HDTV's New horizons

Not exactly the friendliest article. I must say however that there are HDTV products available at substantially lower prices. Sure, HDTV is coming soon, but whether channels are being broadcast at that time will be up to the broadcaster to decide. Channels such as CNN, Sky, National Geographic and other leading international channels will be (might already be ?) in high-definition format, but the first local channel to air in HD will be the soccer world cup in 2010. So frankly it might not be completely justified to buy an HDTV anytime soon. Prices are still expensive when compared to other new technologies but should drop as soon as HDTV is introduced here and competition pics up between television brands.
 
I think buying an HDTV now is a waste of time (especially if you mostly watch DSTV).

The worst possible thing is to get used to a certain quality and then having to switch downwards. You should have a look at the quality of some of secondary channels on dstv like Travel Channel, Home Channel, etc. According to Multichoice they're running an automatic compression algarithm so certain channels are compressed more than others.

Anyone who likes viewing their favourite shows in widescreen will know how frustrated they get when DSTV shows one season one format and the next in the other.

I say wait until 2010. At least the prices will be substantially less then they are now.
 
Big, Biggerer, Biggerest !!

I'm always interested in the rapid advances in LCD technology, and for that reason will be waiting until the really last moment (late 2009/early 2010) to purchase my HD components (HDTV, DSTV-HD decoder, Blu-Ray Player).

Besides the prices having dropped by then, I think there would be an even greater range of devices to choose from, more HD content (Blu-Ray discs and HDTV broadcasts), and HDTV's with faster response times, higher contrast ratios etc.

I was interested by the reference to a 107-inch LCD available for consumer purchase. As warned in the article, I was disappointed to see no reference to this beast on Hirsch's website with a 46-inch Samsung LCD being the largest advertised online.

It got me serching the internet for other stores which may be selling the 107-inch LCD unit. I wasn't able to find any 107-inch LCD units for sale, but did come across some interesting articles referring to other large LCD's, although not all of them being commercially avaialable.

I also wondered if it were possible that the 107-inch LCD being referred to, wasn't perhaps mis-reading the 107 'cm' size of a 42-inch (107cm) LCD and taking it as the size in inches ? .. or if it was a 107-inch screen of a different technology e.g. Rear Screen Projection ?

Anyways, I came across the following information which I thought may be interesting links to post up here. Not much to read I'm afraid, but interesting none-the-less.


The largest commercially available LCDs I could find are

Samsung 70-inch LCD
Samsung Australia

Sony 70-inch LCD
Sony USA


The following Samsung 82-inch UHD (Ultra High Definition - 3840 x 2160) unit appears to be available for corporate or commercial use:

Gizmodo Link

Slash Gear Link


These are the two largest LCD TV's I could find, but neither of them are commercially available as far as I could see.

LG 100-inch
http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2006/03/lgs_100inch_lcd.html

Sharp 108-inch
http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2007/01/ces_2007_sharp.html
 
By the time SA goes HD we'll have LaserTV which will surpass LCD and Plasmas. Advantages of laserTV over LCD or Plasma is that theres no possibility of burn in and the TV will last the average humans lifetime in terms of picture quality (No burn ins, No half-life brightness issues) and really no limitation on size.
 
quovadis said:
By the time SA goes HD we'll have LaserTV which will surpass LCD and Plasmas. Advantages of laserTV over LCD or Plasma is that theres no possibility of burn in and the TV will last the average humans lifetime in terms of picture quality (No burn ins, No half-life brightness issues) and really no limitation on size.
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How does burn-in work on LCD?
 
LCD doesn't have burn in. But it kinda has an equivalent. The things inside fade over time... So switch off that screensaver on your LCD monitor!
 
quovadis said:
By the time SA goes HD we'll have LaserTV which will surpass LCD and Plasmas. Advantages of laserTV over LCD or Plasma is that theres no possibility of burn in and the TV will last the average humans lifetime in terms of picture quality (No burn ins, No half-life brightness issues) and really no limitation on size.
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crap. Show me one laser TV company that is anywhere near commercial launch (never mind by August when it reliably rumoured that DSTV will launch an HD channel). OLED will be here long before Laser.
 
supersunbird said:
So one should just by old CRTs?
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No. Let me clarify what I think. if you are thinking of buying an hdtv, wait until 2010.

But If you need a tv right now, than sure the old types are not the way to go. Then it would make sense to just buy the hdtv now.
 
fuzzyman said:
I was interested by the reference to a 107-inch LCD available for consumer purchase. As warned in the article, I was disappointed to see no reference to this beast on Hirsch's website with a 46-inch Samsung LCD being the largest advertised online.

It got me serching the internet for other stores which may be selling the 107-inch LCD unit. I wasn't able to find any 107-inch LCD units for sale, but did come across some interesting articles referring to other large LCD's, although not all of them being commercially avaialable.

I also wondered if it were possible that the 107-inch LCD being referred to, wasn't perhaps mis-reading the 107 'cm' size of a 42-inch (107cm) LCD and taking it as the size in inches ? .. or if it was a 107-inch screen of a different technology e.g. Rear Screen Projection ?
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Yep, haven't seen any 107-inch HDTV's in SA nevermind at R60k.
 
Panasonic has a 106" Plasma. Although I think the author was thinking of a 107cm set... 42"? Sony may still have Rear Projection SXRD sets in the market but not at 106".
 
arf9999 said:
Panasonic has a 106" Plasma. Although I think the author was thinking of a 107cm set... 42"? Sony may still have Rear Projection SXRD sets in the market but not at 106".
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Yeah, I know weird, he says a 107-inch monster.
 
I hope that High Definition is worth it once it here, seeing that we're reading so much about it these days. The article doesn't bring anything fresh anyway, it's probably because of the holidays. I just wonder how much monochoice is going to charge us for it? They're as keen to offer it, just as much as we can't wait for it to be here. But their anticipation is for a reason way different than ours;)
 
dstv will launch a HD cahnnel which you'll have to pay extra for! i think buying a HD tv right now might be to early but hey if you can afford it why not!
 
I'm not going to be paying extra just to watch one HD channel from DSTV.
 
I'm also in the mid-2009 and later bandwagon. 50" prices by then should also be wonderful. The setup of my lounge means that 50" is probably my optimal size.
 
Don't any of you have an xbox360 or a PS3?

I have a Sumsung 32inch LCD and there is a noticeable difference in picture quality, both in games and dvd's (even on the dvd upscaling). On top of this LCD TV's are better for your eyes and use a hell of a lot less electricity.
 
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