In the near future, LCDs, CRTs, and Plasmas will be replaced by a new tech called SED.
SED (Also called "Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display") will offer the following specs:
(WARNING: what you are about to see could make you pee your pants).
Response times of 1millisecond or EVEN LOWER!!!
Contrast Ratio of up to 100,000:1 !!!
Viewing angles of up to 160 degrees !!!
Can scale up to 50†of HDTV viewable goodness !!!
Blacks can go as low as 0.003 cd/m2 !!!
Maximum Resolutions will be 1,920x1,080 !!!
Other stuff about SED:
-SED will also offer more vivid colours and blacker blacks
-SED uses 1/3 the power necessary to run a plasma display
-SED is expected to be cheaper than LCDs, but more expensive than plasmas
-Tohsiba and Canon are working together to bring this tech to life
-Tohsiba and Canon have made a new company called SED inc., which will be dedicated to production and manufacturing of SED displays. For more info about SED.inc, follow this link
Canon
-The first 50" SED displays are expected to hit the Japanese market next Spring
-Toshiba will be producing 75,000 displays per month, in 2007
-Toshiba predicts that by 2008, SED will account for 20 percent to 30 percent of the 40" wide-screen and larger flat panel TVs in the market.
