Tue 21 Nov 2006
An interesting observation on the past and future of SED TV by an anonymous TV engineer can be found at:
A couple of excerpts:
“You might not have noticed that not everything that can be imagined always happens. Yes, I’m ranting this month about new display technologies.”
“Near as I can tell, each and every person who has seen pix on an SED has wanted one–desperately–and that generally ain’t even been folks working in TV technology. Imagine the light weight of a production truck with an SED monitor wall. Imagine eliminating monitor racks. Go ahead; do your own imagining.”
“So I’ll bet I ain’t alone in wanting a replacement for CRTs. But I don’t really want a 55-inch screen for video shading, and,even in a big control room, that’s mighty large for a director’s program monitor. Still, that’s the size Canon and Toshiba have settled on for their initial SED products.”
“I recommend not holding your breath until 2008 waiting for the Canon/Toshiba miracle CRT replacement.”
I have more faith than this author in SED Inc bringing SED television to the consumer (in very limited quantities) by the end of 2007. I hope I’m right.
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November 28th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Well I saw SED at CES in January, and I want one desperately. Now. It’s disappointing that the production units are delayed by a year, but I don’t really think that cheap CRTs for professionals will be replaced with expensive flat screens, no matter how light they are. Getting the large monitor market and consumer early-adopters first makes sense to me. Racks will be stacked with the cheapest technology, never the best!