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Sony FED TV news from 2004

It’s always interesting to look back at what companies were saying a few years ago. Everyone would have a flying car in their garage by now and be watching SED TVs. (just kidding about the SED TV). This article from PC World gives an idea of what Sony was thinking a couple of years ago.

Other technologies are under development. Several companies are pursuing OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screens, and Toshiba and Canon are researching SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display). Sony has been working on FED (Field Emission Display) technology for several years but that has yet to reach commercialization.

“In the next 10 or 20 years there will be many, many different developments and they will coexist with each other,” Kogure says. “Each has its own merit and demerit. Many products will be introduced and in the end the customer will decide.”

Regarding Sony’s work on FED, he says development is still underway.

Interesting point coming up…

“Technology-wise, with no business or investment issues, in two years it’s easy [to produce a commercial FED],” he says.

So far, 2 years later, progress is slow.
Sony is researching FED because it is the flat-panel technology that comes closest to matching the picture of a CRT, says Kogure. “FED’s response is very fast and it’s very easy to make a CRT-like picture. Power consumption is very low.”

Kutaragi also praised FEDs for their warm picture and brushed off a suggestion that development of the technology was proceeding too slowly.

“Sharp started developing LCD [technology] 30 years ago and they started talking about LCD TVs in 1996. It will take time.”

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