SONY $25,000 Ultra high-definition 84-inch TV

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digitalvideo Posts: 983
edited January 2013 in Electronics
Ultra high-definition 84-inch TV coming to the U.S. with a $25,000 (?15,614) price tag

Sony is releasing its first ultra-high-definition television, a massive 84-inch set that retails for $25,000 (?15,614) and features nearly four times the resolution of typical high-definition TVs

Ultra HD is widely regarded as the next evolution in TV technology

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241314/Ultra-high-definition-84-inch-TV-coming-U-S-25-000--15-614-price-tag.html
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited December 2012
    Get the regular crappy high def 92 inch Mitsubish from One Call. Under $3,000 right now.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited December 2012
    rpf65 wrote: »
    Get the regular crappy high def 92 inch Mitsubish from One Call. Under $3,000 right now.

    That Mitsubishi 840 92" is a monster and its got a 16 speaker sound system built in that can be configured to be just used for center channel duty as part of your HT system. Amazon has them for only 2800 right now and if you go to bestbuy they sell for over 4k. That tv retailed for over 6k when released

    Edit: Just looking more into that Sony it appears to be 4k and it comes with a sony tablet as a remote. The brilliance of 4k in this set is that you can watch all your old 1080p 3D movies with passive glasses and enjoy the full resolution

    I think now consumer tv sizes are going to increase in size because you can sit closer to the tv due to the higher resolution
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  • snake1
    snake1 Posts: 567
    edited December 2012
    I am NOT buying Star Wars in ANOTHER format!!!
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited December 2012
    snake1 wrote: »
    I am NOT buying Star Wars in ANOTHER format!!!

    Yes you are
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  • snake1
    snake1 Posts: 567
    edited December 2012
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you get it???:cheesygrin::cheesygrin::cheesygrin:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,050
    edited December 2012
    I don't need to see the pimples on a teenage princess' face any better than I do now.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited December 2012
    I take it as an announcement that all your gear is once again going to be outdated, and the entry price for new gear is going to be alot higher. you'll need the display, receivers, disc players, that all do the higher rez formats. Then will come new surround codecs, and of course the re-release of every movie you have in 4k.

    Regular broadcast tv hasn't even caught up to 1080p yet, with alot still not even doing 1080i. It appears the only benefit will come for the consumer is if they re-buy all their movies in 4k.......not likely.
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,288
    edited December 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    I don't need to see the pimples on a teenage princess' face any better than I do now.

    I agree, some things just weren't meant to be seen even in 1080 HD - ie. today's HD is not a friend to Conan O'Brien. :razz:
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited December 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    I don't need to see the pimples on a teenage princess' face any better than I do now.

    Agreed. If Sony was "thinking" of releaisng 4K resolution in 2005. They should have done it rather than try to get us to buy 1080p and then upgrade to 4K a few years later. Blu-Ray (1080p is where I'll stay). Thanks anyway!:wink:
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  • badchad
    badchad Posts: 348
    edited December 2012
    It'll be interesting to see how well consumers adapt to 4k. I'd definitely consider the jump once the price becomes reasonable.

    Right now though, it seems like a very niche market. It'll be interesting to see if it survives.
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  • digitalvideo
    digitalvideo Posts: 983
    edited December 2012
    I'm very fortunate we have a Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-151FD 60" inch plasma which if I'm not mistaken is still rated the best tv for PQ going on almost 5 years now.

    If the Sony 4k tv isn't heads and shoulders above the Pio Kuro plasmas then no way is it worth anything more than $10,000. I can see pores on people's faces even in 720p on the Pio Kuro, it's that good!
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  • Obsession18
    Obsession18 Posts: 191
    edited December 2012
    Sounds tempting, but I will never buy new tech when it first comes out, I paid $3k for my Pany Plasma 7 years ago and a year later it dropped to $1200.
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  • digitalvideo
    digitalvideo Posts: 983
    edited December 2012
    Obsession18 wrote: »
    Sounds tempting, but I will never buy new tech when it first comes out, I paid $3k for my Pany Plasma 7 years ago and a year later it dropped to $1200.

    Yes, I agree, that's true for the vast majority of electronics and what makes the consumer electronics industry great for consumers with free market capitalism. But, every once in a while something special comes along that you need to grab right away that can increase in value and it's performance stays on top for many years like the Pioneer Kuro plasmas which some are selling for around $8,000 or more and increased from it's original price.

    I'm trying to think of any other electronics that were ahead of it's time and were discontinued and stayed on top for performance for some years after?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited December 2012
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    I agree, some things just weren't meant to be seen even in 1080 HD - ie. today's HD is not a friend to Conan O'Brien. :razz:

    Are you kidding. Conan looks like he's been airbrushed compared to Dave Letterman. In fact, I believe they've been using some kind of "softer" focus camera technique so as to make Dave less Crypt-like more recently. lol

    4, 8, 16. F1nut is right, we will get to a point where some everyday images will just "horrify" us and send us screaming from our Ultra Super colliding definition! It will become impossible to display anything but Horror films! lol

    Ever look at your own face with your wife's 5X make up mirror, or seen how GREAT you look under those Dept. Store fluorescents? Harsh lighting, SUPER HD does maketh Quasimodos of us all!

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,256
    edited December 2012
    The stuff I see out on the street these days makes me rinse them out with water as soon as I get home, and I don't have anything remotely close to Ultra-HD eyes.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited December 2012
    Maybe Sal, when your 90 years old and the rest of us are watching our 20k resolution sets.....with our Oppo 175. Which will just project thoughts on the screen. Now that would get me in alot of trouble.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited December 2012
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I think now consumer tv sizes are going to increase in size because you can sit closer to the tv due to the higher resolution

    Why then you wont see whats on the ouside edge of the screen cause your to close and / or the screen is to big. TV resolution doesnt determine how close I sit to a TV, how much I want to rely on my periferal vison does.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited December 2012
    4k will allow you to sit closer and not see the individual pixals. If you sit 7 ft away from your 1080p or 10 ft from the 720 it will look mostly the same. Our eyes are only so good. Assuming processing,refresh rates and backlighting or lack off backlighting is equal. Im more excited about the transparent OLED tv's, so thin you can roll them up like a projection screen when your not watching them.
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  • tonyb
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    edited December 2012
    Seems to me they are creating their own niche market for displays. In this economy, 25g TV's ? Really ? Pioneer folded on their inability to sell 7g sets. Unless we are to wait for the trickle down technology to hit a more respectable price point.

    The name of the game is still to sell your product. High ticket items obviously exclude a good portion of the population. I don't see 4k or Oled going anywhere unless they can get the entry price points down into the real world consumer targets.
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited December 2012
    I saw a sony 4k TV at cedia. Its refresh rate was so great that you could play the SONY PS3 with two players and not have to screen share. If you each used the 3D glasses you could have the entire screen and not see the other players screen. Very cool.
    So thats two players, no split screen, and each have the entire screen at the same time.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Seems to me they are creating their own niche market for displays. In this economy, 25g TV's ? Really ? Pioneer folded on their inability to sell 7g sets. Unless we are to wait for the trickle down technology to hit a more respectable price point.
    Pioneer couldn't sell sets because it wasn't different technology, just the same as everyone else but did a great job of it. Now if they were 1080p before everyone else, they would be in business today. But you can't tell the majority that they need to spend $7k on a TV just because. 4k is a buzz that will eventually take off much like 1080p did.

    Oh, and I'll take a new Panny VT50 over any Kuro. They're that good. But I want Sony's 4k projo to become affordable.
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