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Does Australia Really Want Laser TV?

Released: 7 October 2009 By: Stephen Scott
Rating: 4

L Mitsubishi Laser TV aser TV debuted in a blaze of glory in late 2008 and went straight to the top of many people’s must-have list … but it’s almost 2010 and Australia still hasn’t seen the plasma-killer.

Mitsubishi have released their 65” LaserVue Rear Projection HDTV in the USA (Model L65A90) at a recommended retail of $US6,999 (you can find it on Amazon at an enormous 1% off). But it’s the only model available – from anyone. Apart from an R&D company in the US announcing in September 09 that they’re working on a 100” 3D Laser TV, the rest of the manufacturing world is very quiet on the topic.

But here’s the big sticking point - why isn’t Laser TV available for sale here in Australia? We checked with the local Mitsubishi rep and there’s no plan to release them in our neck of the woods. Ever.

So what’s the big deal – why bother with Laser with recent TV advances like LED backlighting on LCDs? Because Laser TV will let you see things that plasmas and LCDs just can’t provide. Check out this list of features:

Incredibly fast screen refreshing – over a thousand frames per second!
Twice the colour spectrum,
Twice the contrast ratio,
The ability to display 3D images, and
Highly energy efficient (up to ¼ of the power consumption of similar-sized flat panel TVs).

Not a bad list of features. Every reviewer has praised the image quality of the LaserVue, so the product is obviously good enough.

So what do you think – do you want to have the option to upgrade to Laser TV? Have you seen one in action?

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Yes please I will upgrade

It is 3d capable because it has 120hz refresh which is sufficient for 3D (min specs of 60hz for each eye).

Written by noreg on 9 November 2009