LG releasing 3480 x 2160 Resolution, 84 inch (7ft) TV, Even Though Nothing Currently Supports the Re
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[quote]Meet LG’s Ultra Definition (Yep!) 84-Inch Monster TV
BY SAM BIDDLE JAN 8, 2012 9:59 PM
HDTV is cool, I guess, but it's going to be hard to go back after looking at LG's ultra-def 4k display, which packs four times the pixels as a 1080p set. It's mind-bogglingly crisp and enormously... enormous. Second mortgage time!
Available this July (at 84, 60, and 72 inches) for what's sure to be a startling amount, the 3480 x 2160 ultra-def LM9600 beasts will come with all the nice bullet points as the lesser LCD sets: 3D, dual-core picture processing, and motion-controlled "smart TV" apps—plus voice recognition. This starship of a TV can only do so much on paper, so we're eager to put our retinas on it as soon as we can. Still, it's enough to take some of that mythical luster off the Apple TV. Eight million pixels plus voice control. Think about it.
Just don't get too excited: remember, there's nothing out there that you can actually watch at that resolution. Yet.[/quote]
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right after i get a 52 inch
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Other than that stand, that's amazing.
[QUOTE=JoshJosh117;34130081]Nor can any house support a TV that large.[/QUOTE]
I've been in a house before which had it's entire living room wall covered in a TV. It was like sitting front row at the cinema.
Does actually nothing support that resolution? I was under the impression that you could get bigger ones just by stringing two monitors together.
There might be no movies that support it, but that doesn't mean it's an unsupported resolution.
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That's a huge ass TV.
I once watched a movie with a 1.20 : 1 aspect ratio - but i've [I]never[/I] watched a movie with a 1.61 : 1 aspect ratio (*ahem* 3480 x 2160?)
Pure peniswaving, utterly pointless waste of money at the moment.
[QUOTE=JoshJosh117;34130081]Nor can any house support a TV that large.[/QUOTE]
We've got a 105" projector screen upstairs. I assure you that even a medium sized home can support it.
If I could take that thing back to the 50's I would be a bllionaire.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;34130155][B][I]Pure peniswaving[/I][/B], utterly pointless waste of money at the moment.[/QUOTE]
WORTH IT!
Of course there are no movies to support it. None could support HDTV either until blu-ray.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;34130104]Does actually nothing support that resolution? I was under the impression that you could get bigger ones just by stringing two monitors together.
There might be no movies that support it, but that doesn't mean it's an unsupported resolution.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, a PC could support it and play games at that resolution. As usual, a high-res TV is announced and everyone talking about it forgets that PCs have been doing resolutions over 1080p for a long time.
I'd have to sit so far back to enjoy watching anything on that.
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;34130162]If I could take that thing back to the 50's I would be a bllionaire.[/QUOTE]
Such is the case with pretty much any modern technology. Though you'd likely be question or detained for having such alien technology in those times.
You can still hook a computer up to this, no?
Here's an image showing the current HDTV and Full HDTV resolutions overlayed on this size.
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3901038/FP/res.jpg[/url]
Actually, you can hook up a PC to this and comfortably play something with an Xbawx 360 controller.
All comfort of a console playing with none of the drawbacks.
some youtube videos support higher resolution
[QUOTE=cdlink14;34130291]Here's an image showing the current HDTV and Full HDTV resolutions overlayed on this size.
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3901038/FP/res.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]
It's an impressive resolution but it's fairly useless when almost all content is created at 720p or 1080p. As Jack Trades is saying, it's really only a PC that could take advantage of a resolution like that right now. Broadcasting 4k or having it on optical media simply isn't feasible yet.
[QUOTE=Shugo;34130213]Yeah, a PC could support it and play games at that resolution. As usual, a high-res TV is announced and everyone talking about it forgets that PCs have been doing resolutions over 1080p for a long time.[/QUOTE]
It's a cheap way of getting HD off a console as well - monitors cost less than TVs, and at least when I bought it, a VGA cable was cheaper than a HDMI cable.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;34130307]It's an impressive resolution but it's fairly useless when almost all content is created at 720p or 1080p. As Jack Trades is saying, it's really only a PC that could take advantage of a resolution like that right now. Broadcasting 4k or having it on optical media simply isn't feasible yet.[/QUOTE]
Still, its nice to have the technology handy when it does become feasible.
[QUOTE=Jack Trades;34130292]Actually, you can hook up a PC to this and comfortably play something with an Xbawx 360 controller.
All comfort of a console playing with none of the drawbacks.[/QUOTE]
All you need is an incomprehensibly powerful computer to play games decently at that resolution.
[editline]9th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;34130307]It's an impressive resolution but it's fairly useless when almost all content is created at 720p or 1080p. As Jack Trades is saying, it's really only a PC that could take advantage of a resolution like that right now. Broadcasting 4k or having it on optical media simply isn't feasible yet.[/QUOTE]
Actually the London Olympics are experimentally being broadcast in 4K.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Television[/url]
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;34130307]It's an impressive resolution but it's fairly useless when almost all content is created at 720p or 1080p. As Jack Trades is saying, it's really only a PC that could take advantage of a resolution like that right now. Broadcasting 4k or having it on optical media simply isn't feasible yet.[/QUOTE]
True, imagine how defined a simple 24 inch monitor would look with this resolution if it had such a huge PPI range. of course to be able to see anything you'd need to have a very high DPI setting on the OS or any games.
[QUOTE=scotland1;34130365]All you need is an incomprehensibly powerful computer to play games decently at that resolution.[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily. Battlefield 3 and the like would probably give you some trouble but moderately demanding games would probably run just fine at that resolution.
[QUOTE=scotland1;34130365]All you need is an incomprehensibly powerful computer to play games decently at that resolution.[/QUOTE]
If you can afford a TV like this, you can afford a PC good enough to play games at that resolution.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;34130307]It's an impressive resolution but it's fairly useless when almost all content is created at 720p or 1080p. As Jack Trades is saying, it's really only a PC that could take advantage of a resolution like that right now. Broadcasting 4k or having it on optical media simply isn't feasible yet.[/QUOTE]
That's false - Most content is [b]released[/b] as 1080p but the originals are shot at higher resolution. I assume you're talking about commercial films and television.
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[QUOTE=Jack Trades;34130400]you can afford a PC good enough to play games at that resolution.[/QUOTE]
Such a thing does not currently exist. Not for current-gen games anyway.
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;34130414]That's false - Most content is [b]released[/b] as 1080p but the originals are shot at higher resolution. I assume you're talking about commercial films and television.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I worded that poorly. I was indeed referring to broadcast TV and Blu-Ray.
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