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FED, or Field Effect Displays, ready to replace Plasma TVs?
Jan 17 2005-Is the replacement for plasma TVs already on the way? Carbon TVs may be it, and companies are trying to perfect them now.
Now we all know CRT TVs, cathode ray tube, are the best quality TVs, but this new technology is pretty cool, it uses nanotubes, and are called FED's, or field effect displays. They consume less energy than plasma TVs, cost less than plasma TVs but have the image quality of crt TVs. It's win, win. The functionality and convenience of plasma TVs at crt quality. Samsung already has a prototype and expect to be selling the TVs by late 2006.
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Carbon TVs to edge out liquid crystal, plasma? You can find carbon in coal and tennis rackets, and a few years from now, it could run your TV.
Various companies are currently trying to perfect the technology behind a new type of flat-panel display that will rely on diamonds or carbon nanotubes--two forms of pure carbon--to produce images.
Theoretically, these "field effect displays," or FEDs, will consume less energy than plasma or liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, deliver a better picture and even cost less. The development of FEDs underscores the rapid changes taking place in what had been a relatively staid TV market.
Toshiba adds new TV tech to the mix Toshiba is planning to launch televisions with a new display technology that it says produces better picture quality and consumes less power than current plasma sets.
The flat-panel technology is called surface-conduction electron emitter display (SED). The first televisions to use SED will be available in 2005, with full-scale production under way by 2006. Screen sizes and prices will be similar to those of plasma-based televisions, but the SED sets will offer better overall picture quality, according to the company.
Toshiba Eyes Alternative Flat TV Technology SED TVs, coming next year, will offer bright, CRT-like pictures in a thin package.
The technology has been under development by Toshiba and Canon since the 1990s. Televisions using this technology are said by developers to produce pictures that are as bright as a conventional CRT pictures but without the slight time-delay sometimes seen with other flat-panel technologies such as LCDs and PDPs (plasma display panels).
Toshiba's first SED television will be launched during the 2005 calendar year, says Takeshi Nakagawa, chief executive officer (CEO) of the company's electronic devices and components group. Initial production will be set at a small quantity and the TVs are likely to be expensive, he says.
Flat-panel TVs can't topple tubes--just yet Consumers scrambling for sexy new flat-panel televisions may want to tune in to this less-publicized feature of the trendy boxes: They don't deliver pictures as clearly as traditional tube TVs do.
Retailers expect flat-screen televisions to be highly popular this season--and recent price drops are only expected to boost sales.
But for all the hype around next-generation televisions, flat panels have a way to go before they rival their cheaper CRT (cathode ray tube) counterparts in performance--or cost.
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