A Silicon Valley based start-up called Arasor is also developing laser TV displays. Arasor demonstrated a Laser TV with full HD resolution in Australia apparently today. See the photo (source: The Daily Telegraph). Arasor has Australian backers. This is the reason why the start-up got exposure down-under.

Arasor claims that Laser TVs will be 30% cheaper to manufacture than comparable sized Plasma or LCD TVs. Additionally Laser TV sets are about 1/3rd lighter than other flat panel TVs and use 25% less power. The Laser TV technology offers 90% of the color gamut, which is dramatically more than Plasma or LCD displays can deliver.

IF you're one of many Australians agonising over a flat TV choice between plasma and LCD, a new technology has been developed that could soon make that choice irrelevant.

Laser TV, available in Australia in 2007, boasts double the clarity of its predecessors for less money.

Developed by Silicon Valley-company Arasor, Laser TV uses an optical drive chip to turn infrared laser into red, blue and green light to generate images on a screen.

And Australia can take a lot of the credit for the breakthrough with local investors funding the technology to become a commercial application.

Unveiled for the first time in Australia yesterday, the Laser TV produces a picture which features deep blacks, rich colour and almost 3D-like picture depth complete with a full high definition resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Up to eight high profile manufacturers are looking to invest in the technology while Mitsubishi, already a popular manufacturer of consumer electronics, announced it will be bringing a Laser TV to market in the US in the second half of 2007.

Australia should see its first Laser TVs in 2008.

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