World's first "no lamp replacement, liquid-cooled" 1080p projector lands at CEDIA

If your friends ever cracked a single joke on you for having a liquid-cooled gaming rig, watch real close and see if they don't end up swooning over this one. Taiwanese OEM / ODM supplier Chilin Technology has introduced the planet's first "lamp-free 1080p projector with liquid cooling" at this year's CEDIA Expo. The firm has partnered with Luminus Devices (for its PhlatLight LED) and Texas Instruments (for its 1080p DMD tech) in order to produce the device, which will boast 600 ANSI lumens, a 100,000:1 contrast ratio, 128% NTSC color gamut and a lamp good for around 50,000 hours (or, in Chillin's view, forever). As for a release date, we know it'll be demonstrated here in Denver, but there's no word on how quickly it'll begin shipping out to customers.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 9:22PM]

That looks like a freaking tank. I was excited about this until I saw the picture. I guess world-first feats are too busy on the "world-first" bit than looks.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2008 3:02AM]

Wow, I'd be alllll over that if it had good performance and comes out at something relatively reasonable. Not having to replace $300-400 lamps every couple thousand hours would make an increased cost pay for itself over time, even. Dj496, I don't know about you but when I'm watching my current projector with an 84" projected image, I'm watching that, not the projector humming away. It could practically have neon pink as its color scheme and I wouldn't care much if it does what it needs to.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2008 4:15AM]

It's hard to guess the size of that thing but the photo makes it looks hideously heavy.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2008 7:33AM]

How exactly does a photo make anything look heavy? Unless it was sitting on a scale, with a handwritten note saying it was heavy, with today's date and time, and an ID card showing it was..... I kid, I kid...

[DrTMAC Posted Sep 4th 2008 9:47PM]

Announced in a hotel room?