More SED details from Canon emerge
Still no word on when we'll see these in the States, but as we indicated earlier, look for early 2007 for an SED set from Canon. There could be a product launch in late 2006 for Canon, but it would like be restricted to Japan. Next up for SED-goodness is Europe in 2007 with a 55-inch set.
At the recent Canon Expo, a 36-inch SED was placed next to both a plasma and an LCD set. According to reports from folks who saw the demo, the SED image was brighter and had more vibrant colors while maintaining black levels at least as good as plasma. Additionally, there were power meters attached to all three sets. The SED set varied between 92-watts and 132-watts; the PDP hit a high end of 202-watts, while the LCD was a constant 135-watts.
Most interesting of all is the expected price. Although there are no official pricing details from Canon, the industry is already speculating that the initial 55-inch SED set will be on par with a comparably priced PDP. Is anyone marking the end of PDPs already?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jellodyne @ Oct 10th 2005 5:55PM
I understand the actual manufacturing costs are much lower for SED than LCD or Plasma, so pricing should fall going forward as manufacturing capabilty ramps up. And/Or Canon and Tosh stand to make a boodle-load.
Jimmie Gotthardt @ Nov 3rd 2005 6:55PM
Everything that I have read tells me that this SED technology rocks. As I speak SED, INC of Japan are manufacturing the 55 inch sets, hopefully to be sold by mid 2006 in Japan only. SED, INC of Japan is owned by Canon and Toshiba. Cannot wait till it is available in the U.S.