Newest and Future TV Technology
Just when you think that televisions got nowhere else to go, here comes the clever humans who says otherwise. First is the Laser TV which is touted to be the ultimate plasma TV replacement. Laser TV is not just a concept but an existing technology right this very moment but I know of no final product being sold in the market yet, although I’ve been hearing news of its appearances in tech and trade shows that would indicate its debut into the consumers arena is inevitable in the foreseeable future.
A laser TV is basically a rear projection television with lasers being used to project images instead of the power-hungry mercury lamps that are being used by traditional rear projection TVs. Three lasers at the back of the TV, having the colors red, green and blue, combine to produce the colors needed to create the images. The result of this innovation is an increase in the gamut of colors that can be created. Current televisions can only produce 30 to 40% of the colors that human eyes can perceive. With lasers, TVs will be able to create up to 90% of the colors that the eyes can differentiate. That’s definitely rich and would be most stunning indeed. Even the blackest of blacks would be achieved by this technology because lasers basically just turn off when an absence of color is required. The result would be televisions that can display colors at very high fidelity and that is less power consuming. Laser televisions are reported to be 75% more power efficient than conventional plasma televisions.
There are two companies that I know right now that are actively pursuing this technology: Novalux and Mitsubishi.
Television made through Coffee Stains!
The other television technology that’s being enthusiastically eyed by clever humans will come from stuffs most unexpected—coffee!!!
Basically, they discovered that the process whereby coffee stains are created can be used to in electronics that would make televisions thinner, lighter and more power efficient. I’m no coffee drinker but if this is the case, well, hey I’ll have coffee on my TV anytime! The details of this coffee science is still sketchy to me but they’ve tried explaining it in this report on using coffee for the next generation of televisions.
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More of the latest TV technology in future posts.
