84-inch 4K TV

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The next big thing in TV (since 3D was a flop) is 4k resolution. Well Sony just announced details and it isn't pretty to the struggling middle class and below.

Sony's first 4K TV will cost $25,000. While it may seem like an astronomical amount of cash, it's actually not that surprising, given both the size and features of the set.

The new TV has a 3840 x 2160 LCD panel (four times the resolution of Full HD), comes with an integrated speaker, and yeah - it's 84 inches diagonal. It has SimulView 3D, hooked up to the Sony Entertainment Network (think Sony's Roku Box) and if you buy one, Sony will install it for free.

It will be sold in select stores on November, or online at Sony's store.

more here

way to much for a tv with resolution that won't be standard for another 10 years. But would you buy it?
 
I think this TV would be good for a big sports bar or a classroom where there are people sitting at the back of the bar, but still want to watch the screen, and read the subtitles.

I won't buy it because it cost too much.

I wonder if people care about the super high resolution of 4K since a lot of people are still fine with 720P, and can't really tell a huge difference from 1080P.

It is also too early to tell when 4K resolution will be popular on TVs since people aren't really buying as many new TVs these days http://moneyland.time.com/2011/01/06/why-consumers-arent-buying-new-tvs/
because their current TV is fine, they use their computer monitor, laptop, tablet, Smartphone, etc to watch video, or they do not have money to buy a tv, or to subscribe to cable TV, so TV makers might need to find a cheap way to make 4K TVs, so people buy more new TVs again.
 
I just recently purchased a 42-inch flat screen for my bedroom recently.

Compared to this 4k tv one I spent next to nothing lol.

That price tag is pretty darn steep.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
A school area would be given hell if they approved buying a tv that costs that much. And like I said the resolution isn't a standard so if you did buy this the image would be cropped or look crappy.
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Private school for rich kids like oil tycoon kids might not be angry because everyone is rich, but for public schools for the poor to middle class would be more angry unless there is a good reason for kids to get a big TV like the classroom is so big/long with hundreds of students that people sitting at the back of the class could barely see a TV, or the TV can also be used as a digital chalkboard by the teacher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lrw29zGU0

Some 4K TV or Blu-Ray player can Upconvert Blu-Ray video from 1080P to 4K wouldn't look as nice as real 4K, but better then 1080P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THpF94kdFE0
 
It would be best for programs and shows to be made for 4K since you won't need a upscaling DVD/Blu-Ray player, computer or TV which convert lower resolution video to 4K resolution to watch DVD and Blu-Ray in 4K resolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oh630wuU4w

Some newer Blu-ray players, computers, and other video players can upscale/upconvert the video to 4K which converts 1080P resolution to 4K resolution.

For programs, they just need to replace the template and images to look nice on 4K via an update, or a patch, or they might already look good on 4K because thier program uses use Vector images which look good at any resolution since they are stretachable or can re-draw the image to look at any resolution, and not Jpegs, Gif images which only look good at one resolutions.

I think a lot of programs use Vector images these days, so they look nice on low, and high resolution monitors, and TV. Fonts, and buttons uses vector images which can re-draw itself to look good on big screens.

 
I think you're thinking about video file converter programs which converts AVI, WMV, MOV to MP4 and other file types which is different from upscalers which stretches a video, and its pixels to fit and look good on a higher resolution TV like stretching a DVD which is 480P to a fill up the entire screen on a 720P to1080P TV, and use all its pixels.

Maybe the Upscaling is done on the TV by the TV's computer, so any video source like Digital TV, DVD, Blu-Ray, PC, game console will be upscaled automatically with the TV's computer since for 25,000 dollars I would expect it will come with the upscaler program and computer hardware built-in to the TV, or at least come with a upscaler box to hook up to the TV to upscale video.

Sharp makes a Upscaling TV which can convert 1080i signals from the wall, your Blu-ray player, etc to 4K by using the TV's built-in computer upscaler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3fkuanpb0I
 
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