Sharp's 108-inch LCD giant now yours for $100,000

Making good on its promise at CES in January, Sharp just announced the Japanese retail launch of its 108-inch monument to television. The LB-1085 features a 108-ASV 1080p LCD panel with a 400 cd/m2 brightness, 1,200:1 contrast, 6-ms response, and 176-degree viewing angle. Around back you'll find 3x HDMI, 1x DVI, 2x component, and a smattering of other in-and-out. It measures 8.4 x 0.66 x 5.1-feet and weighs 430-pounds (195kg) with an ¥11 million (about $100,000) price tag to match that luxurious heft. Now, anybody want a peanut?

[Via Impress]

[William @ Jun 13th 2008 3:32AM]

Me want!

But will never be able to afford :(

[Dimitri @ Jun 14th 2008 4:31AM]

Just buy yourself a projector and paint a portion of a wall white.

My acer projector produces an actual screen size of 118inch at my place.
The color and image quality is great, though not full 1080p but internal 1024x768. It only cost me about $600 , and if you want Full HD, there are HD projectors available for a bit more.

So you choose, either 600 dollars for 118inch, or $100,000 for a very small 108 inch...

[G Man @ Jun 13th 2008 4:41AM]

Moobs. Try getting them.

You may get money from modeling in a TV Ad for TVs just like that guy :D

[Flashpoint @ Jun 13th 2008 8:10AM]

Time to refinance the house.

[MW @ Jun 13th 2008 10:16AM]

Too bad that guy is dead.

[OneLove @ Jun 13th 2008 11:20AM]

Dad, Is that you?

[alexmueller @ Jun 13th 2008 11:53AM]

You could afford a projector and get a bigger picture for much cheaper.

[gad get @ Jun 13th 2008 4:19PM]

1,200:1 contrast? That's horrible! Couldn't they offer a little better contrast in a $100,000 TV? People are supposed to buy THIS when they could get a slightly smaller but still enormous model with far superior contrast for less?

[Z @ Jun 13th 2008 4:53PM]

That's the ugliest woman I ever seen!

[happy_penguin @ Jun 13th 2008 3:38AM]

Shirley you can't be serious.

[Thomas Ricker @ Jun 13th 2008 3:42AM]

I am serious now quit calling me Shirley.

[eggothewaffle @ Jun 13th 2008 4:32AM]

My good man Thomas...Isn't cleavage supposed to be Gizmodo's forte?

[j_g_puff @ Jun 13th 2008 4:46AM]

It's a total ripoff. I get all my panels from Panasonic: their 103incher is only $70k.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jun 13th 2008 4:59AM]

Agreed, Plasma is much cheaper than LCD and technically better for video.

[Jonah Bliss @ Jun 13th 2008 3:43AM]

your currency conversion seems to be off by a factor of about 2...

[JohnM @ Jun 13th 2008 3:49AM]

You're right... 2Mil Yen comes out at $18518.57

[Thomas Ricker @ Jun 13th 2008 3:49AM]

sorry, typo. fixed.

Thomas

[JohnM @ Jun 13th 2008 3:51AM]

Yet again, I should learn to read... nope you're wrong...

11,000,000.00 JPY = 101827.1141 USD

Close enough I feel!

[Haikibutsu @ Jun 13th 2008 3:44AM]

Out of every other stock image in the world, they just had to choose that?

I just hope thats not box art. It isn't even suited for a halloween children's toy.

[Bobs @ Jun 13th 2008 4:29AM]

What about my avatar? is it suited to Halloween children's candy?

[Chris Anderson @ Jun 13th 2008 1:06PM]

are you all daft? That's Andre the Giant, and i'm quite positive that Engadget modified this photo...it's called comedy, try it sometime!

“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land war in Asia. And only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”

[Sean @ Jun 13th 2008 3:45AM]

I'd love to watch p0rn on this thing.

[eurofanboy @ Jun 13th 2008 3:49AM]

what a sexy m*f*er!

[Draaaainage! @ Jun 13th 2008 3:50AM]

¥2,000,000 = $18,515.09 as of 12:49 AM PST Friday, June 13th.

I'm not exactly sure how you came up with the $100,000 dollar figure, but it appears to be very, very wrong.

[Draaaainage! @ Jun 13th 2008 3:51AM]

Ahhh, I see you suffer from the the old "confuse ¥11Mil with ¥2Mil" problem. I do that all the time!

