It’s been a tumultuous year for the diehard fans of SED TV technology. The year started with the cancellation of the Canon / Toshiba SED Inc SED TV display at CES2007. This also caused the cancellation of my plans to visit Vegas.
Next came the buyout of all of Toshiba’s share of SED Inc. by Canon, followed by the disappearance of SED TV from the Toshiba website with the following message: “Sorry, this site has closed Thank you for using it for a long time. Please continue your favors toward the Toshiba homepage in the future.”
Next, “Displaying typical Canon arrogance Company Chairman Fujio Mitarai has claimed that he expects his company to win a patent-related dispute in the United States and pursue its plan to enter the flat-panel television market.”
Nano and Canon battled in court and nothing positive came from that outcome.
A further delay was announced in SED TV production and as far as I can tell, it will be a long one. There were rumours of Samsung looking at SED licencing from Nano Prorietary but nothing further has come of this.
Many of the companies involved in this mess are focusing on OLED TV technology now in an effort to catch up with Sony.
As for 2008, I don’t expect much news on SED TV, but I will leave you with Season’s greetings and best wishes for 2008.
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