Sony to boost production of TVs with FED technology
- July 2nd, 2008
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Field Emission Technologies, a Sony affiliate, is preparing to mass-produce a new kind of flat panel starting 2009. Sony owns 37.8 percent of the company.
The so-called FEDs (field emission displays) offer higher picture quality than LCDs. Backlighting FEDs is not necessary so that they are said to be twice as energy-efficient as LCDs. While Sony’s first OLED-TV, the XEL-1, measures 11 inches, Field Emission Technologies aims at producing FEDs sized 26 inches from the start. The company announced it will eventually produce 60-inch TV displays.
Field Emission Technologies will buy a Pioneer plant in Southern Japan, which is currently producing plasma TVs. Japanese media estimate the company is ready to invest between $190 and $280 million in the new technology, expecting to achieve $235 million in sales in the first two years of production.
Sony presented a self-developed 19-inch FED TV prototype in Japan last year.
Via Tech-On [JP]
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1 month ago
This is good news from FET. After the mess with Canon and SED, which still isn’t resolved, it’s good to see that FET has decided to go for it and get their panels out there. I just wonder what the pricing will be like.