Over on CNet, I found an article about a new flat-panel product being developed by Toronto-based iFire. It’s lighter, thinner, and consists of less materials than plasma. Their displays also boasts no backlight, unlike LCD’s. It’s the technology that’s really interesting.
Their Color by Blue display system uses energy from a blue light source (in this case, a sheet of blue phosphor), which energizes florescent pigments that emit green or red light. By combining the blue with the green and red light, the full color of an RGB (red green blue) video is displayed.
“We feel we need to make this quite compelling to compete with the LCD,” said Don Carkner, iFire vice president of product planning. He said that with modules costing less than $300 per unit, iFire has one of the most cost-effective modules on the market. [cnet]
Seeing is believing, and the first products with this TDEL technology are to begin some time in 2007. Give me a good picture with no screen burn-in and I’ll consider it. We need something to decorate the walls in our apartment.