Forget plasma and LCD TV - the Laser TV is coming!

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Tuesday, 10 October 2006 20:53

Entertainment

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.

Launched worldwide from Sydney, Australia yesterday by laser and wireless company Arasor, they aren't actually launching a new television, but a new technology that uses a laser to display images on your TV screen.

Instead of using a DLP (digital light processing) chip, or an electron gun as used in 'regular' CRT (cathode ray tube), or the display technologies used in LCD (liquid crystal display) or plasma TV technology, Arasor have developed a laser display engine to beam images onto your screen, with astounding benefits, including an incredibly rich colour range far exceeding conventional plasma and LCD TVs.

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.

 

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'.