LASER TV good to go in 08!

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Originally Posted by tvted

It's all swell to provide the facility for more colours than you can shake a decoding matrix at, but we ain't got the source - rec. 709 which is what Hi def is, ain't got the snuff.

ted

That is correct. You need the xvYCC colorspace:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XvYCC

Since there will probably never be deep color xvYCC Blu-Ray movies (not enough storage space and MOST importantly, not enough bandwidth) the new Laser HTDV's color range will probably be of very little use.

It's very nice in theory, and i'm sure they will have some very nice hard drive based source material to showcase the new color range at tradeshows... but the benefits will not translate to our livingrooms. The eye will be the test: you take the 60" Kuro vs. the 60" Laser TV with both of them playing Ratatouille on identical model Blu-Ray players and you will have your answer as to which is better.

Another thing to measure about this new technology will be Motion Resolution (one of the huge advantages of Plasma vs. LCD).