Laser Powered Flat Screen TV

After Mitsubishi announced their laser TV technology mid-February 2006, they are to shown the new type of TV set this coming Friday for the first time.

Mitsubishi has announced that it’s developed the world’s first rear-projection TV powered by a laser instead of the mercury lamps typically used in other projector TVs.

The commercial television uses the colored lasers to display bright, deep images on large, thin, lightweight screens — surpassing images seen on film.

Laser television technology is not new. For years, engineers have experimented in laboratories and research centers, seeking to illuminate television images with lasers. But the most optimistic outlook had been for laser television to be available in two to three years. Power and costs were barriers to bringing the technology to the marketplace.

These solid-state lasers, he added, will greatly outlast lamps. As a light source they are practically “permanent,” meaning that the lasers should last for the set’s lifetime.

A 52-inch model of the Mitsubishi laser television is scheduled to be demonstrated when the company shows its new lines on Friday in Huntington Beach, Calif. Mitsubishi is showing the new product at a time consumers are expressing interest in high-definition, flat-panel units.

The television sets are expected to reach stores sometime late next year. That’s a long wait.

Source: NewYork Times

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