Tecnovision's Luxio "world's largest television" debunked

You know, just because you show up at CeBIT with a big ass sign that says "The World's Largest Television" doesn't make it so. Tecnovision's Luxio 205-inch "television" (as they call it) is just a collection of 750,000 LEDs for use primarily in outdoor signage. Sure, some media freak has apparently installed this €350,000 behemoth in his home and connected it to ordinary AV equipment by means of a "special controller," as it was described to us. But that still doesn't make it a television now does it? Certainly, it's not even close to the largest outdoor LED display we've come across. So no worries Panasonic and Sharp, your records are still safe in our eyes. Until the next trade show, anyway. Be sure to check the gallery for an up close look at the pixel density.

Gallery: Luxio's "world's largest television" folly

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[monitron @ Mar 17th 2007 4:20PM]

750,000 pixels... that gives us a resolution of just a little less than XGA, and about 80% of 720p HD. On a screen that big it must look kind of pixely.

[Stoked x 10 @ Mar 17th 2007 4:29PM]

easiest. whole. wall. decoration. evar.

[paul34 @ Mar 17th 2007 4:53PM]

This is such an iPhone rip-off!

[Glenn @ Mar 17th 2007 7:47PM]

So you're saying that all the light emitting dodads have to be embedded into a single sheet of glass to have the item qualify as a television display?

[Moe Abe @ Mar 18th 2007 9:36AM]

Wow! Televisions are no longer sold. We are in shock. We never got a chance to say good-bye.

Actually, the television has evolved over time, that it is no longer what it used to be.

[Suresh @ Mar 20th 2007 9:27PM]

Are we talking about television or screens here? Just because a television uses LEDs as its display unit, doesn't necessarily disqualify it as a TV. As long as it shows a tele(distant) vision (image) it can be called a television.

[marketing TecnoVISION @ Mar 21st 2007 1:09PM]

Dear Engadget & attendees,

TecnoVISION thanks all of you for your comments about LUXIO, positive or less.
We have just presented LUXIO and we got so many feedbacks, most of them enthusiastic (above all among from who could %u201Ctouch%u201D LUXIO at the CEBIT in Hannover and LUXURY AND YACHT in Verona), while others are not so positive probably because there was some lack of info or misunderstandings.
As a matter of facts, we would like to clarify some matters which can help you: then you will take your decision, and we will respect it.
First of all, who is TecnoVISION? TecnoVISION (without %u201Ch%u201D%u2026) is an industrial company located in Milan, Italy, established in 1987 and specialized in the production of LED maxi-screens.
20 years of experience and growth led us to be in 2005 the 4th company at worldwide level in the industry of LED displays (source: 2006 i-Suppli report).
The latest result of our constant investments in R&D is LUXIO, which:
-is a LED screen (NOT LCD, as wrongly reported by some websites and blogs);
-is the biggest indoor TV (LED screen) actually in the world;
-is a 16/9 TV and can be produced in the sizes 150%u201D, 175%u201D and 205%u201D.
We invite you to get more info by visiting our website www.tecnovision.it %u2026 and we anyway would be pleased, first or later, to meet you personally (at soonest, at the NAB of Las Vegas from 14th to 19th April).
Warmest regards.

TecnoVISION SPA
Marketing Department

[Mark @ Mar 26th 2007 3:51PM]

Dear Tecno Vision marketing department,
I guess the negative comments you got depends on the fact that ANY ledscreen with small resolution (3-4mm) could be considered a television.

Actually Daktronics showcased a 3mm real pith screen almost 7 years ago... so maybe you actually just found a catchy name for a well-known technology!

Just for clarity, please also note that the report you mention is the iSupply - Large Screen Displays 2005 (not 2006) and in there you are not really listed as the "4th company at worldwide level"... The actual list include Daktronics (20,9%), Barco (14,7), Lighthouse (5,3), Matsushita (4,8), Odeco (4,3), Mitsubishi (4,1)

You can see the report yourself here: http://www.daktronics.com/video_prod/sl/sl-08085.pdf

Seems like you are very good at finding catchy names and statistics... what about creating high quality screens? Hope they are better than the information you provide!

See ya!

[marketing TecnoVISION @ Apr 4th 2007 11:32AM]

Dear Markmark,
thanks for your comments, and please find our answers.
First of all, you can find the information we have provided in the report iSuppli 2006 (with “i” and not “y”), at the section “2005 worldwide market shares for LED screens manufacturers”.
As we have bought the entire research of iSuppli 2006 to better know the market, we want to support you showing the following figures of the report:

Brand 2005 MS
Daktronics 31,2%
Barco 16,5%
Odeco/Smartvision 12,6%
Tecnovision 4,9%
Lighthouse 4,5%
Matsushita 2,9%
Mitsubishi 2,8%
AP Electronics 2,3%
Opto Tech 2,1%
Leurocom 0,6%
Others 19,6%
Total 100,0%
Source: Report iSuppli 2006

If we compare the figures of the research iSuppli 2005 that you mention with the ones above indicated, we can note two things:
- there is something strange in the market shares: in fact looks very curious that Daktronics passes from 20.9% in 2004 to 31.2% in 2005 and Odeco/Smartvision from 4.3% in 2004 to 12.6% in 2005, while for the others the trend looks acceptable. Are we sure that the market shares that you mention regard really the 2004, o some previous year?
- as we can see, the market is anyway more and more concentrating with a growing presence of the main players.
Regarding the quality of our screens, we agree with you that a sole catchy name (like LUXIO) and some statistics can do nothing without any consistency and reliability, both at company and products levels … TecnoVISION, after 20 years from the foundation, has become 4th in the market probably because can provide the market with something else than simple catchy names and wrong numbers …
Warmest regards.

TecnoVISION SPA
Marketing Department

[Cristea @ Dec 1st 2007 6:40AM]

...and in 2006 what is your comments , between Daktronics and Barco