Luminoz screen could lead to uber-slim RPTVs

Just hours after getting wind of Sony's plans to unveil a three-millimeter OLED, Luminoz is claiming that it has "developed a screen that can reduce the depth of a rear projection TV to about 12-centimeters." Apparently, the newfangled screen "eliminates the need of a large mirror that is necessary in the existing rear projection TVs," and as if the space savings weren't spectacular enough, we can also expect increased contrast ratios. Reportedly, the firm is hoping to inject its screen into 65-inch or larger rear projection televisions, and if all goes as planned, commercialization should occur sometime next year.

[matt @ Sep 12th 2007 2:17PM]

I'd be happy if RPTVs got a decent viewing angle. Otherwise, there's very little reason to use one over a projector...

[Tony C @ Sep 12th 2007 3:03PM]

Wow, that article read like sooo much total BS, it wasn't funny. But, the tale of the tape will be what actually comes to fruition from their claim as breakthrough technology. I have a two year old (and the design is a year beyond that) 61" RP-DLP InFocus that's less than 7" thick if I don't include the mounting brackets. It looks good and has held up well, but suffers from visible moire patterns in the upper corners, image softness at all corners and is particularly susceptible to uneven lighting and like all rear projection setups, reduced viewing angles. InFocus' claim to fame with their thin RP's was a compact, but heavily manipulated light path that sounds a lot like what these guys describe as "a bad thing", likely with many of those mirror, fresnel and magnifying elements, only more than your average RP includes. But hopefully, Luminoz' low depth RP technology will progress to the point that there are dramatic improvements all around and aren't just literal smoke and mirrors.

[ethana2 @ Sep 12th 2007 5:06PM]

Wait, what happened to OLED's? Translucent roll-able wireless touch screens?