
Hitachi slimmed today’s TVs from four inches to 1.5 by improving current technology. A new diffuser sits right against the backlight yet still spreads light evenly across the screen, and a specially developed power supply is one third as thick. From $1,500 (32-inch screen); hitachi.us/tv
It's about time we see these come into the consumer market. As someone pointed out, thinner tvs mean fewer resources are needed to make it, and therefore less energy consumption.