Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Intel Cancels LCOS Development

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

kfstark writes "It looks like the sub $2000 42" flat panel TV has been pushed back for a while. Intel has announced they are cancelling their Liquid Crystal on Silicon development. Guess I'll have to pick out a different gift for for the umm... kids." Earlier we reported their plans to delay their launch of the LCOS chips. Sadly, now it would seem they've been scrapped altogether.

1 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why a TV? by colins · · Score: 4, Informative

    I call Bullshit.

    Typical home theatre projectors have a 2000 to 3000 hour bulb life these days. If we use the low end, 2000 hours, you would have to run it five and a half hours a day to burn out a bulb in a year.

    A quick check on froogle shows a replacement bulb for the popular Infocus 4805 is $395 USD.

    So your cost estimate is double what it should be, and your life estimate is probably half what it should be at best.

    A $400 bulb every two years or so is more realistic, and for that you get a 100"+ screen to watch in the comfoprt of your own home. Sounds like a good deal to me compared to the alternatives.

    See the forums at http://www.avsforum.com/ for all the info your could ever want on this topic.