[clamper1797]

I earn my living designing the chips for the next generation HDTV specifically the chips that will be in the new generation of laser based HDTV (LHDTV)... BTW we have an operational 42 inch 4.5kP prototype in our lab. Of course we have "special stuff" to play on it. I am now in the middle of designing the HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) chip for the new laser based TV ... you can find previous versions of the HQV chip in Samsung HDTV Toshiba HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Here's the deal ... and I probably would know ... Laser based LHDTV will BLOW AWAY todays HDTV. It requires much less ... very much less power to operate. So much less that it doesn't need the heavy transformers found in todays TVs. So instead of weighing 300 lbs ... the same size set might weigh 50 lbs. The LHDTV doesn't need much cabinet depth so it can be very thin ... the screen size is not limited either. The Laser LEDs have a life of 300,000 hours+ ... basically they will last a life time AND lastly ... they are in-expensive in comparison to todays plasmas, DLP and LCD

So my recommendation ... hang on till Xmas ... that's when they are slated for the first release. And look for the HQV logo on the front ... if only cause I help design em

[Revolting cat!]

Thanks for the helpful info from the belly of the beast!

[clamper1797]

I almost forgot to mention the 3D capabilities of LHDTV as well

[autosellers]

Nono Vizio! Any size. A real Junk. Chinese... Try Sharp Aquos LC-C4662U. Better off, forget about TV Panels and try a HD Projector, the one you hang off your ceiling. Optoma HD81 is the real McCoy. As I said, no TV panel comes close.

[mylife]

This stuffs moving at an exponetial rate.
I had read that the big prob with the new tech video which is like 10 times the resolution of current HDTV is that we dont have a storage medium dense enought to hold the data or.

We need a disk that will hold 10 times the Blueray stuff to make it viable.

No one is going to insert 10 disks during the course of a movie.

I ran into similar prob early in my career devising a digital audio system. There simply was no storge medium that made it viable, but someone will figger it out.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I have been thinking about the laser TV since I read about them but wasn’t sure when they were being put on the market. I am very tempted to wait, too.

[KC Burke]

Many of us have "hung on" for seven years as the HDTV became practical in size, quality and now cost.

So, I have to ask: Which XMAS? Do you really think that production models will be in large distribution in six months?