New 150 inch 2160p x 4k Plasma screen by Panasonic

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Originally Posted by Luis_A51

1080p isnt even needed until you have 50+ inches. The average tv isnt even close to that big. This is just for bragging rights. They wont ever seriously make this.

Not true. The average person with "20/20" vision can see to about 150 microradians (some studies have suggested as good as 125 microradians) with object edge misalignment detection as good as 25 microradians. Thus it's all in how close you sit to the screen. A crisp 30" display with a great source of imagery can easily let you see the difference between SD and 1080p HD.

Will they make this as a "limited production" item or is it just for show? Who knows. I doubt Panasonic does at this point. It will depend upon interest generated among a select client base over the next few months.

Besides this is not the real top end. E&S has been shipping their 4k x 8k "Video Wall" projector system for some time now. However, this clearly has special imagery inputs.

Originally Posted by Luis_A51

Why bother? Blurays arent 2160p, video games arent, and broadcasts wont even be 1080p for years. So what exactly would you watch on that thing? Anything else would look like how SD does on our tvs now.

Upscaled 1080p HD? You know they will be coming in less than 5 years. Expensive? Certainly? But I'd be surprised if they don't exist.

Originally Posted by quexos

Actually if it is 4k it means it has 4000 horizontal lines of definition or more accurately 4320 lines.
2160 lines would be a 2K

No.

4K with regard to Digital Cinema is 2160 x 4096. Check out the actual Digital Cinema standard.

Panasonic's system is a bit less than that at 2160 x 3840.