Eyes-on: Samsung's 82-inch QuadHD & 52-inch Ultra Slim LCDs
By Richard Lawler 
posted January 9th 2008 8:14PM
posted January 9th 2008 8:14PM
posted January 9th 2008 8:14PM
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Quad HD sets are the future of TV. Why? Because a quad HD set can natively display all of the other DTV resolutions without conversion. Sweetness indeed. Run it at 120Hz and it's the only display that can show all 18 DTV resolutions and refresh rates.
Now I just need to wait for the first Super-HD-BluRay players to come out that support native 4320p video.
lol, either that or you can opt for an upconverting bluray player. Makes all your old blurays look almost as good as superblu. If you want to make the jump though, playstation 4 offers the best value.
Just wondering: How did they capture and how are they playing the quad HD video on the 82inch TV?
I dont know how they specifically were doing it, but you could use something like a red-one camera to capture some 4k footage and then play that off of a high end computer, or if it was just stills, any DSLR would take pics that would fill the screen nicely.
There was special footage shot for display on this TV, Samsung rep said it won’t be out for a long time, but it sure did look spectacular.
It's still hard for me to imagine the size an 82 inch screen...or buying one for that matter
Wow, those stock shots are all from Melbourne and recent. Strange that a Korean company would use pics of an Australian city (that isn't Sydney) to show off to Americans.
I was wondering if the shots were Melbourne - didn't recognise the first, the second was the Museum, but my thought was "odd, looks just like the Museum", third was "now I know what building inspired the NAB building - I wonder where that is - it sure looks like Melbourne, and of course the fourth gave the game away. Where is the first photo?
maybe I'll just buy a bunch of these and use them as windows. Then I can pretend I don't live in western PA.
Dang - I missed the 82" - I asked Panasonic, Pioneer and LG about a possible 80" as I know a lot of people who are gadget freaks who got 65" units a half decade or more ago and who want to upgrade but want bigger TVs but can't afford a $100K 100" TV. They all said the same thing - we are getting a lot of requests for that size but can't comment on the release date of an 80" unit. Let's hope Samsung is opening up this niche of the market. I'm sure a 50" is the fastest selling size but I sure know a lot of people who have smaller 55-65" TVs who are ready to move forward to something much bigger who don't want front projection units.
PS The Pioneer Kuro Gen2 was really impressive although I think they f'd up the contrast and brightness on the one right next to it to overstate how good it looks. I don't think they needed to do that - I was already convinced it looked great - they just need to start making bigger units. After seeing the 150" Panasonic which I'll admit looked very good even the 100" unit just didn't seem that big.
JEEBUS!! What the hell are you compensating for!?
Paleface - Why are you so worried I like watching TVs on a big screen and with really good audio equipment - would I be compensating for something if I bought a BMW 3 series instead of a YUGO? I'm thinking about buying a luxury car - do you think I have issues with my mother (or yours) as a result? Should I see Dr. Phil? Maybe I am compensating for something - I haven't lost half my worldly possesions in a divorce yet so I can afford to buy a few toys although I'm not super rich so I can't afford really really really nice toys :)
Is there going to be a point where they'll have to stop developing Higher-Def TVs and media and work on upgrading consumers' eyes so that they can enjoy the tech?