A bit of useful information about a customer of Necsel lasers below. The datasheet in this link states the laser light source is Arasor/necsel. http://www.es.com/products/displays/ESLaser/resources/ESLP_Datasheet.pdf
The following was extracted from the link below: http://au.us.biz.yahoo.com/bw/080618/20080618005119.html?.v=1
Laser projectors with NanoPixel technology are already in use in a number of planetarium theaters around the world, as part of the successful E&S Digistar 3 Laser fulldome planetarium system. With the ESLP, E&S is now introducing this technology to the general projection marketplace. It is a standalone projector version of this same technology, and will be readily available and shipping in mid 2009. In addition to planetariums, the projector will now be targeted for commercial use in control rooms, visualization centers, simulation and digital cinemas all over the world.
Size of market estimates form this link: http://sec.edgar-online.com/2008/03/10/0001047469-08-002435/Section3.asp We continue to maintain a significant share of the overall planetarium and digital theater market. We estimate that our market share has ranged from 35% to 70%, depending on the specific market and time period. We estimate that the size of the market for digital theater and planetarium systems is approximately $65 million annually.
---------------------------------------------------- (my comments) We can expect this market to grow and other offerings (cheaper) to emerge in the home/office projector market as prices come down.
Why cant Arasor tell us at least this much ? They mention light engine customers Seiko-Epson, Oerlikon, Young Optics as light engine integrators. Yet, none of these companies have even mentioned a specific launch date for anything specific to my knowledge.
And yet E&S - who have - are never mentioned on the Arasor site anywhere.
