If you had high hopes of
seeing Toshiba's "
soon-to-be-released" SED TV
showcased at CES in just a few weeks, well, you can probably already read the writing on the wall. Unsurprisingly, the set has seemingly hit another snag on its journey to retail reality, as Toshiba has announced that "technical issues" will keep the 55-inch surface conduction electron emitter display from being present at the show. While another delay hasn't exactly been confirmed, in all likelihood there's
yet another one behind the scenes, and it could be due to the tension between Canon (Toshiba's
partner) and Nano-Proprietary. Reportedly, the two firms are in "closed-door settlement talks" over licensed technology to be used on
SED TVs, and the matters at hand could be forcing Toshiba's hand to hold back at CES. Nevertheless, it's a shame we won't be getting up close and personal with the mystical display in just a few weeks, but Toshiba feels that the issue(s) should be "resolved soon," and insinuated that we'd see a
demo here in the States before
too long.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ray-- @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:27AM
this stinks, i was kind of holding out for SED before i plunged into the big screen HD market.... *snif* guess ill just have to hold onto my $$ a little longer ;)
Im pretty excited to see this in action!
Jonathan Sundy @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:40AM
Just like all other exciting technologies by the time it actually comes out it'll just be an incremental upgrade over what's out :/
I'm pretty disappointed.
Loban @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:47AM
I was sort of waiting for SED also to jump into the HD scene. However, if it doesn't happen in 2007 for a reasonable price, I will settle for plasma, as long as I can get one with 1920 x 1080 native res for a reasonable price.
Krazy Koala @ Dec 22nd 2006 12:01PM
Can't Canon still show their SED displays?
gromit @ Dec 22nd 2006 12:35PM
So this means, of course, that it'll be the Engadget "HDTV of the year" again, right?
It'd be great if it could win that for two or even three years in a row before it even exists...
Jonathan Sundy @ Dec 22nd 2006 12:43PM
Does it make you feel like a bigger man to anonymously bash a free website that you choose to read??
DisplayBlog @ Dec 23rd 2006 1:15AM
I believe it is Nano-Proprietary that is in litigation with Canon regarding SED intellectual property. Reference: http://displayblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/toshiba-55-sed-tv-demo-at-ces-2007-no-says-nano-proprietary-legal/
James Olomo @ Jan 6th 2007 5:06PM
Toshiba is not showing the display because of the legal problems canon is having with the licensing of certain technologies. toshiba released a statement that the cancellation is netheir due to technical or financial difficulties and they are not allowed to say more for legal reasons. canon is already holding talks with the company in question, and after the issue is resolved, Toshiba will come to the U.S and demo it.