The end of LCD, TFT and CRT ?

[Level42]

Well, until now I was a bit sad about the march-up of those hideous looking TFT, Plasma, LCD and whatever TV's.
(Did you ever notice that those things are ALWAYS demonstrated with some animated film like Nemo, wonder why ? Because the colors are WRONG !)

Those things are OK on a laptop, but that's it IMHO.
Nothing beats a proper CRT on a TV, and especialy on a Cab. I will take all disadvantages of the CRT over the disadvantages of the flat alternatives any day.

However, the future looks bright !! Here comes SED technology:

http://www.behardware.com/articles/593-1/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-sed.html

This might be just what we've been waiting for. Finaly a real alternative to a CRT.

[fl0yd]

That looks very promising.

[WTB]

Also: NED

   -Matt

[Flinkly]

heh, i've been to la Defense...i guess i was a couple years early for the cannon expo. 

so does anyone care to venture a guess for price?  seems to me that the price will be just as large as plasma tv's, maybe even more.  eh, i never understood really big plasma screens anyways.  cool info.

[versapak]

According to the article...

The first monitors of this type might be released by Toshiba in the end of 2005. Canon speaks of computer monitors end of 2006, early 2007. Their price? In principle the same than LCD and plasmas for the same diagonal. We can

[Abomination]

Response time : inferior to 1 ms

Contrast ratio : 100,000:1 (brightness is of 400 cd/m

[PaulG]

I saw a very recent article proclaiming the test runs had begun.  The timeline they were shooting at then was sometime in 2007 they'd be able to ramp up full production runs and get about 75,000 units a month.  Even at that volume, it's still pretty niche compared to LCD.

And just a thought:  Even if "production costs" are "cheap", Cannon has been working on this technology for 20 years and has invested billions into it.  These costs need to be recouped too.  It's gonna have the best picture, but the price is gonna reflect that (Regardless of actual cost to manufacture).

P.S.  All these sexy new tech all seem like a carrot on a stick.  I wonder where LCD with LED backlights will be in 2 years.  I think it's close/all ready in production (For EXPENSIVE medical displays) and seems like a darkhorse contender.  LEDs replacing the fluorescent light radically improves color fidelity and I assume black levels (Since the fluorescent light isn't bombarding the image).

[Minwah]

Those things are OK on a laptop, but that's it IMHO.

I thought I was the only LCD hater!  Aside from the size, I can't comprehend why anyone likes them 

[D5A1AC]

Have you heard of Brightside? http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/208/1 Their contrast ratio solution seems a little too simple... An array of LED's? They say that it produces the "bloom" effect which it does but I don't see how that is a good thing. If there is supposed to be a bloom effect then it will be added into the broadcast 

[PaulG]

http://www.hollywoodindustry.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33128

This is the monitor I was talking about.  Obviously the price, 6500, and refresh rate, 25ms, is not acceptable for gamers.  But as an avowed LCD hater, this display actually excites me.  I've been hearing about these exotic technologies and their release date is always 2 years away (regardless of how many years pass).  This thing has begun production and seems to address LCD's problems.  Two years from now, it's possible this could be at mainstream prices.

The refresh rate doesn't bother me because of who this monitor is aimed at.  Obviously if released for the non-professional market, they're gonna need to hit the refresh rates required for games and video (8ms tops).