What’s that? You think your 50” HDTV isn’t that big enough? Get a projector! You know, a Super Hi-Vision one. Oh, right… you won’t be seeing those till next year. Well, you could go for a bigger screen then. 82” LCDs anyone?
Samsung is very pleased to inform us about their latest 82-inch Quad-HD LCD. Quad-HD they say… what would that be? Unfortunately, this isn’t the Super-Hi Vision standard, but it’s close with 2160p resolutions or 3,840 x 2,160. Good luck finding native-resolution content for this behemoth. Nice thing Samsung remembered to implement a 120Hz refresh rate, double the typical 60Hz standard.
OK, it’s huge, but what about picture quality? Since Samsung are so keen on LEDs and the like, they have reached for the latest in LED backlighting. Individual red/green/blue LEDs manage 50-percent more color saturation over rival sets. Pretty spiffy, but we shouldn’t forget that the relatively high defect rate in LED backlights means costs are far higher than they need to be if the technology is to make it into your living room.
Samsung can’t really decide on the actual price. I hope they won’t go the Westinghouse way. Westinghouse have also came up with a 2160p screen, and even though it’s a “mere” 52-incher, it will easily set you back $50k.
