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JayAllan · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 175 Location: Los Angeles

Have you guys seen this?

http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-HECTO-laser-tv?gclid=CL3ZksWawrsCFfPm7Aod_0UAUw

The video presentation is really interesting!

I really wonder about the picture quality! If it is good this will truly be a revolutionary leap in technology.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:55 pm Post subject:

Cool! Looks like it already showed at CES 2013 this past January. I haven't heard anything about it until your post though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv07DM_mFho

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Wow. That is some seriously cool technology. The projector sits nearly underneath the screen, only 6" from the screen wall, and projects up at a steep angle. The screen has tiny reflective surfaces that bounce the light coming from below out to the user -- and it rejects light from basically any other angle. Brilliant! They say you can watch it in a fully lit room. Their video even shows watching it with direct sunlight hitting the screen, but that may be advertising hype.

If this really works, it would be a game-changer. This is what big-screen projection TV is supposed to be. It's currently $9k for the projector AND the rocket-science screen -- not at all out of line compared to some of the high-end digital projectors & screens people already use. If that price drops appropriately as the technology matures, it could get affordable for the less-than-wealthy-enthusiast pretty quickly.

HogPilot · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:51 am Post subject:

I've seen this in person twice, once in a bright Carrefour, the other time in a dark room. It's DLP-based, so it's what you would expect from a DLP in terms of sharpness, uniformity, and contrast. The projector was about average brightness, so in a normally lit room I think it would work for sports, but not for watching TV shows or movies. I also didn't care for the texture of the screen, which was visible from normal viewing distances. Personally for this amount of money one could get a normal front projector with a DNP Supernova or SI Black Diamond screen and have a much larger and brighter image. I think the only benefits are the incredibly short throw distance, and of course the laser-based light engine that should be very stable over its long life.

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

I saw that about a year ago when i was researching Laser tech. But VDC has a similar system. Marquee 7000 or something

Here I found it

http://vdcds.com/site/products/product-sub-1/marqueehd-ssl7000/

Nashou

HogPilot · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:57 am Post subject:

The VDC system appears to be significantly dimmer at 400 lumens per unit and is LED-based; the LG system claims 150 nits with its laser-light source, which is the equivalent of about 1300 lumens on a 1.0 gain 100" diagonal screen. The former seems to be aimed more at data/office applications whereas the LG is aimed at home installs.