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Sony’s 84-inch LED TV with 4K resolution costs $24,999, ships in November
BGR ^ | 9/06/12 | Raymond Wong

Posted on 09/08/2012 2:13:50 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: Inyo-Mono
ABC and Fox use 720p because supposedly, it works way better for fast-moving action like sporting events. The 1080i on CBS and NBC is very sharp, but sometimes you can see the artifacts of fast motion during NFL football games.

And 1080p from a Blu-ray movie is just breathtaking. Go see Pixar's Cars or Toy Story 3 or the Diamond Edition of Disney's Beauty and the Beast--the picture quality on Blu-ray on a 40" or bigger flat screen is just breathtaking....

Anyway, they're about to agree on a standard for 3820 x 2160 super-resolution HDTV--I've read it's so sharp it's essentially like looking out a window. Problem is, it may be years before we broadcasts at such high resolution and also an upgraded Blu-ray standard for disc players.

41 posted on 09/08/2012 9:15:11 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

We will be recording our family videos at this resolution for years before the broadcasters use it or studios sell movies to the general public using it.


42 posted on 09/08/2012 9:30:55 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: generally

>> For the average home, a TV that big [84”] would be uncomfortable to watch because the viewer would be sitting way too close.

Sorry, I have to disagree. I did a cheapie roll-your-own theater room about 10 years ago with a Panasonic projector, and really looked into the issue of screen width vs. viewing distance. My screen is about that size, and ~10’-12’ is pretty perfect. Plenty of people have dens where viewing distances are that much or further.


43 posted on 09/08/2012 9:34:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Pontiac

Cuyahoga county?


44 posted on 09/08/2012 9:34:48 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: Brown Deer

Nicely done. See my previous post, made before I saw yours. We are in complete agreement.


45 posted on 09/08/2012 9:38:11 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DollyCali

Most likely here in Lake county


46 posted on 09/08/2012 9:44:03 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: metesky
TV With 16 Times Resolution of HDTV Passed by UN Standards Body

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/261288/tv_with_16_times_resolution_of_hdtv_passed_by_un_standards_body.html

47 posted on 09/08/2012 9:53:42 AM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Cvengr; oh8eleven
Wt not yet shown.

These large screen HDTVs generally weigh over 300lbs...


Weight: 176.3 pounds
Height: 44 3/4 inches
Width: 84 1/4 inches
Depth: 3 5/8 inches

48 posted on 09/08/2012 10:31:34 AM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: RayChuang88

The present ATSC broadcast transmission standard yields 19.2 megabits per second on a given RF channel. I’m dubious about making a decent looking moving image of 3820x2160 pixels with that bit rate. Yes, they may come up with an advanced encoding standard (mpeg5, anyone), but it may simply not be possible to achieve acceptable quality with the given bandwidth.

Cable or satellite services may come up with a usable transmisson standard long before broadcast does.

Then again, with the internet and fiber to the house, broadcast TV may be going the way of the dodo.


49 posted on 09/08/2012 10:33:52 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: Libloather

What happens if your eyes are only 2K?


50 posted on 09/08/2012 11:01:47 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

I wonder how Ultra HD compares to the new OLED?

Is that the next TV battleground?

Both are still too expensive for most of us. So far.


51 posted on 09/08/2012 12:01:16 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Inyo-Mono

They have so many cameras and I assume they record everything from each camera? That is a lot of memory storage even at 720


52 posted on 09/08/2012 12:02:46 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Sans-Culotte

I understand. I mostly watch youtube informational videos on gear, guns, outdoors, camping etc. Some videos I watch are of backpacking/hiking adventures in the Rocky Mountains and western desert areas. Those scenes would look great on HDTV for sure.


53 posted on 09/08/2012 12:21:29 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: moovova
I think a couple of the women on The View look wide enough already.

More than wide enough. Then again I DVR'ed the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader tryouts on Country Music TV, and it was fun to watch at 1080 resolution on a big-screen TV.

Figure in 5 years this will drive the price of beyond-1080 TVs down to more affordable levels.

The big thing will always be the TV exceeding the resolution of the content.

54 posted on 09/08/2012 12:33:39 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
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To: Libloather

Bump for later


55 posted on 09/08/2012 12:38:08 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Ignorance is bliss- I'm stoked)
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To: Libloather
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.

56 posted on 09/08/2012 1:05:13 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: oh8eleven

My 55” rear projection Mitsubishi model (2000 model) weighs close to 300 pounds. Fortunately it has 4 wheels on it.


57 posted on 09/08/2012 1:12:17 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: oh8eleven

The newer tvs ARE much lighter.


58 posted on 09/08/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: ClearCase_guy
Hey, don't get me wrong...I love our HD tv. But most of the tv critics here on this forum are correct...a lot of what's on the tube is junk. One huge problem that I see is that even though supposedly with cable you get to watch the programming you choose, it doesn't turn out that way.

Look at the History Channel. When it first came on, I thought I'd get to see all sorts of marvelous programs about uh history. But only a tiny percentage of the History Channel programming is actually devoted to history. I love Pawn Stars ( a lot of historical objects are displayed and talked about), but they devote many hours to that program and others that have only a slight relation to history. Some not at all.

Here's my major gripe: the morons destroy good programming. That why you get huge ratings for shows like Honey Boo Boo on TLC which you could not make me watch at gunpoint. Good programming gets destroyed by the preferences of the rabble. A small percentage of what the rabble wants is good, most of it is awful.

59 posted on 09/08/2012 2:03:19 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2
Good programming gets destroyed by the preferences of the rabble.
I don't know what you would call good programming, but there hasn't been any "good" programming in many a moon.
I'm a baby boomer and we had three channels filled with quality programming.
Yeah, most look a little lame or boring by today's standards, but they were great back in the day.
That's also true of movies today too. They all suck because ALL the actors, save a handful, suck too. A talentless gaggle of nameless nobodies.
60 posted on 09/08/2012 3:55:29 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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