SED Monitors

the latest news is that canon/toshiba will not even show it at this year's CES because of litigation issues. by the time SED does come out, if ever (2008) some say plasma/lcd will have advanced too much for it to be competitive (i dont know about that because liquid crystals are already being overdriven to the point of burn-in, black frame insertion lcds are not looking too good and 120hz lcds still dont eliminate ghosting. dont know too much about plasma.) for the last 7 years there have been manufacturing problems with SED.

the good news is that it already exists. if eyewitness accounts are true its perfect (true blacks, best viewing angles, crt response time, low power consumption, best colors, scaleable, flat, uniform brightness & multisync compatability should make it a good computer monitor) - so i'm excited, call me stupid.

another display due about the same time is laser tv - not much info on it but i think its a rear projection laser-equipped DLP (no more $300 bulb replacements). its not really a "new" technology - sort of along the line of LCDs replacing fluorescent bulbs with LEDs. im not a fan of RP tvs and DLPs have other issues so i'm not so enthusiastic about it as much as SED.

I believe you are exaggerating a bit. SED is not dead, but due to price decline of LCD and plasma displays, Toshiba (had to) reevaluated their strategy.

Call me nuts, but I've always had the feeling Toshiba was never with both feet on the SED boat. On the other hand, the patent litigation involving Canon prevents Toshiba from fully exploring SED.

Now, if prices for HDTV's continue to fall next year, then it's going to be a huge problem for SED. At least on this, the market analysts believe prices are going to become stable throughout 2007.

Some links:
Toshiba and Canon to Begin SED Manufacturing in 2006?

No Toshiba SED at CES?

SED Won't Become Commodity -- Toshiba's President Nishida Said at Year-End Press Gathering.

Let them release something, anything...

news of late: texas courts ruled in favor of Nano's summary judgment for breach of contract. Canon can not continue with SED in the U.S and its patent license was revoked.