Editorial review board...

[Pete Deksnis]

Didn't know SED from MUD till I read a news report this morning. Wrote up a little bit on the CT-100 site. Sounds like an advanced 15G to me. Corrections/more detail?

"Forget plasma, LCD, and even DLP.

Is the future of high-definition
flat-screen TV just
a variation of the first color CRT?

SED is the future darling of the big-, flat-, wide-screen TV industry because SID images are just as sharp as the traditional cathode ray tube. [IMO, the direct-view delta-gun CRT computer monitor still produces the best high-resolution consumer video image.]

SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display, and it is very similar to CRT technology. It generates a picture when electrons collide with a phosphor-coated screen. But instead of using three electron guns, SED technology employs a large array of tiny electron guns; SID calls them emitters -- one for each pixel on the display.

Of course, tricolor CRTs beam electrons from the back of the bottle, but SED emitters are on a plate located extremely close to the phosphor-coated faceplate. That means a much slimmer TV can be built with a much larger viewing area than is possible with CRT technology.

Toshiba may have a 55-incher on the market in 2006.

The future of high-quality flat-screen video may just be a variation of the venerable 15GP22."