[opendtv] Re: New Chips Improve Color TV Dramatically

  • From: Doug McDonald <dtvmcdonald@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:43:02 -0700 (PDT)

--- John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it still as difficult to acquire the rare-earth
> green phosphors as it
> once was (the reason I've always heard for using
> less-vivid green
> phosphors?)
>

Uh .... All the fluorescent lights in our 
buildings are rare-earth green. So the answer
to your question must be "no". 

However, rare earth green phosphors, while
ideal for lamp use, are poor for TV: they are
too yellow.

Doug McDonald

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Doug McDonald
my last name at scs dot uiuc dot edu, not here at Yahoo, please


                
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