Projecting Ahead to the Future
While new pico projector systems introduced over the next few years are likely to be a mix of low-cost LED and high-performance laser-based systems, it has become clear that in the mid to longer term, we believes lasers will become the dominate light source technology.
The bottom line is that enabling technologies for pico projectors are getting more mature all of the time. For LED approaches, the requirements of size and cost are being met already and the power capabilities are adequate for most of today’s applications. Laser systems are already raising the bar on performance, power efficiency and small size, while the projected price/volume curves indicate that lasers will also soon take the lead in the cost arena as well.
