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TV Innovations Rule CES 2008
Mon Jan 7, 2008 6:53PM EST
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It's the elephant in the living room: Panasonic's 150-inch plasma has all but stolen the show here at CES 2008. When people ask you "What's the coolest thing you've seen at the show so far?" they invariably follow that up with "Except for the 150-inch TV."
And sure enough, the thing is a marvel to behold. It's so big, it's hard to take it in, really. With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing.
It's so big that all the other flat-panel companies have simply removed signage that might indicate how big (er, small) their sets are in comparison. There are obviously some big sets here from Pioneer, LG, and Sharp, but exactly how big their biggest sets are remains a mystery. Next year I will have to bring a tape measure.
Still don't think it's big? After all, maybe that woman is incredibly short, right? Wrong. Here's a picture of it next to last-year's largest, the 103-inch plasma:
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/01/panny150-inch_display.jpg
With the war on screen size all but lost for 2008, a more interesting one is shaping up on thickness, with vendors battling to see just how thin they can make their displays. Virtually every vendor is offering a screen (LCD or plasma) less than 2 inches thick. LG's is 1.7 inches thick. Hitachi's plasma is 1.5 inches and its LCD is just 0.75 inch. Sharp also has a 0.8-inch-thick LCD (52 inches diagonally, too). But it's Pioneer's 0.35-inch plasma that takes the weight loss crown, even if it is a prototype.
Other TV trends continue apace: A big one is OLED, which both Sony and Samsung are moving forward impressively. Side by side, Samsung's technology demo of OLED vs. LCD is striking; the difference in color and brightness is astonishing. Meanwhile, Sony was demonstrating a 27-inch OLED set, too. (In related news, you'll finally be able to buy the 11-inch OLED here in the United States, for just $2,500.)
Also emerging: Wireless HD. While I'm not sold on the need for this technology, more and more products keep showing up with it. Will we replace HDMI cables with wireless connections? Your sense of tidiness is probably salivating over the prospect already.
upshift 01-08-2008, 08:02 AM Dang thats a HUGE tv! :yikes: I want one :drool:
OneSickPsycho 01-08-2008, 08:09 AM WTF would you even do with something that big...
Rider 01-08-2008, 08:10 AM WTF would you even do with something that big...
Ummm Watch it I think. :idk:
upshift 01-08-2008, 08:12 AM Ummm Watch it I think. :idk:
:withstupi or play video games http://www.websmileys.com/sm/comp/comp13.gif
WTF would you even do with something that big...
Be the envy of the neighborhood... be able to charge people to come watch the Superbowls... the list goes on....
WTF would you even do with something that big...
What you do with any big TV....watch pr0n to see how big Jenna Jameson's boobs get on it.
vabarber2 01-08-2008, 10:16 AM Dang thats a HUGE tv! :yikes: I want one :drool:
I'd never leave the house!! The game, Boxing match, Video games!!!
I'd charge people to come watch!
marko138 01-08-2008, 10:26 AM High Def is the greatest thing ever invented. If you ain't with it then your missing the boat.
ebbs15 01-08-2008, 10:33 AM High Def is the greatest thing ever invented. If you ain't with it then your missing the boat.
:withstupi
I just found that Cannon is coming out with a HD camcorder that has 16Gig of FLASH MEM... I think that's gonna be my birthday gift to myself come May.... wonder how it'll look on the tank of my bike :drool:
Daveon2 01-08-2008, 10:34 AM What you do with any big TV....watch pr0n to see how big Jenna Jameson's boobs get on it.
ugh pick somebody else :barf:
ebbs15 01-08-2008, 10:36 AM ugh pick somebody else :barf:
uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
marko138 01-08-2008, 10:37 AM uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
Uh oh.
Rider 01-08-2008, 10:59 AM uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn!!!!!!!!!!!:nkick:
Amblyopic 01-08-2008, 11:46 AM uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
:slol:
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn!!!!!!!!!!!:nkick:
:iagree:
Mmmmm... 150 inches of goodness....
But I was much more impressed with the OLED stuff that's being whored at CES 2008...
Bassplayer 01-08-2008, 03:57 PM howd you get it in your house? :slol:
Amblyopic 01-08-2008, 04:13 PM howd you get it in your house? :slol:
gettin' a company to come in, hook the roof up to a crane, and lifting it to ge tthe TV put in...
would probably cost less than the TV right now. lol
Bassplayer 01-08-2008, 04:44 PM :slol: :slol:
yep prolly
vabarber2 01-08-2008, 05:33 PM uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
:slol:
vabarber2 01-08-2008, 05:34 PM gettin' a company to come in, hook the roof up to a crane, and lifting it to ge tthe TV put in...
would probably cost less than the TV right now. lol
Yup!!
OneSickPsycho 01-08-2008, 10:17 PM Ummm Watch it I think. :idk:
Trip had it a little closer...
What you do with any big TV....watch pr0n to see how big Jenna Jameson's boobs get on it.
Precisely what I am doing now... :D
Amblyopic 01-08-2008, 10:47 PM Precisely what I am doing now... :D
:dthumb: :dthumb: :dthumb:
Daveon2 01-08-2008, 10:58 PM uh... you more of a Ron Jeremy guy? :runaway:
sorry id rather check out an original equipment hottie not some post-op princess
before/after
http://adelineandhazel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jenna-jameson_plastic_surgery.jpg
ebbs15 01-08-2008, 11:02 PM sorry id rather check out an original equipment hottie not some post-op princess
before/after
http://adelineandhazel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jenna-jameson_plastic_surgery.jpg
so just buy her earlier stuff ;) :lol:
Daveon2 01-08-2008, 11:05 PM so just buy her earlier stuff ;) :lol:
fair comprimise, but she def turned into a dude
Amblyopic 01-08-2008, 11:35 PM sorry id rather check out an original equipment hottie not some post-op princess
before/after
http://adelineandhazel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jenna-jameson_plastic_surgery.jpg
holy chit that'd damn near give me nightmares!
Amblyopic 01-08-2008, 11:35 PM fair comprimise, but she def turned into a dude
:iagree:
ebbs15 01-09-2008, 12:16 AM fair comprimise, but she def turned into a dude
god knows she's had enough cack in her to basically qualify...
rlyoung73 01-09-2008, 05:54 AM I'd drill an 8 inch deep hole on the side of it, divorce my wife, and park my bike next to the BIG TV. That would be the life and I'd live happily ever after.:dthumb:
ceo012384 01-09-2008, 06:17 PM I would watch porn on that thing all day long. The chicks would be life size!!!
Gas Man 01-10-2008, 12:24 PM :withstupi and I like the before more!!
Amblyopic 01-10-2008, 12:50 PM :withstupi and I like the before more!!
:iagree:
Looks like she's been rode hard and put away wet...
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