Small Screen Gossip - The Birth of Laser TV at Consumer Electronics Show 2008

LED and plasma television formats make room for laser TV, the next new video display technology that will use laser electronics. First considered a possibility in 1966, laser TV has eluded the marketplace for consumers until the recent Consumer Electronics Show 2008, when Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America unveiled their first commercial Laser TV, a 65″ Full HD model. Instead of white-light mercury lamps a Laser TV uses a red, blue and green laser to generate images. According to Mitsubishi, laser-powered television will deliver a range of color never before seen in homes. Laser light surpasses current high-definition technologies, HDTVs display less than 40 percent of the color spectrum that the eye can see, however, laser produces twice the color. Mitsubishi also invented the first rear-projection television and was the first to sell a complete high-definition TV system in the U.S.

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