HP leaves DLP out of 2007 CES lineup
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jan 3rd 2007 10:35AM
posted Jan 3rd 2007 10:35AM
HP has revealed some of its display plans for this year's CES, and the biggest surprise isn't what the company is showing, but what it's not. Crave has a list of TVs to be displayed, and it conspicuously lacks HP's award winning wobulating DLP HDTVs, which were being shown as recently as last year. According to the posting, HP is no longer manufacturing the sets, and what is on store shelves now is the last of them. While DLP might no longer have a future with HP, there's still a full slate of flat panel TVs planned for next week's event, highlighted by two 1080p MediaSmart LCDs (the 42-inch SL4278N and 47-inch SL4778N) with WiFi-enabled Windows Media Connect for streaming media directly to the HDTV. For those not into any newfangled wireless streaming, the LC4276N and LC4776N bring the 1080p sans MediaSmart, along with three new 720p (they still make those?) models in 32-, 37- and 42-inch sizes. Two plasma TVs of unspecified resolution and parentage (42-inch HP PL4272N and 50-inch HP PL5072N) will also make an appearance.
Wobulating DLP. Ridiculos name, lousy technology. Why not doing it right, true 1080p?
I am surprised actually that HP managed to drop it :-)
Lousy technology? My DLP looks great--and DLP is still the price/performance leader.
Good riddance! I hate DLP's eye fatigue, headache inducing rainbow creating single chip tech and that damn spinning colorwheel. Where are the SEDs!?!? Or the OLED?
Not too much of a surprise... Even projection giant Infocus got out of the rear projection scene... Probably didn't feel as comfortable as their mainstay front projection, what with having to partner with RCA and all...
wtf? hp is retarded, this was a beautiful tv...... just like sony, killing off the trinitron..... the damn best PC monitors on earth, and sony had to go kill it..... now hp is doing the same with this tv....