Tuesday, April 4, 2006
New York Times: Mitsubishi Harnesses Colored Lasers to Produce New-Generation Lightweight HDTV
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"As if shopping for new flat-panel, high-definition television is not hard enough, Mitsubishi is scheduled to announce this week that it has developed commercial television that uses colored lasers to display bright, deep images on large, thin, lightweight screens — surpassing images seen on film. The television sets, which Mitsubishi is calling the first of their kind, are expected to reach stores sometime late next year. A design prototype of Mitsubishi's big-screen TV, to be shown Friday. At the heart of the first generation of this new television is an existing rear-projection technology called digital light processing. In the past, this technology, developed by Texas Instruments, used white-light mercury lamps as the television's light source. With laser television, separate red, green and blue lasers are used in conjunction with an HDTV chip, said Frank DeMartin, vice president for marketing and product development at Mitsubishi."
It's fascinating watching the TV wars raging around all these different formats - SED looks awesome (if they ever arrive) but this new DLP-variant looks eqaully compelling. I'm not shopping for a new TV yet - my current Samsung DLP is still a great TV - but I can see myself shopping for a replacement down the road (2010 or so).
It's fascinating watching the TV wars raging around all these different formats - SED looks awesome (if they ever arrive) but this new DLP-variant looks eqaully compelling. I'm not shopping for a new TV yet - my current Samsung DLP is still a great TV - but I can see myself shopping for a replacement down the road (2010 or so).
