Sony's 82-inch 1080p Bravia LCD prototype

Because CES really is nothing without some enormous prototype displays hanging on the wall and we have a Pokemon Snap-style desire to catch each one in its habitat.. This one is Sony's recently announced 82-inch Bravia. While it's only a prototype for now, we wouldn't be surprised to see HDTVs this size and bigger become available later next year when Sony and Samsung have an 8G plant like their competitors over at Sharp. As far as we're concerned, this 120Hz refresh LED-backlit x.v.Color compatible screen can't hit shelves soon enough.

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[Herb @ Jan 9th 2007 8:16AM]

Gorgeous

[Tom @ Jan 9th 2007 8:42AM]

What's up with the Bravia's silly "First TV for men and women" ad campaign? Do men or women feel that current TV's don't serve their needs? I really can't understand that campaign at all.

[icepop4who @ Jan 9th 2007 9:14AM]

a lot of people didn't get the bravia campaign, so sony made another commercial to explain. apparently, bravia is the fusion of style that women want, and performance that men want. great specs and great design makes a bravia. heh.

sony's got to make bigger tvs. not that i want a 100" hanging in my living room, but it's just impressive.

PS3 on this got to kick ass

[nivz @ Jan 9th 2007 9:48AM]

this may be dumb but doesnt the quality go down as the TV size goes up? i mean it's the same resolution, so shouldn't the pixels get bigger? hence lower quality than smaller TVs?

[marvin @ Jan 9th 2007 1:36PM]

No, it should look fantastic. Of course you need to sit at the proper distance (say 5 meters), but it makes sense as no one in their right mind would want to sit close to such a big screen. Projectors usually go as high as 120'' and look great. Heck, there are even 720p projectors that look amazing.
Resolution is not as big a factor as most people think.

[Isaac @ Jan 9th 2007 1:07PM]

You'd be surprised how resilient a pixel is, nivz. My friend has a projector aimed at a 100" screen in his living room and it's not even HD, but it still looks great. Xbox games are awesome. :) 4 people can play and each has a piece of screen the size of a normal TV. The sound isn't quite the same, but eh. It's no worse than watching a movie in the theatres...

[roscoepcoletrain @ Jan 9th 2007 8:25PM]

Hey. Isaac, how does a GameCube look?

[Charles Wood @ Jan 9th 2007 3:04PM]

A true HD picture that is clean without visible MPEG artifacts can withstand close scrutiny to well over 120 inches in a normal home environment at 15-20 viewing distance...unlike conventional SD NTSC. There is roughly six times the number of pixels available to resolve detail over older SD signals plus the basic architecture of the system is completely different with no chroma/luminance errors and much wider color range with far less noise.

[roscoepcoletrain @ Jan 9th 2007 8:08PM]

Seems to me that the "men" in this equation may have a large wallet and a small inferiority complex. As for the "women", well, does it make coffee? I think I heard it best when it was said, "we have a 32" flat screen, visible from anywhere in the room, why on earth would you want to watch it from the other end of the house?" I think if you are thinking "gaming" on something this large, you need to think, I need a life.