Laser tv unveiled

[DesertFox]

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

Soon-to-be-listed 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 displayed beside a conventional 50 inch plasma TV this afternoon, the Mitsubishi-built prototype does appear brighter and clearer than its “older” rival. ...

“If you look at any screen today, the colour content is roughly about 30-35 per cent of what the eye can see,” he said.

“But for the very first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90 per cent of what the eye can see.

“All of a sudden what you see is a lifelike image on display.”

More (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20556847-2,00.html)

[DoctorDoom]

Just what we need. Ultra-high-tech, high-definition, super-color screens on which to view Survivor, American Idol and Queer Eye. TYVM, but no thanks.

[BEST45CAL]

plasma has been obsolete for almost 20 years. duh!

even if this "la-ser" tv is half the price of plasma, it's still 3 times more expensive than DLP.

lol

[DesertFox]

Frankly, I still got no problem with my 15-year-old color teevee. Now and then we even drag out our old black-and-white teensy portable.

[BEST45CAL]

Frankly, I still got no problem with my 15-year-old color teevee. Now and then we even drag out our old black-and-white teensy portable.

lol foxy...you've gotta get a dlp...you will wonder why u didn't do it sooner after u see the dlp picture. we thought the picture on our 1990 sony trinitron was awesome--until we got the dlp (2 years ago). there is no comparison. i have to admit that it takes a little while gettin' used to seein' the pores, nose hairs and makeup on people's faces. lol

[DesertFox]

dlp?

[DoctorDoom]

i have to admit that it takes a little while gettin' used to seein' the pores, nose hairs and makeup on people's faces. lolI get the same clarity watching DVDs on this box with the ViewSonic G90fb monitor. There are times when the sharpness and detail reveal too much.

[Rhino]

even if this "la-ser" tv is half the price of plasma, it's still 3 times more expensive than DLP.From the prices I just perused, DLP and plasma aren't all that different in prices. At most, the difference was only about 50% on some models. On others, the price was about the same.

[DesertFox]

So what's "dlp"?

[Lazarus]

Just what we need. Ultra-high-tech, high-definition, super-color screens on which to view Survivor, American Idol and Queer Eye. TYVM, but no thanks.Hehehehe!! Yeah! Except I'd love to watch MXC in greater clarity - I wanna see more real, lifelike mud and slime... :thumb:

Im like Fox - What's DLP?

We bought a new Trinitron when we moved into our new house about 5 years ago... And if it plays like other Trinitrons I have had, I'll be watching it for many more years before I go shopping for a new TV...

I know there is serious competition among electronics companies, but like Doc so subtley pointed out, there are still a great number of us in the world who have functioning brains and who's lives are not tied to the TV... Believe it or not some of us still read books...

[Rhino]

So what's "dlp"?Desert Luvin Phox!

[Rhino]

Digital Light Processing.

[Eagle1]

dlp is just a different way to throw the picture up on a rear projection tv. it is better than having the standard three behind the wall, but it will cost you substantially more than a regular rear projection

[Lazarus]

Desert Luvin Phox!:rotflmbo:

[BEST45CAL]

DLP: Digital Light Projection. An optical semiconductor--a chip or DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) that consists of millions of microscopic mirrors. These mirrors reflect light by facing toward a light source. With the use of a color wheel, they can project up to 16,700,000 colors. 3-chip systems found in DLP cinema projectors can reproduce 35 trillion colors.

As each color in a spinning color wheel passes by, the mirrors will turn toward the color wheel and reflect a particular color. These mirrors must turn on and off several thousands of times per second to reproduce the correct hue for all colors. To make the color black, the mirrors turn away from the light source.

With DLP, you get to see the images as the cinematographer saw them as they were being filmed.

DLP has the highest longevity so far, as the DMD is estimated to operate forever. The lamp is the only thing that needs to be replaced and they will run for about 8,000 hours contiuously. The lamp is the only thing on a DLP set that will ever need servicing.

There are no altitude, heat, humidity, color degradation, or vibration issues, either. DLP requires no alignment. Plasma sets have a problem with images burning into the screen, just like the CRT computer screens. So if you watch ESPN a lot or some other channel that has a prominent logo that is displayed continuously, it will burn in. Same thing with video games. If you play Ms. PacMan a lot, the Ms. PacMan screen will burn into the plasma screen.

DLP has NO image burn in. DLP sets are relatively lightweight when compared to plasma sets. DLP sets give off very little heat. Plasma sets get blazing hot! DLP picture is much more detailed and doesn't show any discernable pixelation, whereas the plasma pixels look the same as a regular old CRT screen.

DLP is relatively less expensive than LCD and plasma.

[DesertFox]

35 trillion colorsHow'd you like to been the shlock who counted them hummers? :question:

[DoctorDoom]

It's a fascinating technology. Here's TI's home page for it. There's a video on how it works.

DLP technology presents digital light processing ... (http://www.dlp.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1)