OLED VS Lasers

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by laie_techie

My biggest concern about laser technology has to do with eye safety. I know it's only 5mW (or thereabouts) but even our small laser pointers supposedly cause damage if shown directly at an eye.

At this time, laser projectors come under the FDA umbrella of the rules and regs for laser light shows which deal with more focused beams not really applicable to laser front projection for movies…but, rules is rules, so a few companies (spearheaded by SONY, IMAX, etc.) are forming an industry trade group to have discussions with the FDA to ‘modernize’ these regulations, given developments in laser-projection cinema systems.

In the meantime, I believe that Kodak, on its own, has applied for a variance from the FDA for its projector.