NEC has shown off the "world's brightest" LED projector, which pumps out an eye-burning 2,000 lumens from its hefty body. It manages this by simply adding more red, green and blue LEDs to increase light output.
But even this doesn't outshine the other kinds of projectors we normally buy. LCD and DLP projectors can get brighter, and NEC plans to match the 3,000 to 4,000 lumens commonly found on home machines. This actual device will never make its way outside of the lab, or at least outside trade-shows like InfoComm 2010 in Vegas where it is being shown off, but we suspect the tech will trickle down into other products eventually.
More impressive than the brightness thrown out is the wide color gamut displayed. According to NEC, it can display 98% of the colors in the Adobe RGB color-space, compared to the more usual 60%. This should make a big difference.
We hope NEC uses this tech in a consumer product. LEDs don't burn out, break down or get hot. They just sip power, shine light and sit there quietly. That's exactly the kind of projector I want in my new bachelor pad setup, which will be beaming movies onto the bedroom ceiling (true, and not what you think).
NEC Unveils 'World's Brightest' LED-based Projector [Tech-On]
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