Samsung to sell 80-inch plasma TV Portable music player with super-long battery life also planned Reuters Updated: 7:21 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2005 LAS VEGAS - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will release an 80-inch plasma television set, a portable music player that runs for 42 hours on one battery and a DVD recorder that copies one disc directly from another, the company said Wednesday. Those products are among a broad range of media devices Samsung plans for 2005, all on display at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week. Samsung plans to release the 80-inch plasma TV in May but did not name a price. It bills the display as the world's largest plasma TV, though Samsung has actually demonstrated a prototype 102-inch set. The long-life MP3 music player, with prices ranging from $120 up to $200 for a 1 gigabyte model, supports systems to copy-protect music and includes popular MP3 player add-ons like an FM radio tuner and voice recording capabilities. It will be available this month. The dual-tray DVD recorder, permitting direct disc-to-disc copying, is set for the third quarter with a $500 price tag. Samsung says it can copy two hours of video in 30 minutes. The world's electronics companies have descended on Las Vegas this week to showcase the latest in home entertainment and productivity technology, and the buzz created by new products at CES can make a major difference at retail, particularly among heavy-spending "early adopters," as consumers who rush to buy the newest products are known. Other new products in Samsung's lineup include a camcorder with a five-megapixel camera lens, wide-screen LCD TVs up to 57 inches, and a number of home theater systems. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/6789779/
well crap.... atleast the 80" plasma tv going for sale is new news. No wonder I didn't find this, it was posted so long ago. I gots ta get me one of em 80"....
I'm sure someone here will drop by Fry's this weekend. If so, check this out and give a full report. http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1574&PAG=608&Events__EventID=164896&dept_id=533587 WORLD’S LARGEST PLASMA HDTV ARRIVES IN HOUSTON Event: WORLD’S LARGEST PLASMA HDTV ARRIVES IN HOUSTON Event Type: Community Events Start Date: Saturday, December 29, 2007 End Date: Sunday, December 30, 2007 Start Time: 10:00 AM End Time: 5:00 PM Location: Fry's Electronic's 11565 SW Freeway 59 City & State: Houston, TX E-mail Contact: wendy_rokose@nyc.cohnwolfe.com Phone Contact: (212) 798-9825 Contact Name: Wendy Rokose Details: Panasonic ‘Living in High Definition’ Nationwide Tour Stops In Houston This Weekend New Program Seeks Families to Live With $20,000 Worth of High Definition Products and Document their Experiences Panasonic’s Living in High Definition Nationwide Truck Tour visits Houston this weekend giving area residents an opportunity to get hands-on with the latest in High Definition electronics and a look at Panasonic’s 103-inch Plasma HDTV – the largest in the world. The Tour features a 53-foot truck that expands to create a High Definition environment featuring Panasonic’s line of 1080p Plasma HDTVs and provides visitors with the opportunity to “play” with Panasonic LUMIX Digital Still Cameras and HD Camcorders, capture images on an SD Memory Card, and then view their work on a variety of Plasma HDTV’s and print photos. The mobile truck’s living room set-up brings to life the Living in HD experience while showcasing the same suite of products worth $20,000 that 30 families will receive as part of an ongoing Panasonic program to research families living with HD products. Houston families can create submissions for the program when visiting the truck tour this weekend. Information on the tour and program submissions can also be found on www.LivingInHD.com.
Sadly, the 103" plasma is already old news. I think Panasonic is rumored to be getting ready to bring a 150" plasma to CES '08.
Those large Plasma TVs are going to cost a FORTUNE! If you have a light controlled room you can by a good HD 720P projector for between $1,000 and $1,500. A motorized, tab-tensioned screen will cost a bunch (around $2,000) but if you can project the image on a bare, white wall you get the screen for free (or cheap is you buy just the screen material to put on the wall). So for between $1,000 and $3,500 you can have a HUGE (bigger then 92") image that looks outstanding - as long as you can control the light. It's the best bang for the buck in AV, IMO!
im want me one of those bigass plasmas. hook up the 360, pop in halo 3 , switch on the bose, and i aint going out for atleast a month.
Yeah go with a projector if you're going for screen size. You can get an entry level 1080p projector for around $2k which can easily produce a larger image than what you'll pay for this 80" plasma. I'm waiting for my old Infocus 480p projector (on a 96" fixed screen) to die out so I can justify getting a 1080p projector.
Sorry sir, you are correct, I was thinking of HD projectors capable of doing HDTV resolutions. Somethink like this: This one here It seems the cheapest ones in the 1920x1080 resolutions are still over 2k. Use this link to get a comparitive list of similar 1280x768 projectors DD
What can you watch in 1080P these days except Blue Ray or HD-DVD? 720P or 1080i is just fine for most anything. Since there are SO many resolutions out there (480i, 720p, 1080i and p) the thing that will affect your picture quality most is whatever software/hardware is used to scale the image to your display's native resolution. A 1080P set will look great (especially on really large screens), however, it will only look great as a no brainer on native 1080p source material (which, as I mentioned earlier, are only HD or Blue Ray DVDs). If you watch anything else (i.e. HD TV from CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, etc...) or regular DVDs or regular TV the image will have to be scaled UP to 1080p. If the software/hardware that does the scaling (whether it's in your TV, cable/Sat box or an external scaler) does a crappy job your 1080P TV/Projector will display a crappy image. Unless you carefully control the source material and the scaling device side by side, comparisons of 1080P vs 1080i vs 720p are useless. If you notice a difference it is WAY more likely to be because of the scaling device or because of how the TV is setup (i.e. contrast, color, etc...). I suppose you could make an argument that 1080p is more "future proof" since as bandwidth gets cheaper more source material will come native 1080p but that will be quite a few years off. I'd put my money on more crappy channels to take up the bandwidth or less compression of existing channels before they start using 1080p. HDTV Resolution Explained Standard or High Definition: Its All in the Pixel Count
are you not a video gamer? you didn't mention anything about them...some games are 1080p native nowdays
this is an old post that's been rehashed. I've seen those big plasmas already. i'll see even bigger next weekend!
You can get the Mitsubishi HC4900 1080p LCD projector for $1,399 after $500 mail-in rebate and $100 off coupon at Projectorpeople.com (click on the "Click for our price" link and the Coupon icon for the $100 off coupon code): http://www.projectorpeople.com/projectors/projdtls.asp?itemid=23232&itmname=Mitsubishi+HC4900 I've been contemplating buying this now but figured I'd better wait until my Infocus projector dies and hopefully other 1080p projectors will be cheaper by then.
