Westinghouse's 56-inch 4x 1080p LCD

Forget those puny 1080p displays. If you want really high definition, check out Westinghouse's 56-inch, 3840x2160 LCD display. That's a full eight megapixels, or 4 times 1080p, for those of you doing the math at home. But don't expect to buy one of these anytime soon. The display, which will be available commercially later this year, is targeted at specialty markets that need ultra-high resolution, like the medical imaging community. Or, we assume, the mega-rich. For the record, we assume that this is actually made by Taiwan's Chi Mei, which showed a 56-inch display under its own name a few months ago, and which is a "manufacturing partner" of Westinghouse. Chi Mei was quoted as estimating that their display would go for about $10,000, so we suspect to see the Westinghouse available at a similar price point.

[ph0n33z @ Jan 7th 2006 10:13PM]

ummmmmm.......only $10,000? Did you mean to add an extra zero? That doesnt seem too "ultra-rich" to me??

[joe @ Jan 7th 2006 10:15PM]

So Ultra High Definition is closer than I thought...

[Nathan Ziarek @ Jan 7th 2006 10:20PM]

I was thinking the same thing. I can't afford a $10,000 TV, but that seems like a pretty good price for an LCD that nice (assuming, of course, all the other specs work out - response time, contrast ratios, etc). I'm going with #1 - did you forget a "0"?

[madd_matt @ Jan 7th 2006 10:32PM]

I'm selling my car to buy one.



Who needs a car anyways? I rarely travel farther than 2km from my house. There are always buses anyways

[JBaxt @ Jan 7th 2006 10:40PM]

Yeah that is defintelly incorrect i just paid 12 grand for my 63 inch plasma, something is fishy. Apple for life woot woot

[EJ @ Jan 7th 2006 10:43PM]

Yeah, you must have left out a '0', cuz if not, ive got a kidney waiting to be sold for one of those.

[Fantaz @ Jan 8th 2006 12:05AM]

Only $10,000? At that price range I'd might as well buy two!

[Eric @ Jan 8th 2006 12:21AM]

thats cheap compared to the 25grand sony that is actually for sale, I love the small frame on that tv tho ill take it anyone want to buy it for me?

[gary conrad @ Jan 8th 2006 12:36AM]

at $10000 i want one now, not tomorrow, not next week, now. i agree i think it was supposed to say $100,000.

[KenC @ Jan 8th 2006 12:40AM]

No, he didn't leave out a "0". That figure of $10K was the hoped for release price, by the end of the year, from the spokesperson of the Taiwanese OEM. That is presumably the wholesale price for the panel. The rest to make it work is additional.

[JD @ Jan 8th 2006 3:12AM]

10k at the end of the year? im in for one....where do I sign up??

[IK47 @ Jan 8th 2006 11:17AM]

This is stupid. They should be trying to manufacture LCDS with as many pixels per inch as possible.



56" isn't a big deal when you only have 3840x2160

[Jason @ Jan 9th 2006 11:02AM]

Is there even any content that can be displayed at that resolution?

[Clint Johnson @ Jan 12th 2006 5:25PM]

I'm prettty sure that $10,000 price would be what the display manufacturer will be paying to get the glass from Chi Mei. I will now pull a bunch of numbers out of my... hat. Add another $2,000 or so for their cost on the case, electronics and assembly gets you to about $12,000. They in turn sell it to the dealer for maybe 20% markup which gets you to $14,400. The MSPR will be set with about a 60% markup from that so it will be about $23,000 which will translate to about $18,000 street price.



That should clear everything up.