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- From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
- Subject: Re: Laser projection TV - does it exist?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan19.153421.11665@siemens.com>
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- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 15:34:21 GMT
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- >- the horizontal resolution would be limited only by the
- > rate at which the laser intensity could be modulated;
-
- Remember that that rate would vary across both vertically and horizontally
- because of the changing angle between the beam path and the screen. I'd bet
- that these kinds of optics would be very fussy.
-
- >- no inherent fabrication problems in making large screens
- > (except for making lasers big enough to provide a bright
- > picture)
-
- I would think that lasers by definition would produce a quite bright picture.
-
- >- To get a bright picture on a large screen might require
- > high-power lasers.
-
- Well, that kinda depends on what "high-power" means. The tube that I have,
- (alas, with a toasted PS) from a Xerox 2700 engine is a whopping .6 watts,
- if I remember correctly, and the average supermarket-scanner is around .1 or
- .2.
-
- > If the beams ever stopped scanning, you
- > would not want to be in front of a rear-projection system.
-
- The gubberment seems to regulate lasers very tightly, and I honestly don't
- think they'd allow even that modest power in Joe-Bob's living room. Anything
- used for a projection system, though, isn't going to be anywhere near strong
- enough to peirce the screen, and the screen would likely decollimate the beam
- enough that retinal damage wouldn't be a concern.
-
- >- Since a spot of laser light on a screen would have almost
- > no persistence, it might require a high scanning rate to
- > produce a non-flickering picture
-
- Or a screen with persistence, which would get you right back to those nasty
- phospors. I was with some guys at a con once who tried this out -- we painted
- a sheet with some sort of flourescent goop and scanned a moderately strong
- Argon across it. The persistence was pretty weak, although that might have
- been wavelength-related.
-
- I suspect that the biggest obstacle would be the wavelengths. You'd have to
- come up with cheap lazing media that'd put out the proper wavelengths.
-
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