Samsung will unveil an 85-inch Ultra High Definition TV in the new year. It's not the first 85-inch UHDTV, but it has bagged one of the technology world's most prestigious innovation awards.
The Samsung gigantotelly makes its debut at CES, the technology bunfight that takes over Las Vegas every January. It's already won the Best Innovation award for the show, so we can't wait to check it out.
The enormogogglebox measures 85 inches from corner-to-corner. That's 7 feet. If you got bored of watching movies in eye-popping detail, you could use this thing as a bed.
Samsung hasn't confirmed the resolution, but in order to call itself a UHDTV a display must pump out at least 3,840 pixels on its horizontal axis and 2,160 on the vertical.
Last year, Sharp showed off a prototype 85-inch 4K TV at CES that beamed out an eye-scorchingly detailed 7,680x4,320 pixels. That's about 33 million pixels in total -- a staggering 16 times higher than today's 1,080p screens. We were impressed, noting the "astonishing clarity of the picture is nothing short of mesmerising".
Sharp expects 4K broadcasts to begin in 2020, in Japan at least. In the meantime, prices are still being decided. Sony suggested its 4K TV would cost around €25,000 (£20,000), but after LG announced something very similar for a full eight grand less, Sony decided to have a rethink.
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anonymous 14 November, 2012 14:40
Maybe I should consider replacing my 36" Philips CRT (all 85kg of it) with one of these???
Yes, I am afraid that some of us out here still do have old CRT televisions
anonymous 14 November, 2012 15:59
Suitable for a living room where you can sit 15 feet from the TV I presume. Not many of those in the UK
Nick Hide 14 November, 2012 16:33
I don't think there are many people who can afford this either, anon. Nice to dream though, eh?
Clivego 14 November, 2012 19:30
As there is no ultra UHDTV media or broadcasts available I can't see this moving forward anytime fast. Any news in that area?
anonymous 14 November, 2012 23:52
You right no point to get one due to lack of ultra hd broadcast ,Japan think to broadcast ultra hd early 2020 or early stage this next few year but 8k no 4k ,Japanese already drop the 4k for 8k So look like the 4k tv going to be more like a ultra Hd ready same story again like few years back with the 1080p lol
anonymous 15 November, 2012 10:20
Instead of releasing OLED TV, they are churning out LCDs which has limited viewing angles and all hosts of probmles.
The 4K resolution is not even found in most Cinemas, let alone in public brodacast. Most movies are shot in 2K and shown in cinemas in 2K. Release the future of TV techo OLED screen instead of making monster LCD sets, not really pushing the technology! It will be a least a decade when 2k resolution would find its way in domestic enviroment, let alone 4K!