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1 Posted by erikaustria1974 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:55PM EDT Report Abuse

The company which make the lasers is NOVALUX not Novalus. A information website about Laser-TV is http://www.oled-display.info

2 Posted by pubes98 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:21PM EDT Report Abuse

I can't believe that a 'tech writer' can be so misinformed about the state of HDTV technology. While you are correct that lasers is not in the imminent horizon, DLP tv's are in no way an older and inferior technology. In fact, DLP tvs are superior or in par with LCD and plasmas in every performance category (brightnes, colorfulness, resolution, video artifact, contrast). And DLP tvs are 1/3 the price of equal performing LCD tvs because of the ease of integration and manufacturing of TV sets. In the 2-3 year horizon, the only improvement that an LCD tv can expect is dynamic contrast enhancement by LED backlight. While DLP tvs are getting slimmer, brighter, more colorful and even further less expensive. DLP/xLCD/plasma is here to stay...but you're right about one thing though...don't wait for laser TV. Get yourself a LIFI HDTV from panasonic.

3 Posted by ebg_51 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:51PM EDT Report Abuse

Add to that, Samsung has a line of DLP tv's that Use LED's instead of the bulb. Color is better and a 30,000 hr life is expected of the LED's rather than 3000 for the bulb. and that technology is right now!

4 Posted by djlazy on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:44PM EDT Report Abuse

What you guys fail to realize is simply that as good as today's DLP, plasma, and LDC TVs are, a Laser-based DLP TV will look 100x better and offer far better clarity than any plasma, lcd, or dlp can offer today. After all, a laser dlp tv can project a screen of 5000 x 5000 pixels. Try that with your high-end plasma, lcd, or dlp tvs of today. Here's a hint: you can't! Face it, waiting for a laser tv (esp considering they'll cost as much as a comparable lcd or plasma) will be well worth it.

5 Posted by colejoshua on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse

This technology will rock the video world. The mass production and integration of laser diodes in TVs, projectors, computer monitors, etc. will be the new standard. Why? Laser diodes are six times brighter than LEDs, cheaper to produce than the technology in plasma and LCD models, looks better (true blacks and true colors), uses less energy, doesn’t require the use of glass substrates (heavy), and does not have any practical size restrictions. There’s no reason for Laser TV to fail.

6 Posted by quickwhitefox@rogers.com on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:24PM EDT Report Abuse

"There’s no reason for Laser TV to fail." - Except that Co.s have invested all their time, energy, money and resources into LCD and Plasma. Why would they bother introducing a new tech when they have yet to make thier $$ on the current one? Arasor may have created the wave of the future, but that future is a long way off. Dammit. :|

7 Posted by b_tinker@verizon.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:16PM EDT Report Abuse

"never going to be as thin and light as an LCD"? This guy isn't even a writer! Have you done *any* research? Maybe thin, but light? Just because LCDs are thin doesn't mean they are light. I guess they just look light because they are thin. A 50 inch DLP weighs 60 lbs, a typical 50 inch LCD weighs 90 lbs, and a typical 50 inch plasma weighs 125 lbs (those numbers are sure to change, all probably smaller). And I don't think I'd ever use the word 'never' when it comes to technology.

8 Posted by tgschwartz@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:02PM EDT Report Abuse

All I have to say is http://www.believingisseeing.tv/ This will tell you who is the KING of big screen televisions.

9 Posted by dhiran_singh on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:42PM EDT Report Abuse

COOL!!!!!!!!!!

10 Posted by max_headroom27606 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:12PM EDT Report Abuse

I think everyone, including the writer, is missing the point here. The only thing changing is the light source. Doing that won't make it "sharper" or "faster", it's simply making it cheaper. Depending on how they handle the light mixing, it "should" make the colors more vibrant. The light output will have to be attenuated because raw source would be far too bright to view. Also using lasers for dlp won't make the blacks any blacker. Either light exists for a pixel or it doesn't. Keep in mind that a laser is a monochromatic light source, not a magic wand. What buyers SHOULD be concerned about is overall picture quality, which actually is (be it slowly) improving with lcd, plasma, and dlp. It still hasn't reached the level that properly calibrated crt projectors achieved several years ago, but it IS improving. I have seen so many crappy sets at the major outlets (Best Buy, CC, etc..) and just shake my head at those clamoring to buy them because they are "thin" and not really taking a long hard look at the picture quality. Oh well, my 2 cents worth. I suggest you do some reading on avsforums before you decide to flame the post though. The education there is priceless when it comes to video.

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