Forward Looking Statements
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This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. For example, predictions or statements of belief or expectation concerning
the success of the company's new proprietary technologies or its uses are all
"forward looking statements" which should not be relied upon. Such
forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of the Company and
its management based on information known to them at this time. Because these
statements depend on various assumptions as to future events, they should not be
relied on by shareholders or other persons in evaluating the Company. Although
management believes that the assumptions reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from those
projected. There are numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ from those anticipated by the Company, including but not
limited to those cited in the company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
2006 which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
may be accessed at www.sec.gov.