Tuesday, October 10, 2006

New Display Technology: Laser TV

Lasers have long been recognised for their potential as illumination sources for projection applications due to their wide colour gamut and high light energy efficiency. Historically, however, they have lacked the power, small form factor and cost performance to realise laser-based projection display.

Necsel lasers from US company Novalux overcome these obstacles, making them ideal light sources for next-generation devices.

Necsel lasers are housed in an innovative package smaller than a matchbox. All Necsel light sources produce colour-saturated output, allowing them to reach a larger colour space than competitive lighting technologies. And Necsel lasers provide bright, speckle-free output, resulting in clear, vibrant images unattainable by any other light source. Necsel technology also reduces a light engine’s component count, dropping overall device cost. Additional advantages include long lifetime, instant-on and low étendue.

"If you look at any screen today, the colour content is roughly about 30-35 per cent of what the eye can see," says Novalux CEO Jean-Michel Pelaprat. "But for the very first time with a laser TV we'll be able to see 90 per cent of what the eye can see. All of a sudden what you see is a lifelike image on display."

Laser TV is due to be available next year.

www.novalux.com

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