George Takei can't show you Sharp's fourth pixel, can still blow your mind

We've seen our fair share of thin HDTVs -- and pressed iPhones against them for comparison -- so it's no big deal when Sharp swivels its latest edge lit LED creation and shows off its 1.6-inch depth, but George Takei's "Oh My" reaction is priceless. We were in the house for Sharp's unveiling of its quad-pixel technology (now called Quattron) and weren't sure we got the difference, so there's no doubt they needed an extra something to show viewers why they should care (embedded after the break in case you didn't spot it during the NCAA Tournament) since your display just isn't ready for constant loops of sunflowers, saxophones and repeat playback of Oh Yeah via the USB media port.

[FarmerBob Posted Mar 23rd 2010 1:14AM]

Sulu. Can you be any Nellyer?!

Oh and my year and half old DLP has 6 colors. AND 3D.

[Prince David Posted Mar 23rd 2010 1:18AM]

George Takei's laugh is so unique

[AlthalusTheThief Posted Mar 23rd 2010 2:43AM]

I wonder who will bring out 7 Pixel ROYGBIV screens?

[pretol Posted Mar 23rd 2010 7:31AM]

i hate that guy. after watching that commercial 10 times in a row i want to hit that guy with the stupid tv over the head.

[NIMBUS Posted Mar 23rd 2010 12:07PM]

3 more colors to gay TVs

[AlwaysThere Posted Mar 23rd 2010 2:48PM]

Saw this on BBC America during Top Gear last night. Very funny.

[aolke123 Posted Mar 24th 2010 12:17PM]

Excellent

[Howzer Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:39PM]

Apparently Panasonic did this back in 1972...it obviously didn't catch on:

http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/vintagepaperads/-strse-18149/1972-Panasonic-Quatrecolor-Television/Detail

[Howzer Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:43PM]

Actually no they didn't forget I spoke.

[sporkinum Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:44PM]

I hardly watch live tv anymore. I Pretty much dvr anything I want to watch and then watch it after the fact, skipping all the commercials. Since I block web ads too, and don't listen to radio,means is that I rarely catch any commercials.
Making stories like this is about the only way I'll see an ad.

[technojunkie Posted Mar 24th 2010 10:16PM]

I like the remix better (via regretsy.com): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfOpgTN2ZqY

[rbrome Posted Mar 28th 2010 9:33PM]

Does it strike anyone else as.. um, odd... to use a Japanese actor to promote a new TV with "extra yellow"? I'm not sure if the racial thing is intentional, but I'm not sure it's appropriate.

[putte Posted May 19th 2010 8:52AM]

@rbrome
They probably chose a Japanese actor because Sharp is a Japanese company and he is supposed to look like one of their engineers.

Although someone here mentioned earlier that this will improve the display of skin tones, and maybe that applies even more to Asian skin tones.

[Qorious Posted Apr 23rd 2010 1:15AM]

I love this ad!!!