it was the bright areas that really struck me

In the demo, the blacks were indeed very dark (the companies claim infinite contrast, just like that Pioneer set from CES), but it was the bright areas that really struck me. In chase footage from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, headlights in the picture really popped and were almost hard to look at, as if they were, well, real headlights. One downside the company engineers confessed to is that the LED tech can only do 92% of TV-standard color, though I would never have known if they hadn't pointed it out. The other downside is power consumption, with the demo unit sucking up as much as 2 kilowatts at peak brightness (that's as much as your dryer), but keep in mind it's a prototype.

On April 4, 2008, Avago Technologies today announced its first 1-Watt (1W) high power Moonstone(TM) LED emitter for use in a variety of architectural, garden and decorative lighting applications. Available in one of the industry's thinnest packages, Avago's ASMT-Mx00 is an energy efficient LED emitter that's encapsulated in a heat and UV resistant silicone compound for high reliability and long life. This competitively priced LED emitter, which is available in Amber and Red colors, provides designers of solid-state lighting applications with an easy-to-use power LED that has a wide viewing angle radiation pattern, and superior heat dissipation. Avago is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications.


The ASMT-Mx00 1W Moonstone power LED series has been designed to dissipate heat more efficiently to provide superior thermal management and consistent light output. The low-profile design (3.3 mm H) of the 1W LED package is ideal for a variety of lighting applications where height is a constraint. Moreover, the high brightness output of Avago's ASMT-Mx00 LED series provide lighting designers with ease of assembly, and greater flexibility in designing the size, shape and appearance of lighting assemblies.