Monday, April 03, 2006

Mitsubishi to Unveil Laser-Powered DLP

The New York Times is reporting that Mitsubishi will debut a new DLP HDTV later this week that employs separate red, green and blue colored lasers instead of lamps to produce the image on the screen. The company says its new laser DLPs are unique and will go on sale in late 2007. Instead of a glass panel, advanced plastics will be used, which will make the display much lighter and require less room to mount. Pricing for the initial 52-inch display is expected to be roughly in line with that of 50-inch plasmas.

Mitsubishi claims that its laser DLPs will be able to better produce black levels than plasmas -- simply by shutting off the lasers -- and that they will last much longer than traditional lamp-based DLPs.

More here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/03/business/03hdtv.html?ex=1144209600&en=572d69d69059a120&ei=5087

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