Earlier in the year we got quite excited by the new Mitsubishi Laservue TVs due out this fall. The range of televisions in the Laservue range are unique because they use lasers to project the image on the screen which is cool in itself, but it also turns out this method of image projection is actully better than LCD or plasma. The Mitsubishi Laservue TV offers twice the number of colours than current HDTVs and provides superiour blacks and whites. For everyone trying to be green or save a little cash on the energy bills, Laservue operates at about half the power consumption of simular sized LCD TVs and a third of plasma’s. If that is not enough for you the LaserVue TVs also comes equipped with 3D-ready viewing technolog, 4 HDMI ports and wired IR input.

That, I am afraid is the end of the good news. The Mitsubishi Laservue TV L65-A90 will hit the market in the United States at the end of the third Quarter, but the sting in the tale is the price. The 65 inch Mitsubishi Laservue has an MSRP of $6,999! No matter how call the technology I don’t think I will be rushing out to buy one just yet.

[Source: Mitsubishi LaserVue TV]

The result is an image that is much sharper and much more colourful than standard HDTVs, and much bigger too, as laser TV is able to scale to much bigger formats than existing technology. The new LaserTech TVs announced by Mitsubishi come in huge 65″ and 73″ variants, and for those annying green types out there, use only half the power of traditional TVs.

The downside? Size: they’re over ten inches deep, taking us back to the days of the old analogue CRT tellys. So your TV will look huge in all dimensions, which isn’t necessarily what you want, but at least you’ll be able to say your TV is laser-powered. Actually, that might have sounded cool back in the ’80s, but it seems a bit naff now!

The new Mitsubishi laser TVs will be released this Autumn, giving you plenty of time to save the several thousands of pounds that these things will undoubtedly cost.

[Source: The Gadget Show]