Westinghouse Quad HD on display

In the all hype that built up before CES this year we were really excited to check out the Quad HD display from Westinghouse. We went by the Westinghouse booth to check it out, the odd thing was the display was in the back of the booth and not marked very well. After receiving some help we found the display with some scientific data showing. Other than industrial uses we're not sure what we would use this 52" display with a resolution of 3840 x 2160. It would take one good scaler to scale the image that big.

[Joshua @ Jan 10th 2007 9:20PM]

Apparently, it's only $50,000. Better start saving up...

As for 1080p, do you think we could be seeing it more commonly in smaller displays in the coming years? Do you think there could be a time when virtually ALL TVs are 1080p?

It seems to make sense to me. Relatively small monitors have resolutions higher than 1080p, so why not TVs? Sure, maybe you can't see the difference, but why not just have the resolution? Maybe I'm just dreaming...

[oki @ Jan 10th 2007 9:24PM]

soo when will the ps3 get the update to power this beast?

[fd @ Jan 10th 2007 10:11PM]

8MP resolution. Super sweet!

Coming to a desktop near you in a few years? ;)

[Brandon @ Jan 10th 2007 10:21PM]

Can't wait to see the video card I'll need to hook my computer up to that thing.

[Michael @ Jan 10th 2007 10:39PM]

What do you call quad R600/8800 cards and Oblivion on this thing? Sweet!

[anonymous @ Jan 10th 2007 10:50PM]

"What do you call quad R600/8800 cards and Oblivion on this thing? Sweet!"

Still buggy as hell...

[handsomekev @ Jan 10th 2007 11:00PM]

Well, whats all the FUSS, i dont see anything great about this monitor. If you do a side by side comparison with a 52" inch monitor that is only 1020p, will you even notice the difference. I think thats the reason why they put the dame monitor right at the BACK so that no one will have the chance to notice any differences because they knew there ain't any. Busteds.

[Det. @ Jan 10th 2007 11:15PM]

……try going up xtremely close to one of those giant TVs. Seriously doubting that you won't see a difference.

[JS @ Jan 10th 2007 11:38PM]

Actually the scaling is a piece of cake.

720 x 3 = 1080 x 2 = 2160

[E Malave Jr @ Jan 11th 2007 12:07AM]

I hope handsomekev never finds himself on an operating table with his surgeon looking at just a 1080p set to find the correct capillery to unblock in his retina. It might end up neither resolution matters when he ends up "one-eye kev". This monitor is for industrial applications and not so your spell/potion/whatever icons look prettier. More resolution, more accuracy. For more info see: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/february1/med-simulate-020106.html or http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1723427.stm

[daddycool @ Jan 11th 2007 6:14AM]

I saw this at CeBit last year, as well as some Japanese OEM prototype. You have to get very close to notice the HD-ness but that's the point. These aren't made to view from the couch. Think 6 17" LCDs put together except all in one screen instead of 6.

[thetinguy @ Jan 11th 2007 7:47AM]

This display would probably come in very handy for medical uses. It's high resolution would be very useful when displaying MRI or CT scans.

[Blaze @ Jan 11th 2007 9:20AM]

Are you kidding? This would make a fantastic monitor for anyone dealing in multimedia. Graphic Designers, Video Producers etc etc.

You are forgetting the apple 30" display already does 2560 x 1600, so based on that the resolution for a 52" being 3840 x 2160 seems quite fair & would make it a fantastic large monitor.

There will be a day when even 30" won't be considered a large monitor and the cheaper LCD's etc are getting these days it doesn't seem so far away.

[Stranger @ Jan 11th 2007 9:39AM]

IBM have had a screen like this for years, the T220/T221 with a resolution of 3840x2400. The difference is that the T221 is only a 22" screen making its dot pitch much higher and suitable for desktop usage. And the price - only in the $4000 range.

[Chuck @ Jan 11th 2007 12:14PM]

Having worked on the software you see running there, I'll point out the graphics hardware can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadroplex.html

Prices range from about $18000 to $25000 depending on which graphics cards you select.

[Roberto @ Jan 24th 2007 10:57PM]

These can be quite useful in the oil industry. Petroleum engineers and well managers can use these to monitor and control, in real-time, the direction and type of drilling needed.

The higher resolutions will show even the smallest subsurface anomalies indicating the possibility of petroleum being found, or better, show whether the particular anomaly is natural gas, petroleum, or some mixture and whether it's worth going after.

I think the medical industry could use these, too, like in that episode of House where he couldn't find the problem on a small screen, and had to go to a larger screen to detect some medical problem in a body scan (if i recall correctly).