SED TV Reviews

 

Full story at the link below:

http://www.guidetohometheater.com/news/052106toshiba/

One topic barely touched on was the status of SED. This Toshiba/Canon flat panel technology, yet to emerge from the labs apart from rare trade show demonstrations, has the potential to blow other flat panel pictures into the weeds if it can be brought to market as a reliable product that is at least marginally competitive with increasingly affordable LCDs and plasmas. As of now, initial SED production is tentatively set for the summer of 2007, with the first shipments at the end of 2007. Based on that information, I’d call it a safe bet that if it does come to market, we won’t see it here in the U.S. until sometime in 2008. To those of us who have seen it, that’s a long wait.

More good SED television news from Canon. Story from:
Yahoo Asia News

(Kyodo) _ Canon Inc. President-designate Tsuneji Uchida said Thursday the company will launch high-definition televisions next year to cover its delay in the field.

“Our product lineup lacks televisions and we definitely need SEDs,” Uchida, the company’s vice president who will replace Fujio Mitarai as president on May 23, said in a press conference. SED stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display for next-generation large, flat-screen TVs.

“I am 99.9 percent confident,” Uchida said of Canon’s release of SED televisions next year.

Canon had put off its planned marketing of SED TVs to between October and December 2007 from this spring as it has had difficulty cutting production costs.

Mitarai, who will become chairman of the business lobby Japan Business Federation, or Nippon Keidanren, on May 24, said Canon will also seek to set up businesses in rear projection TVs and advanced displays such as organic electroluminescence displays.

Canon is planning to start selling rear projection TV models for school use within next year.

Canon has been collaborating with Toshiba Corp. for developing SED TVs, which feature low power consumption and high-quality images, and compete with those using liquid crystal and plasma displays.

In a separate news conference, Toshiba said it will spend 180 billion yen for planned full-scale SED production from 2008 as the company expects demand for panel televisions to grow before the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

Here’s a bit of news on the future of SED television (SED TV) found at:

http://www.hdblog.net/2006/05/15/toshiba-sed-4q-2007/

Toshiba Corp. has unveiled its blueprint for SED (surface conduction electron-emitter display) rollout in an announcement of the mid-to-long-term business plan until 2008.

Because SED features lower material costs than LCD, the manufacturing costs, depreciated by facility costs, can be reduced. The company is currently swinging into action to prepare full mass production.

The company plans to start the initial mass production of SED panels at the conventional plant in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa prefecture, in July 2007, with the size of 55-inch, and then bring the world’s first SED TVs to the market from the fourth quarter of 2007. Full production in volume will be performed in the Himeji line from early 2008, and the sales of SED TV sets will target the Beijing Olympics in 2008, according to the company.

The following shows another possible benefit of SED TV technology. The full story is available at the link below:

http://hardware.gotfrag.com/portal/story/32044/?spage=3

Most importantly for gamers however will be the response time/refresh rate capabilities of SED technology. Imagine watching a real life re-enactment of Counter-Strike on de_dust2 being played simultaneously on an LCD screen, Plasma Display Panel (PDP), and SED screen right in front of you. You are watching the POV through a scoped sniper rifle from the offensive spawn when a defensive player crosses the gap between double doors. On the LCD screen, this character would probably appear very “sketchy”; exhibiting that ghosting effect we talked about earlier. On the plasma screen, the character would look much less “sketchy” but also not as define as you would be accustomed to on a CRT monitor. On the SED, the character would be so vividly portrayed that not only would you be able to easily distinguish him, but you could probably also tell whether or not he needs to pick his nose. It is something that is really hard to explain in words and must be experienced before drawing any personal conclusions.

Interesting perspective on a potential use of SED TV technology.

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