LG Launches 84-Inch, Ultra HD Television at $19,999

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If you are the type personality that just has to have the biggest and baddest product on the market, I hope you have very deep pockets. If you want to impress your friends with a new 84” Ultra High Def TV, you are going to have to cough up some serious bucks.

According to LG’s site, there are currently no online retailers stocking the television yet and it can only be purchased at a handful of high-end home theater stores.
 
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Wow! You don't see this often. I read about this in the local print newspaper a few days ago.

I don't know why it was news enough to be in the paper. I guess it was bring your daughter to work day. They just don't have the upper body strength to commit all the murders.
 
I'll wait out a couple of generations of 4k TVs AND wait for it to drop in price to lower 4 figures before considering buying one.
 
It's not too bad, it's on track with what 1080p cost 15 years ago. And it damn sure wasn't 80+ inches back then.
 
I damn sure wouldn't spend $20g's on that thing, that money could be better used for my audio system. $20g's would cover the purchase of my Zu Audio Definition MK IV's (with all upgrades) - but still a little shy on the amps. :(
 
I'll wait until there's some actual content before worrying about it.

As a PC Gamer, couldn't the content be anything you want to play on your PC? This would make an amazing PC monitor. 1080p @ 80" starts to look a bit blurry/soft/undetailed/pixelated for some games. However, if you quadruple that resolution I bet the image starts to look pretty clear again. Mind you, you'd probably want a video card with >6GB of ram.
 
As a PC Gamer, couldn't the content be anything you want to play on your PC? This would make an amazing PC monitor. 1080p @ 80" starts to look a bit blurry/soft/undetailed/pixelated for some games. However, if you quadruple that resolution I bet the image starts to look pretty clear again. Mind you, you'd probably want a video card with >6GB of ram.

Shit, you'd need a bad ass SLI / CrossFire setup to support that resolution even on that single display - but I bet it would look sweet.
 
plasma till the end for me.

Yep, the Pioneer Kuro 9G is still king (although the latest Panasonic seems to finally catch up).

For TV purposes, Ultra Hd is really a gimmick for screens smaller than 70" (well unless you sit at a distance smaller than 5' from the screen). That being said, ultra HD is very neat for a computer setup.
 
might as well wait for 8k instead. Besides, there isn't sufficient bandwidth to handle even 4k right now. By the time there is, 8k will be on the scene.
 
If you are the type personality that just has to have the biggest and baddest product on the market, I hope you have very deep pockets. If you want to impress your friends with a new 84” Ultra High Def TV, you are going to have to cough up some serious bucks.

My cable bill is high enough pumping out 720P/1080I. Can't imagine what Rogers would shaft me for UHDTV...:mad:
 
Need content in ultra def. No point in having a ultra def tv if you got no content that is in its native resolution. Everythings going to be stretched out. Why pay so much unless you got a pc hooked up ;)
 
What kind of sources are they using for display models? There is no 4k res material around that I know of.
 
You know if there even was 4k content available it'd be compressed down to nothing by the time it got to the TV! Also wonder the color and black levels on that.
 
As a PC Gamer, couldn't the content be anything you want to play on your PC?

Is it possible for any game currently out to even display at this high of a resolution (with any kind of mod/hack/etc)? I assume no myself so not sure if you mean a game coming out in the future or that it will work right now...lol. :confused:


Maybe I'm just clueless though. :)
 
As a PC Gamer, couldn't the content be anything you want to play on your PC? This would make an amazing PC monitor. 1080p @ 80" starts to look a bit blurry/soft/undetailed/pixelated for some games. However, if you quadruple that resolution I bet the image starts to look pretty clear again. Mind you, you'd probably want a video card with >6GB of ram.

As long as you are fine with 60Hz gaming it would be great.
 
Need content in ultra def. No point in having a ultra def tv if you got no content that is in its native resolution. Everythings going to be stretched out. Why pay so much unless you got a pc hooked up ;)

Because. And that is reason enough.

Trust me, if I win the lotto, I'll have one.
 
Sweet, a TV that supports a resolution that is over 1080p. I wonder when there will be affordable ones that can do 2560x1400 or 1600p. Gaming will look sweet on that TV.
 
Sweet, a TV that supports a resolution that is over 1080p. I wonder when there will be affordable ones that can do 2560x1400 or 1600p. Gaming will look sweet on that TV.

Yep, as I said, as long as 60Hz refresh is good enough for you.
 
I'm thinking three of these for my next pc gaming rig
 
That isn't proper UHD, thats only a rather 3840 x 2160. Proper UHD is 4x that at 7680 × 4320. This is like a 720p TV, not worth buying.

Sweet, a TV that supports a resolution that is over 1080p. I wonder when there will be affordable ones that can do 2560x1400 or 1600p. Gaming will look sweet on that TV.

apparently 1600p (which HDMI is capable of) was supposed to be what HD was. Probably they didn't go for it because stuff would have cost more so there would have been much lower adoption.
 
an interesting feature directed at gaming consumers allows two players to play a multiplayer game without the need for split screen. Using glasses that are sold separately, the television is simultaneously displaying two video feeds and each pair of glasses is designed to pick up a specific feed.

That's neat. When will this flow down to current 120/240 hz models?
 
Eventually, 4k projectors will be out and those who spent $20k for this will feel silly.
 
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