Re: Laser TV unveiled
The problem they are wrestling with when using lasers is the granular appearance of the spot. Grab any laser pointer and you'll see what I'm referring to.
As far as their claim of greater color space, this is available now with DLP, LED backlit LCD panels, and some LCD/LCoS/SXRD displays. The problem with expanded color space is, there is no programming that is mastered this way. Our entire video industry is governed by standards and recommended practices. Exceeding ITY-R BT709 color space for HD must be done at the program production end of the system. To change industry standards must be agreed upon by the entire broadcast and program production industry. That will take a lot of effort and time to realize. Until then, exceeding the color space used in post-production will simply be distortion.
Film color space is greater than video can reproduce, under the current standards. I expect the first use for new standards and expanded color space will be in digital cinema, medical, industrial, graphics, technical and military applications. These are all closed systems. Consumer video and broadcast production are mass communication systems. They will take longer to alter.
Some consumers like distorted color. Others like aggressive edge enhancement. Still others prefer a different color temperature than 6500K. These are all forms of image distortion. Image fidelity is subsequently compromised. Program producers use a color pallette that is specifically defined. Cinematographers, videographers, telecine colorists, etc., all use the same, standard color pallette, as defined by the NTSC, ATSC, SMPTE, ITU, ISO, IEEE, ANSI, etc. If you deviate from the standards, you will not realize the same program as the artists intended their audience to experience. Do you go to the commercial cinema wearing blue tinted glasses?
Best regards and beautiful pictures,
G. Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"
