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History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Back in October 2006, right before they listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, a company called Arasor held a press conference in Sydney announcing that the future of television had arrived, and that future was lasers. Arasor claimed that an optical chip they made could enable TV manufacturers to use lasers in their TVs for an amazing picture quality. They claimed it would happen by Christmas 2007, and would be supported by a range of manufacturers. Sadly though, it didn’t and it wasn’t. More »
TVs Should Be Better With Lasers
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Back in October 2006, right before they listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, a company called Arasor held a press conference in Sydney announcing that the future of television had arrived, and that future was lasers. Arasor claimed that an optical chip they made could enable TV manufacturers to use lasers in their TVs for an amazing picture quality. They claimed it would happen by Christmas 2007, and would be supported by a range of manufacturers. Sadly though, it didn’t and it wasn’t. More » 
History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | If you owned a TV with a screen bigger than 40 inches before the year 2000, chances are it was a rear projection model. And chances are it took up most of your loungeroom. More »
When Rear Projection Made It BIG
12:00PM Nick Broughall | If you owned a TV with a screen bigger than 40 inches before the year 2000, chances are it was a rear projection model. And chances are it took up most of your loungeroom. More »
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Mitsubishi Laservue Laser HDTVs Back in Production
12:28PM Brian Lam | Engadget contacted Mitsubishi direction to confirm that Laservue HDTVs are back in production. [Engadget]Laservue on Giz More »
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Mitsubishi’s Amazing LaserVue Televisions Now Shipping
3:00AM Mark Wilson | While promising display technologies like SED have pretty much disappeared from the Earth, Mitsubishi has actually begun shipping their absolutely incredible 65″ LaserVue TVs. These sets suck less power than LCDs and feature two times the colour of most competitive sets. Oh…but these sets still run almost $US7,000 a pop. So that whole inexpensive aspect we’d heard about originally has been quietly swept under the rug for the time being. [LaserVue via Electronista] More »
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First Technical Review of Mitsubishi LaserVue Laser TV: Technically Awesome
6:15AM Matt Buchanan | Reviews of Mitsubishi’s $US7000 laser-lit stunner have been rolling in for a bit, but HD Guru (who helped us buy an HDTV like a pro) has the first truly sophisticated technical evaluation—after watching it for 12 hours straight—of the best use of lasers in your living room yet. Not only does it have the most eye-popping colours, detailed blacks and pupil-squeezing brightness of any set he’s tested, it uses less power than a 100-watt bulb, making it the greenest too.
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Mitsubishi LaserVue vs. Pioneer Kuro Plasma: The High-End Throwdown
3:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | The dudes over at The Tech Lounge sat down for a real-world—not canned—comparison of Mitsubishi’s cutting-edge, 65-inch LaserVue HDTV with the current reigning champ, Pioneer’s 60-inch Kuro plasma set. Does Mitsubishi’s fancy new tech really make for a better high-def experience? The tests show, at the very least, that the LaserVue can certainly hold its own against maybe the best HDTV in the world: “You’re not going to find a set that is capable of displaying colours quite like this one.” More »
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Mitsubishi’s $US7000, 65-Inch LaserVue HDTV Reviewed: (Verdict: Lasers Are Awesome)
7:00PM John Herrman | With a history of giving great impressions reaching back to CES, expectations for Mitsubishi’s 65in LaserVue TV are high. It’s the first laser-powered TV, with completely new rear-projection technology that makes for richer, more accurate colours and significantly lower power consumption. Josh Quittner of Time Magazine got to take one home for a while to drool over/in front of it and, well, that’s exactly what he did. More »
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Mitsubishi 65-inch LaserVue Rear Projection 1080p TV Priced (Expensively)
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Last we left Mitsubishi’s LaserVue 1080p rear-projection monster, we had size and shape, but price was a mystery. The mystery was solved today, as BitStream discovered the massive HDTV will set you back US$7,000 when it ships later this month. There’s still no pricing info for the 73-inch LaserVue, which was also revealed in June. The 7k figure is comparable to what manufacturers are asking for similarly sized HDTVs in the space, but this one has frickin’ laser beams. And unlike military lasers, these create a feast for your eyes, instead of your stomach. [BitStream via CrunchGear] More »
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