AI
Monday, January 17, 2005 6:23:49 PM
extelecom,
<< I believe from what I have read that there may be questions about what is the best quality for TV's?
I am definitely no expert about TV's, but I think I read something about Plasma TV's having some kind of fading problem.
Seems like one article I read seemed to favor the DLP TV's for some reasons. I did fond one article about LCoS here and it isn;t very favorable >>
From what little I know (sorry if this is redundant), it seems the options on the Hdtv/big screen front are -
1) PLASMA - best now from what I hear, but most expensive, might not last long (5 year life span?), and has fade problem...have a few friends who have Plasmas and they love them. Also, just saw the 102-inch Samsung Plasma (the biggest TV in the world) at the CES in Vegas and it was amazing.
2) DLP - Texas Instruments owns this technology, I believe. Gets ripped on bc of a 'rainbow' effect from action scenes, but I believe its getting better. I believe the CEO of TI said that DLP has grown from 0-15% market share of big screen market in 2 years...might be fastest growing market if true...must be something good there.
3) LCD - Just like most flat screen PC monitors. Heard Sony's 3LCD was the best technology from a few tech geeks at the CES (im one too
.
4.) RPTV - Rear Projection TVs. Not sure exactly how they fit in with the other technologies, but I believe the LCOS chips from the likes of SpatialLite (HDTV) and Brillian (BRLC) are used for them. Both claim their LCOS chips are better than the others. Intel was gonna jump in this market, take the low end and destroy everyone in a few years (my thoughts there but then they suddenly bailed in the Fall, I believe. Thought it was result of cut-backs, trying to reel in expenses, but not sure. Also not sure if they got back in?
When I did a little research on SpatialLight early last year, seemed they were a little hypish and too reliant on a few Asian contacts I had no clue about, but thats just my opinion.
Always looking for a good way to play the move to HDTV and don't have a great play yet...any good ideas?
cheers,
AH
<< I believe from what I have read that there may be questions about what is the best quality for TV's?
I am definitely no expert about TV's, but I think I read something about Plasma TV's having some kind of fading problem.
Seems like one article I read seemed to favor the DLP TV's for some reasons. I did fond one article about LCoS here and it isn;t very favorable >>
From what little I know (sorry if this is redundant), it seems the options on the Hdtv/big screen front are -
1) PLASMA - best now from what I hear, but most expensive, might not last long (5 year life span?), and has fade problem...have a few friends who have Plasmas and they love them. Also, just saw the 102-inch Samsung Plasma (the biggest TV in the world) at the CES in Vegas and it was amazing.
2) DLP - Texas Instruments owns this technology, I believe. Gets ripped on bc of a 'rainbow' effect from action scenes, but I believe its getting better. I believe the CEO of TI said that DLP has grown from 0-15% market share of big screen market in 2 years...might be fastest growing market if true...must be something good there.
3) LCD - Just like most flat screen PC monitors. Heard Sony's 3LCD was the best technology from a few tech geeks at the CES (im one too
. 4.) RPTV - Rear Projection TVs. Not sure exactly how they fit in with the other technologies, but I believe the LCOS chips from the likes of SpatialLite (HDTV) and Brillian (BRLC) are used for them. Both claim their LCOS chips are better than the others.
Intel was gonna jump in this market, take the low end and destroy everyone in a few years (my thoughts there but then they suddenly bailed in the Fall, I believe. Thought it was result of cut-backs, trying to reel in expenses, but not sure. Also not sure if they got back in? When I did a little research on SpatialLight early last year, seemed they were a little hypish and too reliant on a few Asian contacts I had no clue about, but thats just my opinion.
Always looking for a good way to play the move to HDTV and don't have a great play yet...any good ideas?
cheers,
AH
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