Laser TVs

StinkyDog
StinkyDog Posts: 96
edited October 2006 in Electronics
I just read an article recently regarding a new technology TV that is coming out sometime around the end of next year. These TV's use lasers rather than plasma, LCD, DLP, etc., and are supposed to be lighter, thinner, use less power, and have a better picture than any of those. These things sound like a slam dunk. Has anyone else read/researched this as well? I'd love to hear your opinions.
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  • Disc Jockey
    Disc Jockey Posts: 1,013
    edited October 2006
    C&P from avs forum:

    http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6124463.html?tag=tb

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    October 10, 2006 12:52 PM PDT

    Forget mirrors and liquid crystal on silicon. The future of rear-projection TVs might be all about "frickin' laser beams."

    In Sydney on Tuesday, Aussie chipmaker Arasor International and Silicon Valley-based Novalux showed off what they're calling the first laser-projection TV. Mitsubishi built the prototype with Arasor's optoelectronic chip and Novalux's laser-projection device inside, and says it's expecting to sell the first models in December 2007.

    Novalux predicts that this new technology will uproot plasma's dominance in the 40 inches and larger category of high-definition TVs because it will be half the price, consume less power and show more detail than standard plasma and liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, according to News.com.au. More detail comes from more color--laser TVs will show 90 percent of the possible colors the human eye can pick up, according to Novalux.

    Sony and Samsung are working on similar technology. Though none have officially announced pricing yet, Novalux says TVs with its laser technology will sell for less than $1,000.




    Apparently some issues with speckle, i.e. twinkling spots on the earliest models. As with most anything, expect significant improvements with the second gen.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited October 2006
    I was thinking about a new TV after the first of the year but this might be worth waiting for.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited October 2006
    "We" have been talking about laser tech for tv for about 5 years now. It is really interesting. Thier are currently 6 different flat panel technologys in the making right now. One is a thin as a peice of wall paper...............
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  • StinkyDog
    StinkyDog Posts: 96
    edited October 2006
    scottvamp wrote:
    "We" have been talking about laser tech for tv for about 5 years now. It is really interesting. Thier are currently 6 different flat panel technologys in the making right now. One is a thin as a peice of wall paper...............

    No shite? What kind of technology is it using?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2006
    Disc Jockey wrote:
    The future of rear-projection TVs might be all about "frickin' laser beams."

    That gave me a good laugh, thanks! :D
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited October 2006
    StinkyDog wrote:
    No shite? What kind of technology is it using?

    (TDEL) its thick-film dielectric electroluminescent technology......

    http://pcworld.about.com/news/Oct272004id118349.htm

    And a simple version of laser tech are three laser powered guns just like an ol'school projection TV. What made it possable was the recent blue laser. But thier have been draw backs in the making.

    DLP has just turned ten years old and people are just finding out about it. And i was going to buy TI stock and didn't. They own 50% of the projection market.

    Everything is going to have its pros and cons. I get asked all the time about "buying tv's", thier is not a simple answer. If thier was one perfect tv, then thier would only be ONE available.
    I'm still converting people to front projection, inwhich i have been sold on for 7 years now..................:cool:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,811
    edited October 2006
    Tube sets still rule.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited October 2006
    If you like your TV's under 36" and 200lbs. I know, i owned two of them and they came in washer machine boxes.;) And i would put my 10lb LCD Xerox flat panel and my Tosh 65" against either one and it would be really close.....
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited October 2006
    F1nut wrote:
    Tube sets still rule.

    I guess if you are still living in the 80's, then that would be the case.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,811
    edited October 2006
    Mike, see Scott's post above. He's agreeing that tube sets still have the best picture, while saying that some of the newer technology comes close. You might also want to note the reference in many comparision charts that state tube sets have the best picture. Those are the facts in 2006.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited October 2006
    I agree also... but the looks of them are horrible!

    I guess if you into a display under 36" that is big and bulky, then that would be your best bet.

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited October 2006
    I would have bought another HD WS tube tv if they were available in over 34". My first HDTV, a 30" WS Philips, is 4 yrs old, upconverts to 1080i, and has an excellent picture on standard and HD tv and is now residing in our bedroom. I replaced it with a Westinghouse 37" flat panel LCD and I'm very pleased, but it still doesn't have the PQ of the tube. Why did RCA have to quit making their 38" WS HD tube???? DAMN THEM!!!

    I'll have to admit that the convenience of being able to move the new tv around, by myself, is REALLY nice, though.
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  • StinkyDog
    StinkyDog Posts: 96
    edited October 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    I'll have to admit that the convenience of being able to move the new tv around, by myself, is REALLY nice, though.

    I hear ya. My old TV is/was a 27" Sony Trinitron in a console and that thing weighs a ton. There is no way I could move it around by myself without a dolly. I got my new Samsung 56" DLP, which dwarfs my old set, and I was able to lift it onto the tv stand by myself. Huge difference.
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