Toshiba's 55-inch SED TV to be a no-show at CES

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.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 10:59AM]

SED is starting to appear to be vaporware.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 11:12AM]

...very high-contrast vaporware :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 12:22PM]

Truth be told, I think we'll see LED backlight LCDs before SED. IF LED sets really deliver something truly new and better, I'm not so sure SED will ever get to market.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2006 2:29PM]

Yes until OLED takes the stage, but thats years from now.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 29th 2006 7:18PM]

Not happy. Not happy at all. I was really looking forward to seeing it in person.

http://www.sed-tv-reviews.com

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2007 7:39AM]

Mabe in 2008 by the CES we see SED-TV? Be informed at http://www.oled-display.info