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SED Arrives ...

Bob2002

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Toshiba is planning to release this new line of unbelievably accurate flat-panel sets in late 2006. The technology is called "Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display" (yes, that's a mouthful) or SED for short. The electronics maker showcased prototype SED sets at CES and every IGN editor on-hand was in agreement: nothing else compares.

So how does it all work? SED sets use 6,220,800 electron emitters - or one for each color per pixel, to be precise - which cause red, blue and green phosphors to glow. That may not mean much to most, but the results will definitely matter. Toshiba's CES 2006 SED sets featured the deepest black levels we have ever seen on any television, including CRT - and these televisions are as flat as any plasma! Consider this: the typical plasma set sports a contrast ratio of 3000:1, but Toshiba's prototype SEDs offer a whopping 10,000:1 contrast ratio for truly unparalleled color and accuracy. ...

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That noted, previous reports on the technology state that it can be mass-produced on a cheaper scale than competing plasma or LCD televisions.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/679/679235p1.html (with pictures)

Let's hope they start producing computer monitors from these, seems like the perfect alternative to CRT and LCD. :)
 
Ah, finally a flat panel that should compete with or even exceed the image quality of CRT, I wonder how long it will take before they can compete on cost and longevity though.
 
By the time this reaches any kind of scale in the UK market and becomes affordable in comparison to LCD/Plasma (now very cheap due to mass demand and lower construction costs), it will have lost a lot of its edge due to the Hi-Def switch.

The difference between SED and LCD in HD, at least from what I saw last year, isn't really visible to the eye. Both technologies did it excellently. Currently playing an XBox360 on a HD Hitachi set and have to say that SED holds no interest for me anymore =).

Sadly no amount of technical wizardry through technology can improve standard definition signals to a new miracle level. SED does SD quality quite well, but at the end of the day you’re still ‘stretching’ a lower res video to a higher res screen and lose masses of quality in the process.

The mistakes a lot of people often make when comparing screens is to:

1) View the displays in a showroom (they never set them up correctly and use signal quality killing connections).
2) Compare a smaller CRT to a larger Plasma/LCD.
 
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