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LG's 4k TV at CES

I'm more concerned about bit-depth, gray scale, and color accuracy. There's a lot more to making a good monitor than just the number of pixels.
 
Mike Halper said:
True, but if the display isn't native 4K (and it appears to not be) then you have to deal with scaling which could present various issues with the image. All they've done is double the resolution of a 1080p TV.
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Quadruple :) remember, 4K, even 4KHD ( 3840 x 2160 ) is 4 times the resolution of 1080p, not 2x :)
 
Right. Thanks. I still wish it was 4096x2304. That would make more sense to me. Does this mean that all the "4K" TV's that come out will have to scale 4K 4096 horizontal resolution sources down to 3840 horizontal, like 4K from Red cameras? I hope not.
 
I expect a whole bunch of consumer QHD (or 4KHD) TVs (most of them 3D) announced at CES 2012. Needless to say, these will go on sale in Japan and South Korea first (Toshiba is already selling their first QHD TVs) but should make it to rest of the world sometime in 2012. 3840x2160 is well on its way to being the next standard.
 
Most upcoming consumer HDTV "4K" systems are quad-HD. As much as we all might want true "4K" at 4096 pixels wide, It actually makes the most sense to quadruple the 1920x1080 frame, for many reasons.

LG hasn't announced pricing yet. They also have a 65" little brother to this 84" guy and rumors surrounding that one is it will be under $7K USD at launch -- they will be pricing cheaper than that Toshiba glasses-free abomination.
 
Mike Halper said:
Why isn't it 4096x2304 (which would be true 16x9) or 4096x2160?
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It is easier (and so cheaper) to manufacture a 3840 x 2160 panel when your production line is already set up for 1920 x 1080 panels.

You "just fuse 4 together" .... if pricing is reasonable for these 3.8K panels, then we just need a 3.8K signal source to drive them :-)
 
Unless you have a huge screen or are sitting 6 inches away, QHD should be plenty. I saw the 4K Screening of GWTDT and I keep thinking I should be sitting a bit closer. IMO 4K should be seen on a BIG screen, meaning usually projected. If you have a 60" 4K screen and you are sitting 12 feet way, you just aren't going to really get the benefit. The point I'm trying to make is, QHD should be just fine, the extra 250 pixels aren't really going to make a huge difference for consumer applications.
 
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