25% of the electricity, 50% of the price, 90% of all colours

New Laser HDTV Technology Unveiled
Start-up claims technologic breakthrough: $1k, 50-inch, 12-bit color displays by Q4 2007.
by Gerry Block

October 10, 2006 - If you thought Toshiba and Canon's SED technology was the only up and coming rival for the plasma/LCD/DLP establishment, think again. News.com.au reports today that a pair of technology companies, Australian Arasor International and American Novalux, has announced an entirely new technology high definition displays.

The technology is based upon a unique optoelectronic chip paired with a laser projection device to create the image. The technology is scheduled to launch in Q4 2007, branded and manufactured by companies like Mitsubishi and Samsung.

The technology partners that developed the technology are talking a big game. Speaking with News.com.au, Novalux chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat said "If you look at any screen today, the colour content is roughly about 30-35 percent of what the eye can see. But the very first time with a laster TV we'll be able to see 90 percent of what the eye can see." In technical terms, Mr. Pelaprat is claiming greater than 10-bit color depth for displays making use of the technology, unquestionably an impressive advance if it proves true.

A breakthrough in bit-depth is actually the least of the companies' claims. The News.com.au reports that the laser projection HDTVs will use a quarter of the electricity that current HDTV technologies do, and will also cost half the price, which technically would suggest about $1,000 or less for a 50-inch display in Q4 2007.

Too good to be true? We'll have more information soon.

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Can most of us wait that long though? Probably not but it might be ideal to settle for a smaller plasma/lcd for now and await for the true experience for both movies and games.

Plus they'll save money on your electricity bill!...
*tumble weed rolls past*
Well, they will! [/end Marge]

Maybe Nintendo was on the money in not supporting HD yet, with all these different technogies and lack of a 'standard' yet, from the looks of it accepted mainstream HD will be more than ready for the next next generation of consoles.

As for movies, well there is the whole battle of getting BluRay vs HD-DVD and here in Australia, these products have not even released yet.

Interesting news, but late 2007 is a long time away and has no practical benefit to anyone considering making a purchase. Except to give the manufacture free image building publicity and time to make up new excuses late next year.

HDTV's have litteraly saved the consumer electronics business. The margins are high and business is booming. Hopefully we'll see more and more competition in the marketplace to drive prices down.



Sexy.

Thing is if your waiting for t he next best thing you'll be waiting for ever.

That said Plasma was never on top of the quaitly anyway.

Exactly, there always seems to be something new on the horizon. This is why I bought a relatively cheap Samsung 32" LCD HDTV earlier this year.

I currently predict two things.

1. The release dates pertaining to Laser & SED, especially into Australia, will slip back by a year.

2. SED / Laser will look amazing, but will also be in very short supply so the prices will be excessive until they licence the tech to other companies.

Remember how long it took for LCD to become defacto? Over three years I think. All in all you could be waiting a very long time.