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Presentation Technology Reviews for News, Technology Guides and Reviews of High Definition LCD and DLP data projectors, LCD, LCOS and Plasma HDTV, Rear Projection TVs (RPTV) and Interactive Whiteboards.
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September 27, 2006
SED Production to Start End 2006 - In Line With Competitor?Construction of a mass production line for SED (surface conduction electron emitter display) flat-panel televisions will be started by Canon and Toshiba by the end of this year according to a report in Japanese financial daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The production line at Toshiba’s Himeji factory in Hyogo Prefecture is expected to require and investment of 180 billion yen from the partners. Their aim is to be able to mass-market the products in time for the shopping season for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. SED is a new flat panel display technology which uses the same principal as in a traditional cathode ray tube television (CRT) of electrons exciting a phosphor coating. However, with SED there is a surface conduction electron emitter for every individual display pixel. Unlike CRTs, SED televisions have a very slim form factor similar to plasma and LCD televisions yet share the advantages of high brightness, high contrast ratios, response times and excellent picture quality. SED features high-resolution images with less power consumption than plasma and LCD displays. Toshiba’s display at this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES) featured an SED theater with 36 inch prototype on display. August 6, 2006
SED UpdateSurface-conduction Electron-emitter Display (SED) is a new flat panel display technology which uses the same principal as in a traditional cathode ray tube television (CRT) of electrons exciting a phosphor coating. However, with SED there is a surface conduction electron emitter for every individual display pixel. Unlike CRT, SED televisions have a very slim form factor similar to plasma and LCD televisions yet share the advantages of high contrast ratios, refresh rates and excellent picture quality. SED features high-resolution images with less power consumption than plasma and LCD displays. For a more in-depth coverage read Presentation Technology Reviews article SED on Final Approach. SED technology has had a long road to commercial production, having been in development since 1987, with Toshiba and Canon announcing a joint development agreement in 2004. At the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Toshiba displayed working SED prototypes and indicated availability in mid-to-late 2006. Unfortunately, Toshiba recently announced that it has decided to delay by 18 months, to the end of 2007, its launch of SED TVs. Admitting the obvious, that SED technologies are complicated, Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida stated in a recent interview with Kyodo News Toshiba plans to start mass-production of SED TVs, expecting a growth in demand ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. “We aim to gain a 20 percent share in the global market for large, flat-screen TVs in 2010, helped by our high quality that other companies will not be able to imitate”, he said.
June 9, 2006
Canon RE-455X Visualizer ReviewIn Canons own words, the RE-455X Visualizer was designed to “combine advanced new capabilities with increased affordability to meet the needs of a wide range of professionals in education, business, government, law, medicine and many other sectors”. Designed as a stand-alone unit but, also a companion product to Canon’s new LV-7245, LV-7240, and LV-X5 Multimedia Projectors, Canon’s new RE-455X Visualizer is an XGA resolution document camera built to capture images of paper-based documents or 3-D objects suitable for presentations, study, and analysis. It can be utilized for applications including distance learning, telemedicine, presentations and videoconferencing. The One-Shot Autofocus feature provides accurate focus with the single touch of a button, should be a useful feature when required to change items beneath the Visualizer’s camera often. The RE-455X includes;
SED on final approachAccording to Toshiba the Surface-conduction Electron-emitter (SED) Display combines the slim, flat panel lines of LCD and plasma with the superior performance characteristics of a CRT. The SED, created through joint work between Toshiba and Canon, is touted as offering high brightness, contrast and color graduation as well as fast video response and low power consumption. At this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Toshibas display included an SED theater with 36 inch on display to saw the display were impressed with these new screens which combine the best of CRT technology performance with the sleek dimensions of LCD and Plasma. According to Canon’s description of the new technology, the advantages of SED over other display technologies include:
Some performance figures which back up these claims are:
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