Prysm releases information on new laser phosphor displays

GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz QueenMountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
edited January 2010 in Science & Tech
Prysm releases information on new laser phosphor displays

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  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited January 2010
    I've gotta wonder what the minimum thickness of a screen like this would be. It sounds like it'd be big like a CRT.
  • GooDGooD Quebec (CAN) Member
    edited January 2010
    Interesting, even if its bigger than todays screen, if its better in term of effeciency / quality of image then i'm all-in.

    But lets wait and see :P
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2010
    Probably not all that big. LASER diodes are extremely small, as would be the mirrors necessary to manipulate the beam(s).

    I'd say maybe 1-1.5" if I had to guess? Yeah, it's bigger than the paper-thin LEDs, but an enormous, maintenance-free, bright display with perfect black levels is worth a little extra depth.

    CRTs were big because the electron gun had to be big. Further, the phosphor layer had to exist in a vacuum chamber, whereas with LPD, the phosphor layer simply sits in a sandwich of glass.

    I sincerely doubt LPD will ever make it to market in volume (if at all), but the technology is cool.
  • photodudephotodude Salt Lake, Utah Member
    edited January 2010
    I wonder what the color depth on an LPD would be??? Will it top the billions of colors on a 30-bit LCD?

    I'm on board with LPD for better blacks if there is better color
  • deepseadeepsea Lancaster, PA
    edited January 2010
    Use laser diodes with fiber optics, and you should be able to be as thin as the edge lit LED units
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