Posted on 04/29/2012 10:17:04 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Panasonic's new 145-inch Ultra High Definition television boasts resolution of nearly 34 million pixels, demonstrating what the future of television may eventually look like.
When it comes to TVs, bigger is better. NHK, also known as the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, unveiled its 85-inch LCD display, developed in conjunction with Sharp, last year. Today they’ve bested their previous technology with the introduction of a 145-inch Ultra High Definition plasma display, developed in conjunction with Panasonic. The ultra-high-definition display, or Super Hi-Vision TV as NHK refers to the format, rivals IMAX theaters in detail.
“Even when viewed from 1.6 meters away, this Ultra High Definition display makes you feel as if you’re looking at a real screen,” Panasonic CTO, Hideo Toyoda, told DigiInfoTV. “It doesn’t use 3D technology, but the picture is so realistic, you feel truly immersed in the scene.”
The television is innovative in two parts. First, the television is among the few of its kind that does not a require backlight like most televisions do today. Second, to avoid emitting flickering images on its 4,320 x 7,680 pixel screen, it employs a novel drive system that stabilizes its 34 million pixels.
The television delivers theater-quality images at 60 frames per second and an aspect ratio of 16:9. The pixel pitch, the distance between each pixel on the screen, is 0.417 mm horizontally and 0.417 mm vertically and the television uses a RBG vertical stripe phosphor array.
The bad news for those of us hoping to land one for next Christmas: Unfortunately, the current 145-inch UHD display is merely a prototype to showcase the possibilities of these massive screens. It’s going to be a while before you can claim even its 85-inch counterpart for yourself. Roger Mosey, the BBC’s Director of the 2012 London Olympic Games coverage, who is responsible for testing three Super-High Vision 50-feet high screens, revealed that the Sharp 85-inch screens will not be made available until at least 2022.
As for the 145-inch screen, Toyoda divulged that the technology will be more suited for theaters than in homes, although the end goal is to get the television into the hands of consumers.
The 145-inch display will be demoed next month at the Institute of Technology from May 24 to May 27, and will make its demo round in the United States at the SID International Symposium from June 3 to June 8.
If you can’t wait and would be willing to throw down money for the price of a luxury car, you can always settle for Bang & Olufsen’s 85-inch 3DTV at a cost of $85,000.
If you’re going for a screen that big, you can be well served by a good projection system.
5 years from now, projectors are only going to improve greatly from where they are now and they work quite well now.
Sweet!
I’ll just put one on each wall of my office and I can change to motif any time I want!
Gotta have.
Oh... wait. It's that damn thing I gave away when I got my last divorce because TV is full of pap and drivel.
Thanks, I'll pass on this one, too. I have stuff to do that doesn't involve sitting in front of liberal programming.
/johnny
only $85,000? heck, pick up two for that price.
"kewl"
If you’re going to do two, you may as well get four and put them together in a rectangular fashion.
That way, you can have a 290 inch set.
Weird Al Yankovic - Frank’s 2000” TV
Risin’ above the city, blocking out the noonday sun
It dwarfs the mighty redwoods and it towers over everyone
I still remember when that delivery truck came down our block
What a lucky guy, I hear he got the last one in stock
And the neighbors are just green
They say, “That’s the biggest screen we’ve ever seen!”
It’s Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Everybody come and see(Frank’s 2000” TV)
Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
That’s Frank’s remote control, you can look, but don’t touch it, please
‘Cause Frank’s the one in charge and he decides what everybody sees
The picture’s crystal clear and everything is magnified
Robert DeNiro’s mole has got to be ten feet wide
Everybody in the town
Can hear those 90,000 watts of Dolby sound
And I’m mighty proud to say
Now I can watch “The Simpsons” from 30 blocks away
On Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Everybody come and see (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Everybody come and see (Frank’s 2000” TV)
I’m gonna get one of my own real soon
It’s like having a drive-in movie in your own living room
Whoa, hey now... hey now na na na now
Hey now... hey now na na now
Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Everybody come and see (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Got a two year warranty on parts and labor
Frank’s 2000” TV (Frank’s 2000” TV)
Frank’s 2000” TV
Whaooooo! put about 30 or so of these togather with a little bit of warpinp and you’ve got a digital Imax without the heavy duty and costly projector. New vistas of visual entertainment.
Best Buy has 70 inch Samsung LED in stock.
A bit smaller but you can get one NOW.
A bit too big for my apartment.
I like the projector idea, but I think there is need to improve the coating on the projected surface area. Just white glossy isn’t good enough.
From what I have read, white isn’t the ideal screen color.
Silver is.
If a person is willing to do the work, they can prepare a wall and have as large a screen as one wants. It costs a couple hundred/gallon for the proper paint though.
Too bad the content isn’t as good as the technology. The larger screen just gives us trash magnified.
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