Wednesday, May 21, 2008

82" 2160p HDTV

Instapundit linked to this 82" 2160p HDTV display from Samsung. I agree that I'd want one of those too. There's a problem however - even though the display may be 2160p there are no broadcasters sending out a signal in that format. For that matter there aren't even any major broadcasters sending out a signal in 1080p. Right now the HD channels you see are all in 1080i. Even if you bought that 82" 2160 HDTV the reception when watching "TV" would be no better than a 100" 1080i display at a much lower price.

So it would be great to own one of those monster screens but I'm guessing that by the time the broadcasters have caught up to the technology - the screen you purchase today will be sadly out of date.

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