I've read somewhere online that the next twenty to thirty years are supposed to herald more technological advancements than the last two thousand years put together. While that looks like coming true (as long as we don't blow ourselves up first in some kind of nuclear or environmental catastrophe first), new laser technology is threatening to dethrone plasma and LCD TVs from the top of the TV heap.

You can't buy a Laser TV in stores yet, but 8 consumer electronics firms have partnered with Arasor and will be demonstrating Laser TVs at January's CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, with units set to be available in stores by late 2007 or early 2008.

Jean-Michel Peraplat and Dr Larry R. Marshall present the Laser TV. You can see it on the left, with much richer colour than the plasma TV on the right.

There's much more to this story on the next two pages - please read on for more, including two follow up articles linked to on page 3, entited 'Doubts about Laser TV?' and 'Answers to Laser TV questions'.