Are you ready to say goodbye to your rusty old plasma TV? Yesterday, in Sydney, Australia, Arasor International and Novalux showed off the very first laser television. "Laser" sounds very cutting edge, but it's what the technology brings to the table (or to the wall) that really matters, and it looks like Arasor and Novalux have it covered. They claim that laser TVs would be half the price of plasmas of comparable size, have twice the visual quality, and use one-quarter of the electricity that today's plasma and LCD TVs use.

The technology surrounding the device helps create a visual quality unlike anything we have seen to this point. The TV uses an optoelectronic chip produced by Arasor that powers the Novalux-developed laser-projection device. The companies are currently in the process of selling their device to major TV manufacturers, and you should be seeing laser TVs under the familiar names of Samsung and Mitsubishi on the shelves around Christmas 2007.

The chief executive of Novalux is already saying laser TVs will be the death of plasmas, because of the added benefit lasers offer to screen sizes over 40 inches;he predicts LCDs will hang on and dominate the smaller screen market. Those are big words for an unproven company with an unproven technology, but if what it claims is true (lower price, better quality), Novalux and its partner Arasor might become the king of HDTV.

Post by Don Reisinger