Panasonic showing a 150-inch plasma at CES?
By Richard Lawler 
posted December 24th 2007 7:41PM
posted December 24th 2007 7:41PM
The CES game of HDTV one-upsmanship is officially on, as Matsushita (Panasonic) is apparently planning to bring a 150-inch plasma to that epic Las Vegas tradeshow in January. According to The Yomiuri Shimbun's sources, the prototype PDP is expected to launch in 2009 with a price that "greatly exceeds" the largest model currently available, measuring a mere 103-inches. Anyone want to guess when we'll hear about a 151-inch screen from Sharp or Samsung?
I wanna see what this looks like. :D $120,000 perhaps?
Price is one thing, but I wonder what the thing will weigh. I guess you will need an I-beam structure to hold the thing up
Basically, you would be taking 9 50" plasma sets laid out in 3X3 grid to get the same aspect in a 150" plasma. A single Panasonic 50" is 95 pounds in weight, 30" tall and 52" wide. A 16:9 150 incher would then weigh in at 955 pounds and measure roughly 90" tall by 156" wide. Sure it'll fit on the wall, but what door is going to fit through?
It would weigh way more than that. The glass would have to be significantly thicker than a 50's glass to be strong enough to support its massive size.
Finally, I can watch a lifesize porno starring Ron Jeremy without his penis having to be cropped.
I'm planning on buying one, as soon as I'm finish building the nuclear power plant in my back yard to power it!
Problem is - even if the thing cost them $50 to make at the factory...you will pay countless tens of thousands of dollars in shipping.
As DJj said, this thing would be 13-feet wide and 7.5' tall. That is pushing the limits of international shipping, let along moving/installing the thing.
This will never be a residential unit, so I really don't care.
I just hope Panasonic focuses on getting the price down on their 65" model, for example. Its $10k with the base now, and it would be nice if they could sell it for $8k, then $6k, and on from there.
hmm. I can honestly say 1080p would not be enough for one of these bad boys. Bring on the UHDV (7680 × 4320 pixels). Cant wait for green-ray 1000gb discs to release with our favorite flicks in UHDV :)