Wait for laser TV?

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It's being hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual
technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens
obsolete.

Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux
unveiled what they claimed to be the world's first laser television in
Sydney today, with a pitch that it would be half the price, twice as
good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and
LCD TVs.

Displayed beside a conventional 50 inch plasma TV, the
Mitsubishi-built prototype does appear brighter and clearer than its
rival.

With a worldwide launch date scheduled for Christmas 2007, Novalux
chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the
death of plasma. "If you look at any screen today, the colour content
is roughly about 30-35% of what the eye can see. But for the very
first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90% of what the eye
can see."

Combine that with energy efficiency, price advantage and the fact that
the laser TVs will be half the weight and depth of plasma TVs.

Mr. Pelaprat predicted that LCD would come to dominate the market
below 40 inches, and laser television the market above that screen
size, displacing plasma.




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Excerpts from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20556847-2,00.html

It's being hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual
technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens
obsolete.

Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux
unveiled what they claimed to be the world's first laser television in
Sydney today, with a pitch that it would be half the price, twice as
good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and
LCD TVs.

Displayed beside a conventional 50 inch plasma TV, the
Mitsubishi-built prototype does appear brighter and clearer than its
rival.

With a worldwide launch date scheduled for Christmas 2007, Novalux
chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the
death of plasma. "If you look at any screen today, the colour content
is roughly about 30-35% of what the eye can see. But for the very
first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90% of what the eye
can see."

Combine that with energy efficiency, price advantage and the fact that
the laser TVs will be half the weight and depth of plasma TVs.

Mr. Pelaprat predicted that LCD would come to dominate the market
below 40 inches, and laser television the market above that screen
size, displacing plasma.



hmm, that is very interesting. I've never heard of it before.

Buy the set that works for you when you want it.

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:05:24 -0700, Steve wrote:

It's being hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual
technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens
obsolete.

Lasers are for swords.

There's a new technology promised every day, improved super-bright
LCDs and wotnot are always just over the horizon.

J.

Actually I am waiting for 3-D metafluxed crystal
interphased projected holosuites that are like the ones on the starship
Enterprise NCC-1701-D.

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:10:44 -0700, (SAC 441) wrote:

Actually I am waiting for 3-D metafluxed crystal
interphased projected holosuites that are like the ones on the starship
Enterprise NCC-1701-D.

Those are already available in Japan.

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Sorry Star Trek nerd! Everyone knows that Star WARS is better!

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Actually I am waiting for 3-D metafluxed crystal
interphased projected holosuites that are like the ones on the starship
Enterprise NCC-1701-D.


Sorry Star Trek nerd! Everyone knows that Star WARS is better!


Battlestar Galactica kicks ass over both. Tricia Helfer and Grace Park are
so hot!!!!

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Excerpts from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20556847-2,00.html

It's being hailed by its developers as the next revolution in visual
technology - a laser television that will make plasma screens
obsolete.

Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux
unveiled what they claimed to be the world's first laser television in
Sydney today, with a pitch that it would be half the price, twice as
good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and
LCD TVs.

And given that they are launching it a bit over a year from now,
a lot can change in that time.


Displayed beside a conventional 50 inch plasma TV, the
Mitsubishi-built prototype does appear brighter and clearer than its
rival.

Of course we all know that turning the brightness and contrast up makes
for a better picture . . . :-) Do you trust marketing demos?


With a worldwide launch date scheduled for Christmas 2007, Novalux
chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the
death of plasma. "If you look at any screen today, the colour content
is roughly about 30-35% of what the eye can see. But for the very
first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90% of what the eye
can see."

Which more accurately matches the HDTV color gamut? His numbers do
not match what I have found elsewhere.


Combine that with energy efficiency, price advantage and the fact that
the laser TVs will be half the weight and depth of plasma TVs.

Half the depth? Given that the pictures on the Novalux site look like
it is a rear projection, how do they get it to half the thickness of plasma?

Mr. Pelaprat predicted that LCD would come to dominate the market
below 40 inches, and laser television the market above that screen
size, displacing plasma.

Won't laser have to stand in line behind the OLED and SED to be the
all-so-wonderful display of next year?

I think that their marketing is just puffery. Until they are delivering
product in reasonable quantity, at reasonable prices, they are probably
just looking for investors.


Alan

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Actually I am waiting for 3-D metafluxed crystal
interphased projected holosuites that are like the ones on the starship
Enterprise NCC-1701-D.


Sorry Star Trek nerd! Everyone knows that Star WARS is better!

So you're waiting for a shop-vac that can do holographic projection?

And dammit, learn how to post! You (or your stupid "sponsor") turned
your entire message into a signature!