New LCD TV Competitor “Nano-TV”

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The so-called Nano-TV is the latest competitor to enter the flat screen TV battlefield.

An agreement has been reached between Applied Nanotech - a US company - and Da Ling Co - a Taiwanese manufacturer - to pilot test the world’s first widescreen nano-TV.

A 25-inch proof of concept was first built in 2005 by Applied Nanotech and it is claimed it demonstrated sharper images than those currently achieved with large LCD and plasma TVs.

The nano-TV has the the official title of Carbon Nanotube Television (CNT). Like SED it is a next-generation display technology that promises better picture quality than existing plasma and LCD TVs.

The flat panel TV scene is getting more and more interesting, because the picture qality of LCD TVs took a leap forward with the introduction of HDTV and will continue to improve as the manufacturing processes and software evolve and mature.

The first nano-TVs will be built with 60 to 100 inch diagonal screens. These sizes and units are expected retail for $US1,300 when they hit full production - this is a competitive price for a flat panel TV that big.

As we mentioned in a previous post, CNT will also be competing with the new surface-conduction electron-emitter displays (SED). SED was recently unveiled by Canon and Toshiba and the first TVs with this technology units are expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2007.

The vendors hope that SEDs will deliver clearer images with no “ghosting” because they are based on technology that is similar to traditional CRT TVs.

The nano-TVs are also designed to be large and flat, and they deliver images to the display using carbon nanotubes with high thermal and electrical conductivity.

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Will SED Take Over From LCD TVs?

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Plasma and LCD TVs are the red hot item in the consumer electronics product category. But how long will this last?

Personally I think the hot streak is going to be long and strong, because the prices are falling and the TVs are still improving, especially the picture quality.

Price Movements
I’m sure in the first few months of this year that prices have taken a big step downwards again - I think the prices of some of the major brands could be down by 20% - for both LCD and Plasma TVs.

The value LCD TV brands seem to holding their price point - temporarily at least - at the floor they set late last year, but no doubt those will shift again soon, because the main brands are getting too close to them.

This is all fuelled by the ramp up in panel production of the huge 3rd generation LCD panel factories owned by the likes of Samsung and LG Philips LCD.

Anyway, what is SED?
SED stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display. The main players so far in SED are Toshiba and Canon.

They have announced that they will start selling their first SED flat panel TVs in the fourth quarter of 2007.

SEDs are claimed to be an improvement because:
(a) they use light-beaming technology similar to that for CRT TVs i.e the pictures wil be more natural and not “digital”.

(b) the SED panels are thinner and consume less energy than Plasma and LCDs displays.

My Prediction
Hard to tell at this range. In another year Plasma and LCD TVs will have taken more steps forward in picture quality. HDTV (High Definition TV) will probably be standard for just about all Plasma and LCD TVs.

And of course, the prices will also have taken another few steps downward.

So, SED will have to be a real breakthrough to displace either Plasma or LCD. And to make it harder, by the end of 2007 a lot of us will already have a 42 inch LCD or Plasma TVs.

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