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Laser TV — the Death of Plasma?
spoco2 writes, "As reported in major news outlets yesterday in Australia (The Age, the Herald Sun), a new television technology has been developed which is touted (by the developers) as far and away superior to both plasma and LCD. From The Age: 'With a worldwide launch date scheduled for Christmas 2007, under recognisable brands like Mitsubishi and Samsung, Novalux chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the death of plasma. "If you look at any screen today, the color 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."' The developing company, Arasor International, is said to be listing on the Australian stock exchange shortly."
*sniff* *sniff*
I smell VAPORWARE!
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Right. According to the developer's web site (click the "Home Theater" tab), the TV is capable of 500 nits. Modern flat panel displays already exceed 300 nits. So they're not much brighter, that way.
One thing being overlooked, though, is the fact that there is no video content available which takes advantage of the expanded color gamut. Only HDMI 1.3 has gamut capabilities approaching that of these laser displays, and it's not even out yet. I wonder how the displays will handle limited video signals? Just stretch the color information to fit the available gamut?