Ditch the Plasma and Dump the LCD, Here Comes the SED
March 14th, 2006 | Published in Business, Entertainment, News, Technology | 1 Comment
The Age
The booming market for flat panel TVs is about to make way for yet another technology - one that threatens to challenge the lock that plasma and liquid crystal displays (LCD) currently have of this red hot consumer electronics product category.
The technology is called SED, which stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display. And this week, Toshiba and Canon announced that the first SED flat panel TVs will go on sale in the fourth quarter of next year.
The Japanese partners have described the technology as a major industry milestone, “a once-in-50-years historical turning point for the TV industry, comparable to the initial introduction of CRT television”.
The panels have a reputation for delivering clear and vivid images because their light-beaming technology is similar to that for old-style cathode-ray tube TVs.
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:15 am (#)
It’s about time. Hope the indecision doesn’t doom this technology which offers so much in the way of better picture.