Laser TV — the Death of Plasma?

spoco2 writes, "As reported in major news outlets yesterday in Australia (The Age, the Herald Sun), a new television technology has been developed which is touted (by the developers) as far and away superior to both plasma and LCD. From The Age: 'With a worldwide launch date scheduled for Christmas 2007, under recognisable brands like Mitsubishi and Samsung, Novalux chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the death of plasma. "If you look at any screen today, the color content is roughly about 30-35 per cent of what the eye can see," he said. "But for the very first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90 per cent of what the eye can see. All of a sudden what you see is a lifelike image on display."' The developing company, Arasor International, is said to be listing on the Australian stock exchange shortly."

DANGER DANGER

[LiquidCoooled]

Do not stare into laser with remaining eye!

Oh, errrrr damn but I'll miss battlestar :(

Re:This line says it all...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, I got an email just like that today

'this company's stock is about to explode, buy now'

Re:This line says it all...

[$RANDOMLUSER]

>I'll believe that it's the 'death of plasma' when I see it, not when the company touting the technology is just trying to pump up their pending IPO.

...it will be half the price, twice as good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and LCD TVs.

Combine that with energy efficiency, price advantage and the fact that the laser TVs will be half the weight and depth of plasma TVS, and Mr Pelaprat says "plasma is now something of the past".

You're just a cynic. Obviously this isn't hype.

Re:That's intense

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, a true geek. Considering "almost like stepping outside from a dark room" to be "quite dangerous".

Size requirements

[palad1]

This is going to be a huge-ass TV set.

Unless they somehow find a way to shrink the laser-wielding shark.

Web 2.0 is doomed

[giafly]

Web 2.0 emphasises pastel [wordpress.com], deliberately limiting the color content to even less of what the eye can see, so presumably it's doomed. Also Slashdot after its new design. But I'd love to see this guy's original press release. Did he follow his own theory that people like more color, or was the text black-and-white?

The color it reproduces best

[davmoo]

And out of all those colors it can display, the one that will be seen the most is green...as in the big piles of green you have to hand over to buy one when they first come out.

Re:CRT

[Viol8]

>Funny thing is that 90% of the uninformed crowd that follow each and every hype

That would be most of slashdot then.

Re:Speckle problem

[Anonymous Coward]

"Extended field trails on psychophysical effects are needed before such technology is approved by FDA or equivalent regulatory organizaiton."

Did I miss the part where they recommend that you eat the TV for best results? Or that the TV is intended to diagnose or treat an illness or condition? No? Then leave the FDA out of this.

Re:White paper?

[ngtvtw13ve]

You must have missed the other press release from their sister company stating they have genetically modified sharks with freakin lasers on their heads to be small enough to fit millions of them inside the TV.

Re:This line says it all...

[svunt]

Hype, shmype - I saw this on last night's news, and watching the plasma vs laser demo on a standard def tv, I could see a noticeable improvement in colour and clarity. They've got a definitely promising product, and the manufacturers getting behind them aren't the idiots who buy shares of free, clean unlimited plasma/fusion/dark matter energy providers, for instance.

"Laser" TV

[artemis67]

Does it have any fricken sharks in it?

Re:Speckle problem

[Anonymous Coward]

FDA? I can see the warning now...

Do not eat laser TV.