Mitsubishi will show the first Laser projection TV set end of this week.

Instead of white-light mercury lamps a Laser TV uses a red, blue and green laser to generate images. The advantages are bright and deep images on large, thin, lightweight screens. Apparently the first commercial Laser HDTV will go on sale in 2007.

Plasma and LCD technology are getting competition from new technology such as S.E.D. and Carbon Nanotube in the near future.

When it comes to skinny TVs we’ve had LCD and plasma, with the threat of SED thrown in for good measure. Later this week, Mitsubishi will add Laser TV to the mix. Apart from sounding cooler than the rest, the new TVs fire colored lasers that result in bright images with depth on big, skinny, lightweight screens. The 52in laser TV uses DLP technology from Texas Instruments, which is found in most newer projectors, combined with a HDTV chip. So what else is new?

According to the company, the stands needed to support the TVs will be smaller than those needed for current plasma/LCD screens. It weighs just half that of an equivalent plasma TV since the screen is made of advanced plastics, not glass. The solid state lasers will not die out like a lamp after a few years but keep going for the lifetime of the set. Oh yeah, they will consume a third of the power and be roughly the same price as plasma when they hit the streets en masse next year.

A Japanese manufacturer has developed a rear projection TV that uses lasers as a light source, Kyodo News reported today. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation said that the new prototype can surpass the picture quality of plasma display panel TVs.

Rear projection TVs currently on the market use a traditional mercury vapour lamp as a light source. While relatively popular in the US, they have seen their market share fall dramatically during the past year, as plasma and LCD TVs fall in price.

Mitsubishi lags behind competitors like Matsushita in the development of large flat panel display technology. Development of a practical laser projection system has not been possible until recently, as it requires affordable and reliable blue lasers.

Copyright © 2006 LaserDTV.com                                 Powered by Engineer Partner