14 DAY TRIAL // It's common knowledge that regular LCD and plasma displays can only reproduce about 40 percent of all the colors the human eye can see, and everyone except those actually selling them agree. But, for now, that's about as far as technology goes, in terms of faithful image reproduction. The next step in display technology, one that researchers have been interested in for decades, is the use of lasers. And the method doesn't even involve the employment of some complicated devices or anything like that. Three fairly simple and uncomplicated lasers at the back of the TV, colored in red, blue, and green, combine to produce more than 90 percent of the total array of colors the human eye can perceive.
This is a drastic increase as opposed to conventional, LCD, or plasma displays, and the company that is spearheading this effort isn't even a TV manufacturer. Novalux has been engaged in laser research for quite some time now, and its methods seem to be working. Already, TVs equipped with the laser generators it produces have started appearing at consumer shows around the globe. The feedback of the public has been amazing, simply because the casual viewer has been treated to a level of chromatics that has never before been seen on television.
Another great thing about laser television is the fact that even the largest sets don't require anywhere as much power to operate as plasmas, for example, but just a quarter of those amounts. In terms of ergonomy, the laser TVs thus far presented at shows have been simply regular LCD or plasma ones, outfitted with the three laser lights. If a new television set is built based on laser technology, from scratch, it will be thin enough to hang from your wall. And that application is possible when even the technology hasn't yet been fully researched. Think of all the other possibilities that may boost it.
The laser emitters that Novalux has created are not just for television. The company envisions them built into cell phones, neon signs, as well as in larger-scale applications, such as cinema projectors. This could, indeed, bring about a new level of entertainment to movie theaters around the world. However, the company isn't by far the only one involved in this type of researches. Others are currently working on prototypes of their own. And competition can only benefit consumers, as they will get more offers and, possibly, lower prices.