Return: Mitsubishi’s LaserVue HDTV makes its reappearance, and is 3D ready now

Remember when we covered the wonder that was Mitsu’s LaserVue HDTV a few years ago? Priced at $7K, sales weren’t super brisk really, but hey, it was amazing for its time. It seems based on recent announcements that Mitsubishi is re-introducing the product to the public, and this time its equipped for 3D. Read more here:

To that end, we’re downright elated to hear that the forgotten line has been revived for 2010, with an all new 75-inch model (L75-A91) being introduced for those who just can’t find a television big enough to fill their 8,000 square foot den. The behemoth measures in at 41.7- x 66.4- x 15-inches (so yeah, it’s still got some junk in the trunk), and as you’d expect, it’s fully 3D ready. Mistu’s 3D Starter Pack is being sold alongside of it, containing a 3D emitter, 3D Adapter with remote, an HDMI cable and a Blu-ray Disc with a collection of clips to really show off your new purchase. Other specs include web connectivity (StreamTV can hit up VUDU, Pandora, Flickr, Picasa and more), four HDMI-CEC inputs, a wired IR output, 1080p native resolution

The price, you ask? “Only” $5,999, and that does not include the $399 3D Starter Pack and $99 3D Adapter. And its not a tiny TV either, at 150+ pounds. But hey, with stats and features like the above and a dynamite picture, does anyone care?

Price Drop: The Mitsubishi LaserVue HDTV

Remember when Mitsubishi debuted their LaserVue, the laser-driven HDTV that made a big splash in the market, then sorta slit its own throat by releasing itself at almost $7,000 USD? Well, its finally back, and this time they’ve slashed the price. A little.

The Mitsubishi L65A90 65-inch LaserVue HDTV is now available at Amazon for $6,499 $6,949.99, giving it a $500 $50 reduction over last September’s $6,999 release price. It’s not much, but this is a heck of a TV. It had manufacturing and supply issues that stopped it from being made for awhile (as we reported right here on SS), but now its being sold again.

The highlights of Laser TVs: they’re green (read: energy efficient), 3D-ready because of the intrinsic technology and come in a super slim case too.

Lasers, Photonics and Liquid Crystals, Oh My!: Next-gen LCD panels may use lasers

If you thought Mitsubishi’s LaserVue high-priced but beautiful-screened behemoths were the be-all and end-all in laser usage in HDTV, hold your horses.

Mitsubishi is going on with their line, but the brightness and color depth offered by that HDTV are just the very tip of the iceberg, researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials and Photonics at the University of Cambridge say. The technology can go even further than Mitsu took them with their LaserVue marvel – and at a cheaper price.

They say that liquid crystals in concert with a single, laser source would give the same gorgeous picture the LaserVue can do, but even more cheaply and more reliably. We think it’ll be awhile before this happens, but it looks like lasers and LCD together will play a big part in your flat panel experience in the future.