LG Laser TV launch date announced

[rpm]

100-inch LG Laser TV launch date announced

LG has announced the launch date of its 100-inch TV using a “Hecto” laser projector

 

[marine1]

Article says Jan 2012, should be Jan 2013 I think?

 

[rpm]

Very cool - "According to LG, the 1080p projector is capable of creating a 100-inch screen from just 22 inches (56cm) away."

 

[marine1]

Must have.......must have !!!!!

 

[a-person]

want

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

:O

 

[j4ck455]

an RS–232 port

:wtf: why would anyone want an RS232 port on a projector? Is it perhaps a VGA DSUB connector? (not that I would want DSUB either on a laser projector)

 

[Mouse]

:wtf: why would anyone want an RS232 port on a projector? Is it perhaps a VGA DSUB connector? (not that I would want DSUB either on a laser projector)

That's where you plug in the targeting computer for the laser. No doubt the frickin sharks attach somewhere too.

 

[j4ck455]

That's where you plug in the targeting computer for the laser. No doubt the frickin sharks attach somewhere too.

Targeting computer for a projector? This is not a laser sight mounted on a tank with auto tracker controller s/w.

You lost me entirely with the sharks reference.

 

[Mouse]

Targeting computer for a projector? This is not a laser sight mounted on a tank with auto tracker controller s/w.

You lost me entirely with the sharks reference.

[video=youtube;Bh7bYNAHXxw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw[/video]

 

[Mineer]

need a price on this

 

[ttygt]

Sharks
Lasers
Projectiles
100 inches
Was this a secret government project, LG?

 

[TYR]

:wtf: why would anyone want an RS232 port on a projector? Is it perhaps a VGA DSUB connector? (not that I would want DSUB either on a laser projector)

To link it to home automation stuff .... ie, automatically close the curtains when you switch on, controlling the tv from the automation remote, etc. ... RS232 is not for delivering a video signal to it

 

[ponder]

Pretty sure the same article was posted last week some time?

 

[Tns]

and will cost a small fortune.

 

[MisterFiftySomething]

Pretty sure the same article was posted last week some time?

Almost. Last week LG announced the product and this week they announced the release date. Expect an article next week announcing the price

 

[j4ck455]

To link it to home automation stuff .... ie, automatically close the curtains when you switch on, controlling the tv from the automation remote, etc. ...

RS232 is a relic of the past which might be useful with legacy home automation systems but why doesn't this trillion dollar projector at least have built-in wifi preferably an RJ45 Ethernet connector as well?

RS232 is not for delivering a video signal to it

I'm sure I did not imply that, my comment was that the connectors for RS232 and DSUB video look very similar (inverted gender, different pinouts).

 

[jannievanzyl]

RS232 is a relic of the past which might be useful with legacy home automation systems but why doesn't this trillion dollar projector at least have built-in wifi preferably an RJ45 Ethernet connector as well?



I'm sure I did not imply that, my comment was that the connectors for RS232 and DSUB video look very similar (inverted gender, different pinouts).

RS232 is still very much a standard for automation and most high-end devices supports this even if they do have an Ethernet port as well.

Serial port is 9 pin, VGA is 15 pin.

 

[j4ck455]

Serial port is 9 pin, VGA is 15 pin.

My memory is a bit vrot but I did find this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature#Computer_video_output.

As for the projector, LG will no doubt want to charge a fortune for the thing and based on the article the projector doesn't even have an RJ45 or USB connector or Wifi. I suppose LG will release a 2.0 version that has RJ45 and USB at an even higher price and 3.0 will have Wifi and NFC that doesn't work with Samsung's S3.