Sony to demo 82-inch LCD at CES

Sony's coming a little late to the game with their entrant into the exclusive 82-inch LCD club, following Samsung's debut of their similarly-sized beast (pictured above) at CeBIT last March. Fittingly, the Sony model uses proprietary Samsung tech in order to achieve wider viewing angles, and features a 1200:1 contrast ratio and a response time under 8ms. Sony will show off this bad boy in a few days at CES, where we'll hopefully have some live pics for you and an estimated price that is slightly more accurate than our usual guesstimate MSRP of one million dollars.

[n00bmaster @ Dec 23rd 2005 12:30PM]

oooh, pretty colors

[matt t @ Dec 23rd 2005 12:55PM]

i would love to check my email on this thing.



btw have you guys noticed that the SNL sketch you were talking abouton the podcast is availiable on iTMS...FOR FREE!

[Diggy @ Dec 23rd 2005 1:03PM]

Why is it ALWAYS that DAMN SALAD?

[o0adam0o @ Dec 23rd 2005 1:04PM]

the one on the right is HOT

[GeeKr @ Dec 23rd 2005 1:05PM]

"Fittingly, the Sony model uses proprietary Samsung tech in order to achieve wider viewing angles..."



Ah, now who's the big brother?

[js @ Dec 23rd 2005 1:54PM]

I hope the posts that are targeted towards the women shown pictures do NOT get deleted...



Those women are beautiful.

[Sillium @ Dec 23rd 2005 2:10PM]

I was in the Samsung Experience Lounge (or whatever it's called) in Time Warner Center, NYC yesterday. I've seen a Xbox 360 connected to a 62" and thought THAT was big. Just until I saw the 82" around the corner. Such a display is amazing! But there were no pricetags around and I guess they know why...

[Joe Smith @ Dec 23rd 2005 2:58PM]

You know, if you look closely at the woman on the right, it looks like the corner of the table is stabbing into her crotch, and she is assuming the right stance to accomodate it.

[E71 @ Dec 23rd 2005 3:03PM]

I need a 60"+ lcd/plasma capable of full native res 1080p.



How long more are we expected to wait for these?

[modenadude @ Dec 23rd 2005 3:04PM]

4, you're right, I agree; 8, haha, I didn't notice that, good eye.

[Victor @ Dec 23rd 2005 3:05PM]

i like the one of the left, especially since she is showing how big the salad is. adam h., is that you?

[macattacks10 @ Dec 23rd 2005 5:19PM]

World's Largest 82" LCD? Wouldn't 82" be 82" no matter what... Not larger than another manufacturers 82"...

[TheWakeUpCall @ Dec 23rd 2005 5:48PM]

My heart stopped when I saw that screen :O I don't understand is it a tv or a pc monitor?

[Unprofessional @ Dec 23rd 2005 7:03PM]

@macattacks10: i was just thinking the same but then i noticed the japanese(?) girls and thought of http://www.engrish.com again...

[Matthew B @ Dec 24th 2005 4:04AM]

What resolution does that beast get?



3 - Where else does it turn up? I thought it was just random colours... Then I noticed its actually a very big salad.

4 - Indeed.

8 - Good eye.

[Diggy @ Dec 24th 2005 10:35AM]

Here...

http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/16/big-tvs-big-electric-bills/



Here...

http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/07/samsungs-82-inch-lcd-tv/



and here...

http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/12/lg-shows-off-102-inch-hd-plasma/

OK this isn't the same but close enough.

[Nik @ Dec 24th 2005 11:42PM]

notice how theres a samsung logo on the top corner....

this is jus a random pic of an 82inch lcd thas not from sony

[Nik @ Dec 24th 2005 11:45PM]

okay... so it does say that the pic is of an 82" lcd tv from samsung...



but who really reads the stuff anyway?

[Scott @ Dec 25th 2005 12:54AM]

This isn't impressive if its basically the same thing as the Samsung 84" LCD. I saw it in person at Infocomm and its actually 4 screens stitched together. Its ok at first ... till you see the seams. Once you see the seams, you never NOT see them again. They're always in the picture. What's even less impressive is that things like this aren't even realy products most of the time. They're just electronic pissing matches to show off and you can't even buy the damn things for any amount of money.

[sunystory @ Dec 25th 2005 4:10PM]

Samsung SDI clearly is a supplier to many other LCD TV producers. It means that many LCD TV's are actually samsung inside. This model is simply a result of competition between the samsung family: Samsung SDI vs Samsung Electronics. Both of them are producers of LCD/PDP panels, world's top panel producers along with LG-Phillips. Samsung Electronics and Sony made a 51/49 invenstment on S-LCD company, which would supply LCD panels for both companies. I believe that this one is from S-LCD (Samsung electronics) which will compete with the 84" from Samsung SDI

[Kevin Lim @ Dec 27th 2005 7:13PM]

Umm...Are you sure this is from Sony? The banner in the background of photo is written in Korean and showing with Samsung logo on the side. Those girls look Korean to me too :)