"As of January 16, 2007 Canon has agreed to buy out Toshiba's portion of the SED venture in order to satisfy Nano-Proprietary's complaints. This is also expected to prevent the litigation from dragging on in American courts. [9] The company must purchase 50% of Toshiba shares to produce SED TVs on its own. [10]
On January 12, 2007 Toshiba announced [11] an agreement by which Canon will purchase all of Toshiba's outstanding share of SED Inc. Canon is still planning a release of SED tvs in Japan during the 4th quarter of 2007, and will be 'reassessing' its future mass-production plans for SED panels.
Pricing is unknown, although Canon CEO Fujio Mitarai says he wants to offer the screens for about the same price as LCD and plasma TVs of comparable size."
I was right in my statement in that other post last week, about how I heard they'd be released in late 2007.
But it looks like the person who told me that neglected to tell me which country.
Advantages to SED technology:
- 50,000:1 contrast ratio (dark room only). According to IGN at the 2006 CES show, Toshiba's final versions of SEDs will ship with a contrast ratio of 100,000:1.
- 1ms response time.
- Brightness of 450 cd/m2.[16].
Disadvantages:
- As with any phosphor-based technology, SED may also be susceptible to screen burn-in. This was a constant problem for people using CRT television monitors for security camera systems. Early plasmas also had this issue, but with phosphor development, the issue has largely been reduced.
Comments? Thoughts? How long do you think it'll be before its released in the US?
SED TV's Likely To Be Released In Japan 4th Quarter 2007
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