| Right when you think that the television technology | | | | require up to 75% less power compared to current |
| might have hit its peak and has got nowhere else to | | | | plasma televisions. |
| go, here comes some bright scientist to prove you | | | | The good news is that the Laser TV is not just an |
| wrong. The race for the best TV display technology | | | | idea but is already an existing technology. However, |
| apparently is just getting warmed up and we are | | | | although I've been hearing news of its appearances in |
| witnessing more and more potentials as electronics | | | | tech and trade shows I have heard no news of actual |
| and material sciences go into more space age | | | | products being produced for consumers. Nevertheless, |
| technologies. | | | | all these developments point to the good likelihood of it |
| First we have the Laser TV which is being claimed be | | | | being released in the market in the foreseeable future. |
| to be the best plasma TV replacement within the | | | | The other television technology that is being eagerly |
| reach of science. | | | | eyed by scientists will be derived from an unlikely |
| A laser TV, in simple terms, is just a rear projection | | | | source--- Coffee!!! |
| television with lasers used as the back light to project | | | | Apparently, the processes by which coffee stains are |
| images instead of the power-hungry mercury lamps | | | | created when one lifts the mug from a table can also |
| that traditional rear projection TVs are known for. | | | | be used to create ultra thin materials that can be used |
| Lasers at the back of the television emitting the three | | | | for electronic applications like LCD and plasma display |
| colors, red, green and blue, combine to produce | | | | screens. Some coffee-loving scientists have noticed |
| images. This results in an increase in the color gamut | | | | that when you lift a coffee mug, interesting forces like |
| that can be created. Televisions these days can only | | | | convection and evaporation activates to create that |
| produce 30 to 40% of the colors and variations that | | | | coffee stain on the table surface. This phenomenon is |
| human eyes can perceive. With these lasers, TVs will | | | | being eyed as a possible source of new material that |
| be able to create up to 90% of the colors that the | | | | can be used to improve our display screen |
| eyes are able to differentiate. That is outstandingly rich | | | | technologies by creating "nano-scale conductive |
| and would be most stunning indeed even for casual | | | | coating on the new screens." |
| TV viewers. Another benefit of this is that the blacks | | | | Applications using this discovery might be a long way |
| would also be improved and the true black or very | | | | off but it is definitely promising especially since their |
| near it would, in concept, be achieved as the lasers | | | | preliminary experiments using other conductive |
| can just turn off when images require the absence of | | | | materials were successful. |
| color. The wonderful result would be televisions that | | | | These two budding innovative technologies point to a |
| can display graphics with high fidelity colors at lower | | | | very bright future for the television which certainly |
| power consumption. Laser TVs are reported to | | | | means an even promising future for TV-lovers! |