Telewizor laserowy

Silicon Valley/Arasor zaprezentowało telewizor korzystający z nowej technologii - Laser TV, którą Mitsubishi zapowiadało już w kwietniu tego roku. Wynalazek cechują o wiele lepsze parametry od plazm, i trzeba przyznać, że naprawdę robi wrażenie…

Wybrane parametry nowego Laser TV w porównaniu z lcd/plazmą:

rozdzielczość 1920 x 1080 px (HD)

90-procentowa gama kolorów (lcd ma z 50%)

około 30% mniejsza waga

25% mniejszy pobór energii

tańszy w produkcji

Telewizory nowego typu zobaczymy w sklepach najprawdopodobniej pod koniec 2008 roku.

Laser TV to topple plasma

IF you're one of many Australians agonising over a flat TV choice between plasma and LCD, a new technology has been developed that could soon make that choice irrelevant. Laser TV, available in Australia in 2007, boasts double the clarity of its predecessors for less money. Developed by Silicon Valley-company Arasor, Laser TV uses an optical drive chip to turn infrared laser into red, blue and green light to generate images on a screen. And Australia can take a lot of the credit for the breakthrough with local investors funding the technology to become a commercial application. Unveiled for the first time in Australia yesterday, the Laser TV produces a picture which features deep blacks, rich colour and almost 3D-like picture depth complete with a full high definition resolution of 1920 x 1080. Up to eight high profile manufacturers are looking to invest in the technology while Mitsubishi, already a popular manufacturer of consumer electronics, announced it will be bringing a Laser TV to market in the US in the second half of 2007. Australia should see its first Laser TVs in 2008. Korean electronics giant Samsung has also publicly expressed interest in the technology. Laser TVs, like plasma and LCD, will have the same slim form factor and be available in a range of sizes. Arasor says Laser TVs are up to 30 per cent cheaper to produce which could result in products being available to the consumer thousands of dollars cheaper especially in the larger screen sizes. The technology will also be utilised to create full high definition home theatre projectors. Larry Marshall, Arasor's Australian co-chairman, says Australia is in a powerful position to take full advantage of what could be the next technology boom. "For years we have been talking about the advantages of doing high quality low cost research and development in Australia,'' he said. "Australia has the opportunity to drive the consumer optoelectronics revolution,'' According to Arasor, Laser TV has a number of advantages over plasma which includes being a third lighter and using 25 per cent less power. Plasmas, which are filled with phosphorous gases, on some occasions have been known to suffer 'burn in' when displaying static images for extended periods - a problem Laser TV owners will not have to worry about. Laser TV can also display fast moving images without ghosting or image smearing, a drawback for some LCD screens with slow response times. LCD and plasmas can produce about half the colour gamut, which is the amount of colour which can be viewed by the human eye, whereas Laser TV can produce up to 90 per cent. Jean-Michel Pelaprat, CEO of Novalux, the company who has co-designed the laser components of the TV says the technology could also find its way to mobile phones and laptops as a way to project an image on a wall.

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