Digital Home Thoughts: Mitsubishi TV with Freaking Laser Beams

"Dr. Evil will be truly proud to hear that Mitsubishi is now selling its 65-inch LaserVue TV. Laser TV was hailed as the successor to LCD and Plasma technology when first announced in 2007. The TV uses laser beams to generate the picture and promises two times the color of the typical HDTV while using less power. The green brigade will like that last part. Mitsubishi claims that the LaserVue HDTV uses only 135W which is claimed to be 1/3 of the energy needed by the average LCD TV and 1/4 the power needed by the average plasma TV. The LaserVue set also has a 120Hz refresh rate, x.v. Color and a full 1080p HD image. The set is in a cabinet that is 10-inches thick. That is more in line with the profile of a projection TV than the plasma and LCD sets we are used too. One other cool feature is that the TV is that it is 3D ready. The dawn of 3D TV is coming and from 3D game demos, previewed so far 3D TV will be huge."

I'm very impressed with those power numbers for a 65 inch set. The only downside I see it that these are replacements for projection sets rather than LCD/Plasmas in that it does not appear that these are wall mountable based on the depth.