Cannon may be looking to bringout its SED technology on it's own not as a TV but as a professinal monitor
An interesting report concerning SED TV technology has come out of the NAB 2009 show last week. It seems that SED may come out as a professional monitor product, similar to what FET was planning with FED TV. Here’s Peter Putman’s take on it:
“I was asked on more than one occasion about the chances of Canon’s SED making a comeback, something I would not have bet money on after the Nano Technologies licensing debacle. However, a source within Canon told me at the show that the SED is still very much alive as a pro monitor technology. Indeed, a Canon SED engineer from Japan was quietly making the rounds in the Las Vegas Convention Center to scope out the competition.”
If SED is produced as a broadcast monitor there remains the possibility that a SED TV could be forthcoming when times are better."
The most common TV out there without doubt today is the old cathode ray tube "CRT" for short, like the one in the picture below. For years and years we have been content with watching television on them. But over time we wanted them bigger and better. We've come a long way from the good old days of just plugging in your TV to the power point and antenna.
Now we have a whole range of TV's to choose from, not to mention source devices like DVD players, DVR's, PVR's, Surround Sound. The humble TV has grown from what you see below to the now ever growing Home theatre experience which is now even more affordable.
The only draw back is that once you have purchased your new home theatre you may find it a little more complicated than you thought. Luckily there are poeple like us Maxtv that provide an installSERVICE to wall mount or install your new Plasma TV, set up and teach you how to use your equipment.
If you're after a new TV, today you have a choice between
CRT (cathode ray tub)
LCD (liquid crystal display
Plasma
Rear projection
projectors.
Rear projection screens can be bulky.
You wouldn't use a projector for every day TV viewing as the bulbs do need replacing (bulb life is calculated in hours and the number of hours varies from brand to brand) and can be expensive. Having said that, projectors are great for watching movies on the big screen but you do need a room that is dark, as ambient light does affect the viewing.
Now you know what's available you have to then think about what you would like your display device to do and how much you want to spend and then work it out from there.
If you want a large flat screen TV, Plasma are are less expensive compared to LCD over 40". Large wide screen CRT screens are also good if you want the wide screen viewing and don't want to spend thousands.
High definiton 1080P plasmas and LCD TV's are on the rise out there and prices are coming down all the time, but beware if you do buy one of these screens you may have to think about upgrading the rest of your system, such as your DVD player for a Blu Ray player or HD DVD player and if you intend on using your amplifier reciever to do the switching, then you will have to look at its upscaling abilities.
If you need to know more about how these types of displays work check out the links below.
