Attack of the Gigantic Tellies hits Berlin IFA Television manufacturers bigged-up their products at IFA this week, adding additional inches to their respective boob tube offerings. Here's a run down of what to expect and where to focus those square-eyes in the future. Sony wowed punters with the unveiling of an 84in 4K LCD display, boasting four times the pixel count of …
I agree the current crop of 55" TV's are large enough for most houses in the UK, but there are people who want bigger because they can.
And then there are people like me who have a large lounge, who have a 55" screen and seriously think they need bigger...
Although I would get a front projector IF they had the resolution...
Not sure if I'm being silly, but just where exactly are you going to get 4K content so these screens actually look good? If you watch 1080p content like a Blu-Ray won't it look blocky on a gigantic TV? I'm guessing downloading 4K content from the internet would send me over my BT monthly download cap in about 90 seconds.
For example CAD would really profit from that. Currently screens can only show tiny "less than A4" pieces of the design, that's why people often print things out in CAD.
With such a large and high resolution screen you could finally have your whole design on screen. You would no longer need to scroll and you could discuss designs with your peers easily.
I personally see little use for such high resolutions with TV sets as in typical living room situations you cannot fit screens large enough.
It won't look blocky because the up-scaling is done within the set and will (depending on the upscaling algorithm chosen) try to use intelligent processing depending on the local content. Or, failing that, use one of the well established video upscaling algorithms. The same techniques used today to upscale SD content to HD screens
A good SXRD JVC or Sony 1080p projector in the $4,000 street price range is much better value for money, offering better image quality. Adding a $1,500 92" or a $2,000 180" foldable high quality with 1.2gain projection screen would still allow anyone to have true high quality theater in a normal house at a cheaper price.
You forgot to mention the NOISE fron the cooling and the HEAT from the stupidly hot EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE bulb.
Most peeps don't go the projector route because of the above. And....it's only 1080p. Sorry but 1920x1080 is poor mans resolution and for the inconvenience of above, no, I think as the larger sets come down in price, better to wait, 4k will be mainstream soon enough, shit I use 2560x1440 for my desktop screens and that is too small most of the time, and upscaled 1080p content looks B E A U T I F U L.... can't wait for an affordable decent 4k screen!
so where are folk going to source input at 4k?
you cannot just "upgrade" blue-ray.
how many 4k cameras are there in the world,couple of dozen.
as for 8k cameras,they are countable on yer fingers.
total waste of time and resources,usless kit built for richers.
any chance of a report from ifa on kit that normal folk will be able to afford and actualy want to buy?
Actually, thinking about it more, my Nikon D800 is 36mp(7360 × 4912), I can use the 4k screen to edit my "work" on too....a decent calibrated/calibratable screen right now would be a godsend for me.... even if it is a "livingroom" screen....I can make the space!...anyone got 20k spare? :p
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