CES 2006 News: SED Sneaks Into CES

What is SED? SED ( Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display) sounds exotic, but is not as complicated as it seems. SED borrows from the basic principle of CRT television technology. CRTs form an image by utilizing a single source electron beam scanning phosphors imbedded on a screen surface. Instead of a single electron beam scanning an entire screen surface, SED employs a separate electron beam for each pixel on the screen surface. This technology allows the manufacture of extremely thin flat panel displays, with the same performance characteristics of the traditional CRT.

SED developers and proponents, Canon and Toshiba, were both on hand at CES with demos of this new technlogy, which they hope will provide a better flat panel television alternative than either LCD or Plasma. For more specifics and perspective on the Toshiba/Canon SED presentation at CES, check out the report from Engadget.