Philips 120-inch Candeo LED display on sale in US
posted December 2nd 2005 4:15PM
It seems logical that the bigger you make a display, the bigger the pixels have to be, but what's with the 384 x 216
resolution on Philips' mammoth 120-inch Candeo flat-panel LED? At first we thought that this was a typo, but the spec
sheet for the Candeo line shows exactly that res for the 6.75-millimeter pixel pitch model (6-120i), along with a 256 x
144 resolution for the 10.125-millimeter model (10-120i), which must make the pixels as big as postage stamps. Anyway,
we assume that these 40-square foot models are mostly meant for commercial use, and not for pushing incredibly
downscaled 1080p through your home theater (even though they do contain digital inputs). Another clue about the target
audience for these behemoths is the pricetag, which hovers around $100,000 no matter which pixel pitch you prefer.
Although these models aren't officially being released until CES, several have already found their way onto US store
shelves, with at least three of them being eyed up by NBA players.
[Via I4U]
Pixelation is the new black for 2006. Big chunky pixels.
Hi-def is sooooo last year...
I would assume that the pixels are actual, physical LEDs, which limits the dpi -- by that measuer this is a pretty sharp set to cram so many leds into the space.
wtf is that crap so expensive?
ok 102 inch I get the pixel being big like a postage stamp I get.... but NBA players buying a $10O,000 dollar TV... ok now you lost me... why the hell would anyone pay a 100 thou for that..
I guess when you have so much money you just get crazy, and need to have things that make no sense.... I mean come on a 50 inch plasma cost around $4999 so a 102 inch cost a - $100,000 -WTF
someone just made $90,000 thousand dollars on your dumb ass.. people can't be that dumb -can they?
At a typical viewing distance, the perceived sharpness is going to be pretty good .. far better than typical electronic outdoor displays, much higher resolution would be wasted. (look at your monitor from across the street and tell me how many pixels you can make out.)
i have a small theater in my house - 16 feet deep
I want to put up a larger monitor rather than a projector.... a 10 foot wide tv monitor seems like the ticket
but the resolution would have to be good since the viewers would not be "accross the street"
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Liking the silent U's today, are we?
I think that is cool. In the future almost every home is going to have hdtv and it is going to be part of are life style.
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Umm... are you sure that your info is correct? I mean in the title it says 102 inches, in the description it says 120 inches... and 40 square feet doesnt really add up to 120 nor 102 inches... I think you guys made a few 'little' mistakes
Umm... are you sure that your info is correct? I mean in the title it says 102 inches, in the description it says 120 inches... and 40 square feet doesnt really add up to 120 nor 102 inches... I think you guys made a few 'little' mistakes
Even bigger: http://www.newscenter.philips.com/About/News/Index.html
50" Plasmas are down to $2,600
42" Plasmas are down to $1,600
It's amazing that people would actually pay $100,000 for that. Admittedly 120 inch is huge, but 384x216 is just not gonna cut it.
On the other hand, Samsung and LG both have 102 inch plasma TVs with full 1080i resoultion of 1920x1080 ready go on sale next year at around $100,000 to $150,000.
Well, just looking at the specs, it's obvious that which one deserves your life savings.
10 mm is far smaller than a postage stamp, 10mm = 1 cm = approx 0.4 inches. I may be canadian, but stamps are larger than that.
*cough* remember that it's an L-E-D display... Which makes it crazy... This thing would be VERY bright...
vegas vegas vegas
I had to say it:
Candeo - I need you so.
"I think that is cool. In the future almost every home is going to have hdtv and it is going to be part of are life style."
Wow, I want the 2 seconds back that it cost me to read that comment.
Excellent screen for viewing my UMD movies.
There is another model that is 526 x 324 - the Candeo 4-120i. You probably would not want to stand any closer than 15 feet away from this thing. It's 2000 Cd/m2 which is about twice as bright as a very bright plasma... and at four times the area, so it would really light up the room... and it consumes 1500 watts! up there with a hair dryer. If you can afford the price I guess you can afford the electric bill as well.
Also keep in mind you are talking about 526 x 324 x 3 (RGB for each pixel) = 511,272 LEDs! So at 20 cents an LED plus all the circuitry it's actually a bargain at $100,000.
The led display seems like a palace.
That's just asking for a vandal to break it!
Excellent Topic
Yeah, it's a good choice for me.