Panasonic's 103-inch plasma shipping this year

You know that 103-inch, ain't ever going to go on sale, plasma TV Panasonic's been lugging around the trade show circuit? Well, start pinchin' those pennies son, cause Panny is putting them on sale in time for the holidays. This 7.5 x 4.2-foot (8.5-foot diagonal) plasma goes 16:9 and throws up a 1920 x 1080 resolution, 3000:1 contrast ratio and features Panasonic's 1080p HD high-speed pixel drive we've already seen in their 65-incher. The perfect, er, accessory for their DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player, no doubt. Sorry, no pricing announced -- but if you gotta ask, you can't afford it.

[Via New Launches]

[Raymond @ Apr 19th 2006 6:21AM]

I wish I were rich. this thing can be ecpected to be $100,000 or more. :(

[Mat @ Apr 19th 2006 6:26AM]

7.5 x 4.2 x 8.5-foot plasma?

So its a box then?

[Thomas Ricker @ Apr 19th 2006 6:36AM]

Mat, er, fixed that to read 8.5-foot diag. Thanks.

Thomas

[blzeebub @ Apr 19th 2006 7:17AM]

It ain't

"7.5 x 4.2 x 8.5-foot plasma?"

So its a box then?

It's

"7.5 x 4.2-foot (8.5-foot diagonal) plasma"

So it's a telly !

remember the process

- think
- write
- read
- correct
- post

[UKMuFFiN @ Apr 19th 2006 7:45AM]

Panasonic's 1080p HD high-speed pixel drive

read this http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_b/reality.html

[Mat @ Apr 19th 2006 8:33AM]

blzeebub see comment 3.

Maybe you should run me through your magical process again?

:P

[Bedpanjohn @ Apr 19th 2006 9:10AM]

it weighs 400 lbs damnnnnnn

[Udayan Tripathi @ Apr 19th 2006 9:29AM]

Probably will cost a kidney and second mortgage. I'm in. Now where to put this thing...

[dollyking @ Apr 19th 2006 10:14AM]

and you need a nucluar powerplant

[Timerider @ Apr 19th 2006 10:58AM]

Ahh...buu...uuuuhh...mmmmmuhhh...neaaah...*seisure* *passes out*






ps. anyone have any idea the power this thing draws?

[Huh? @ Apr 19th 2006 11:16AM]

Where is the picture of the damn salad they always show?

[My Name? Why? @ Apr 19th 2006 1:32PM]

I wonder how many aligators were killed to make that boot.

[Idea? @ Apr 19th 2006 2:30PM]

Here's an idea. Imagine a cinema which had 50+ different screens, each screen had only 40 seats, and there was no set time for a show to occur.

When you went to the cinema, they'd tally up how many people wanted to watch a specific film and then when it reached a threshold (say 25), then they'd send you to one of these screenings and start your selected movie!

A screen like this would pay off really quickly, instead of all those empty seats when the film has run it's course. Of course it'd be good to have a couple of big screens around, but just think of the possibilities.

[tom acito @ Apr 20th 2006 12:38AM]

so figure 100K for the set. plus rewireing your house for the amperage it draws. plus sunglasses for the excessive brightness plus the frustration of dead pixels and replacing it once or twice.. not to mention blowing up HD 1080p to 103" so it looks as creappy as SD on a 27" set. That's how many films at the cinema at 10/pop? crazy man just nuts. ludicris actually. they will laugh all the way to the bank on the suckers that buy this thing.

[Perrey Z. @ Apr 20th 2006 2:50AM]

This is good news...if they weren't pulling our legs for more publicity and hype... That photo from CES with no consumer-style bezel {compare to LG's and Samsung finish products} does give indication this will be for the CEDIA channel-type of installer showrooms only. I can't really imagine it selling in a BrandsMart U.S.A. or Circuit City looking like that.

It will be very nice if Panasonic design a bezel, speaker sets and a table stand similar the the PX600 series of normal size plasmas and set it with the other Vieras. I wonder if this sudden rush into production and distribution have anything to do with the upcoming 80" Samsung and/or the World Cup?

[Perrey Z. @ Apr 21st 2006 1:43PM]

I asked my Friend Jyunko over at Panasonic's Japanese headquaters and this thing is a definetely a go., she claims price will be in the Yen 5,870,000. and Yen 8,780,000. that's around U.S.$50,000 and $75,000ish.
It weights a whopping 384-LBS., have 9-6" fans and only have 3 dedicated digital connections., nothing like RF coaxial, S-Video or Composite. consumes no more than 700-Watts at 50-Hz., now the bad news is, it's not stich, but it's NOT A SINGLE SHEET OF GLASS either, but 4-panels "blended" together. Again, NOT STICH but blended!

Manufacturing is currently in process at Matsushita's newly PDP plant. The bad thing is this will be targeted to large commercial applications such as sport arenas/venues, university halls, airports, car dealerships etc. so that explain the simple aluminum bezel and the connections. I asked her about the posibility of producing a consumer-friendly version for next year's high-end 1080p line-up and she said, that will be impossible due to many logistic factors. Perfectly understandable, but still we can all dream of having such a monster in our home theater rooms.

[tou @ Feb 1st 2007 11:59PM]

if u pay me 10000 i will give u one