Well, that’s what the creator of the new technology want you to believe.

An innovation by an Australian-US consortium, laser TV is promised to be “half the price, twice as good, and use a quarter of the electricity of conventional plasma and LCD TVs”.

Novalux chief executive Jean-Michel Pelaprat is so bold as to predict the death of plasma.

“If you look at any screen today, the colour content is roughly about 30-35 per cent of what the eye can see,” he said.

“But for the very first time with a laser TV we’ll be able to see 90 per cent of what the eye can see.

“All of a sudden what you see is a lifelike image on display.”

Combine that with energy efficiency, price advantage and the fact that the laser TVs will be half the weight and depth of plasma TVS, and Mr Pelaprat says “plasma is now something of the past”.

For some picture and info, go to the Novalux site.