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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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