[Hellios @ Jun 13th 2008 3:56AM]

Nice resolution, I bet you can see single pixels from a foot away,

[TeddyLikesComputahs! @ Jun 13th 2008 4:00AM]

i better get laid with this thing...

[Emilio Mundula @ Jun 13th 2008 4:10AM]

The conversion is right 11,000,000 Japanese Yens equal to 101,835.70 USD.

Now, either you have money coming out of your "ahem" lower back, either you would be just simply nuts to waste THIS much for a 108 incher.

A Sharp - AQUOS 65" 1080p 120Hz Flat-Panel LCD HDTV goes for 8,000 USD at BestBuy and you're telling me that the premium for 41" more inches is 93,000 USD ???

Either the guys at Sharp don't know their math or they are simply going postal with this kind of prices...

I don't think anyone in the right peace of mind would pay this kind of money unless they don't care about it or they are billionaires (...and even being a billionaire, I wouldn't waste 100,000 USD on a TV).

This price is simply ridiculous considering how prices have been going down and down in the last 2 years.

It simply is NONSENSE.

[rock99rock @ Jun 13th 2008 11:54AM]

This coming from a guy that upgrades his computer once every 5 years...

[Byrdman @ Jun 13th 2008 1:18PM]

im pretty sure it costs sharp alot more to produce one of these things than it does for them to produce 2 of the 60 inchers

[morgmel @ Jun 13th 2008 4:12AM]

I want one...

the peanut that is

:-)

[Aarun @ Jun 13th 2008 4:20AM]

Please take that horrible picture down asack...er I mean asap.

[alex @ Jun 13th 2008 4:35AM]

princess bride reference=epic win

[King Mook Mook @ Jun 13th 2008 6:27AM]

Inconceivable!

[nikster @ Jun 13th 2008 7:07AM]

No more rhyming now, I mean it.

[nikster @ Jun 13th 2008 7:09AM]

@King Mook Mook: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Darkest Daze @ Jun 13th 2008 2:48PM]

"I'm on the brute squad"
"You ARE the brute squad"

[BuddhaBoy @ Jun 13th 2008 4:37AM]

Is that you Andre?!

Oh, you're playing a giant simpleton named Fezzik? Terrific!

[Luke @ Jun 13th 2008 4:51AM]

Andre, I miss you.

[John @ Jun 13th 2008 11:19AM]

Yes Andre, RIP.

Or rather, "...rest well and dream of large women."

[Godskitchen @ Jun 13th 2008 5:09AM]

1200:1 contrast....................why even bother. Jokers.

[mangia @ Jun 13th 2008 6:54AM]

Andre has a posse!

[Windzilla @ Jun 13th 2008 9:31AM]

Awesom


Man i grew up in RI and that takes me back (though its still around)

Andre the Giant Has a Posse

[Chris @ Jun 13th 2008 7:43AM]

What a clossal waste of money. What douche bag would buy something like this? You can spend $30k for an absolutely amazing HD projector that would out perform this thing by far. Better yet, buy two of them and have them aligned in a rack for an even better picture.

[Ian @ Jun 13th 2008 12:37PM]

yes but then your pickup line has to be "Hey ladies want to see my projector?"


sorry knew someone in college who actually used that as a pickup line, the sad part? it worked once or twice.

[konshuss @ Jun 13th 2008 9:08AM]

"A large stream out the window "as white as theatre" worthy of the name of the bright lobby, videos and movie previews and advertisements featuring powerful images of a large MERIHARI."

I'm sold.

Obey Giant

[ill trooper @ Jun 13th 2008 9:39AM]

So, that graphic tells me things will never change:

Even after spending $100,000, it seems people will always set their TV to 'stretch' instead of respecting the correct aspect ratio...

[nikster @ Jun 13th 2008 11:04AM]

Nope, he really was that wide. Wiki Andre the Giant.

[vlad.m @ Jun 13th 2008 9:46AM]

Whoever buys this TV is a moron. It is obviously a rip-off...You can get a 60" LCD TV for about $6000 so 40" will not jack up the price by $95,000. If you spend $100,000 on a TV you deserve to be shot, for real.

[Mile @ Jun 13th 2008 9:53AM]

Why on earth would anyone want a Black & White TV in this day and age? I don't get it.