[opendtv] Re: FW: ScalableDisplay: LCOS: New TV Display Elusive

  • From: John Golitsis <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:35:39 -0500

I'd love to know the answer(s) to this, too.

 From what I've read of Toshiba's attempt (using, I believe, a Hitachi 
fab'd chip), the glass that covers the chip was deforming over time, 
leaving an oval "racetrack" impression on the screen.


On 3-Jan-05, at 10:53 AM, Tom McMahon wrote:

> Question regarding the article below - maybe some of the technologists 
> on this list will have answers (or at least theories):
>
> What exactly is it about LCOS that make it so difficult to produce?  
> Why is it still a "black hole of investment cash" at this
> point?  The article never pins down the exact issue(s).  Is it a yield 
> problem?  Cost?  Contrast?  Colorimetry?  Latency or response
> time?  Temperature stability or drift?  Life expectancy under bright 
> illumination?
>

 
 
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