This is a landmark piece of technology, that will replace both PLASMA and LCD screens.
Source: Field emission display FED TV development FED
Sony spin-off planning 2009 FED TV launch HOW IT WORKS.
...Sony's 36" FED prototypes have been shown drawing only 14 W when displaying brightly lit scenes, whereas a conventional LCD screen of similar size would normally draw well over 100 W....
...A field emission display (FED) is a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron sources to provide electrons that strike colored phosphor to produce a color image. In a general sense, a FED consists of a matrix of cathode ray tubes, each tube producing a single sub-pixel, grouped in threes to form red-green-blue (RGB) pixels.FEDs combine the advantages of CRTs, namely their high contrast levels and very fast response times, with the packaging advantages of LCD and other flat panel technologies. They also offer the possibility of requiring less power, about half that of an LCD system. To date, however, manufacturing problems have prevented any FED system from entering commercial production.
FEDs are closely related to another developing display technology, the surface-conduction electron-emitter display, or SED.
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...2009, et surtout 2010, devraient donc être deux années charnières dans le domaine de l’affichage. Car les FED ne seront pas les seuls à se lancer à ce moment. On devrait également voir apparaître les écrans OLED, chezSamsung ou Sony (encore lui) (cf. 2009 : l’année de l’OLED ? )....Source: Les écrans FED en 2009 chez Sony
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