[Libloather]

In other TV news - TV With 16 Times Resolution of HDTV Passed by UN Standards Body

UHDTV, or Ultra High Definition Television, allows for programming and broadcasts at resolutions of up to 7680 by 4320, along with frame refresh rates of up to 120Hz, double that of most current HDTV broadcasts. The format also calls for a broader palette of colors that can be displayed on screen.

[GeronL]

Give it a few years, that price will likely drop very very steeply

[GeronL]

Who exactly broadcasts at that resolution?

[this_ol_patriot]

Res nice, wider color gamut great.

[metesky]

Linky no worky...

[driftless2]

Here is the problem for these new tvs: how good of a tv do you really need? I've read various reports that 3-D tvs are not selling well. Why not? Isn't 3-D the next new great thing? It's not selling that well because people most people are quite satisfied with what they have at a much cheaper price.

I relate it to ice cream. There are various expensive ice creams that their backers tout as being the best-tasting ice cream in the world. And maybe they are. But so what? If you're satisfied (as I am) with a much cheaper brand that tastes almost as good, why buy the very expensive brand? That goes for all products. I don't have to eat at the most expensive steak house in town to be satisfied with a good steak dinner.

As with these other examples, I don't need the latest, greatest gadget (in this case ultra-huge tv) to be satisfied. My wife and I are more than happy with out 46" Toshiba hdtv that was a vast improvement over our old 37" analog. The price will surely go down with this latest galactic-sized innovation, and maybe I'll buy one when it gets down to something affordable. But it won't because I absolutely have to have one because it's superior to the one I have now. It might be (and probably is) superior, but ....so what?

[Walkingfeather]

$24,000 + 500 channels still = not a bit worth watching in high resolution.....

[moovova]

I think a couple of the women on The View look wide enough already.

[Lionheartusa1]

I guess i’ll take 3 of them at that cheap price , Living Rm. , Family Rm. and Bed Rm . What the hell is $75k now days ?? (sarc).

[MachIV]

I would love to get either a new Sony or Samsung 40” LED LCD, 1080p, 120hz, TV, but I have a 20 year old 22” Sony Trinitron that still works pretty well and with the scrambler devices for pulling in digital broadcasts, I can’t justify junking it for a new set. Fiscal discipline I guess.

[Cvengr]

Wt not yet shown.

These large screen HDTVs generally weigh over 300lbs and with a mount installed crest the 400lb above 4ft over finish floor height mandating seismic design for their installation.

Also their mounting height can be tricky inside a single story 8ft ceiling room, to allow full viewing with other furnishings.

I just installed 5 similar systems in a Data Center made by Samsung and Panasonic. Panasonic was Plasma, but twice the power requirement, but less than 250lb. Samsung required 60% more power than this Sony, and LCD, but weighed over 350 lbs.

[Tuanedge]

I don’t “do” TV but I sure know what to do with 25 grand...

[Pontiac]

HDTV Ping

[HiTech RedNeck]

The finest in pictorial rendering of absolute tripe and rubbish!

[InterceptPoint]

What happens if your eyes are only 2K?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Bump for later

[I Drive Too Fast]

As much as I would like one, I read a review and it basically said there is no reason at all to own one of these sets. Our eyes can't discern the difference. This will mainly be a boon for digital projection at movie theaters.

However, if the price drops a lot well maybe I will get one, but I don't see Bluray going away anytime soon.