Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Canon, Toshiba to Build SED TVs, Available Late '07
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "HARDWARE" @ 08:00 AM
"Toshiba plans new 55-inch televisions using a technology it says will provide better performance at a price competitive with liquid crystal displays and plasma units. The company has made some manufacturing breakthroughs on its surface-conduction electron-emitter display, or SED televisions that will allow it to come out with televisions that will be competitive in price to large LCDs, Naoaki Umezu, Toshiba's chief specialist on SED, said during a hallway conversation with reporters at Ceatec, a high-tech trade show taking place here in the Tokyo area this week. Umezu would not reveal what Toshiba and partner Canon have changed in the manufacturing process. He also said that SED televisions will sell at a premium over LCDs because they will provide a better viewing experience. Nonetheless, "it will be competitive with LCD," he said."
As if consumers didn't have enough trouble deciding (or figuring out the difference) between LCD and Plasma (amongst hundreds of other acronyms), along comes another: SED. Promising a better picture than LCD, SED will apparently fill a price point slot between LCD and Plasma. In my opinion, we don't really need another type of TV right now, though if it creates competition, and the lower prices that accompany it, that can only be a good thing. So, anyone waiting with baited breath for SED? Anyone? :wink:
As if consumers didn't have enough trouble deciding (or figuring out the difference) between LCD and Plasma (amongst hundreds of other acronyms), along comes another: SED. Promising a better picture than LCD, SED will apparently fill a price point slot between LCD and Plasma. In my opinion, we don't really need another type of TV right now, though if it creates competition, and the lower prices that accompany it, that can only be a good thing. So, anyone waiting with baited breath for SED? Anyone? :wink:
