Updated 2008.06.25 12:33AM PST
Here is an update to Mitsubishi’s laser-based rear projection TV (RPTV). As you can see in the picture below, Mitsubishi has done a tremendous job of making a 10″ thick RPTV look quite sexy and very desirable. There are other factors that might warrant a closer look especially in light of current [...]
On December 27, Sony announced that it will discontinue manufacturing rear-projection TVs (RPTVs) and instead focus on flat panel display (FPD) TVs. A couple of months ago, in October, Sony lowered its forecast for its RPTVs from 700K down to 400K. Compared to that, Sony is expecting to sell 10 million LCD TVs this fiscal [...]
The most popular TV technology today is LCD. LCD TVs come in many sizes: from smallish 13″ ones to huge 70″ and larger ones. Although 32″ seems to be at the sweet spot now, 40″ and 42″ LCD TVs will take the spotlight in 2008, mainly because top brands will have lower-end models that dip [...]
Hitachi LCD + LCD Projector Hybrid Prototype Display
Size: 47″
Contrast Ratio: 8,000,000:1
Projection Depth: 30cm (11.8″)
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080 (VA-type LCD), 1280 x 720 (LCD rear projection)
Brightness: 700 cd/m2
This is probably the first display that combines a regular LCD display and LCD projection technology. That alone is very unique. On top of that Hitachi is claiming [...]
Luminoz Inc. manufactures projection screens and developed a screen that reduces a rear projection TV’s depth to just 12cm. The company is targeting commercialization in 2008 and currently is collaborating with Japanese companies. Luminoz’s screen requires no large mirror, a required element in today’s rear projection TVs. Also today’s screens put a lenticular and Fresnel [...]
TI’s DarkChip 4 is DLP chip that the company claims has a native contrast ratio of 15,000:1 that is 30% better than the previous generation chips. The DarkChip 4 will be incorporated into DLP products in 2008. In addition, TI states that colors are in the trillions. Combined with LED illumination, a DLP TV set [...]
Victor Company of Japan, better known as JVC, announced new D-ILA (or Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier) imagers that have 4096 x 2400 pixels with a diagonal size of just 1.27″. The company claims the new imager is the world’s smallest (as of June 20, 2007) and is a reduction of JVC’s previous D-ILA imager by [...]
Facts: Microsoft began work in 2001 and after 6 years of the company’s hardware divisions working with Microsoft Research (MSR), Steve Ballmer announced a new computing interface based on multi-touch technology at the D: All Things Digital conference: Surface Computing. The unit pictured above uses a Digital Light Processing (DLP) projection system. The display is [...]
This unit was introduced during CES 2006 and has shipped to your nearest store. The 70″ unit is the largest of three: 56″, 61″ and 70″. MSRP is $6999.95 , but the best prices, of course, are found online. I most often use Pricegrabber.com to find the best prices out there and Abe’s of Main [...]