When will the marketing madness stop, and when will ehd stop spinning the madness therein? 99.999% of the folks on the planet, in the western civilization, etc. could not afford to test the marketed value. They could have said a billion or trillion to one contrast because no one has the equipment on hand, let alone the testing environment, to measure those levels of contrast being marketed by manufacturers, and remarketed by websites like this.
And what good is a high contrast display if its tiny? I do not know of many (not at all, really) people into HDTV looking for such small (ahem, tiny) displays. This isn't news worth noting, leting alone spinning.
Display junkies have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, for OLED displays to come to market in any size ever since the technology was first announced and every Korean and Japanese manufacturer worth its salt promised to deliver TVs, PC displays, and virtually every other display-type, based on the technology. It is incredibly power efficient, ultra-thin, and beats nearly every other technology on image quality (the already disparaged contrast ratio and color-gamut specs).
So we hope that you will forgive those of us who are excited about the very first television based on OLED FINALLY COMING TO MARKET. Its been a long time coming, and despite your insistence, it absolutely is news worth noting. Not because of the size, nor the contrast, nor the color gamut. Simply because it is FIRST, and because the TECHNOLOGY holds so much promise.
And who cares if people can't measure 1M:1 at home? 0.0001% (to borrow your hyperbole) of HD nuts have the capability of measuring contrast ratio on their display. We still buy them, and we still throw down the number our manufacturer quoted us when we're playing the "my TV is better than your TV game."
And its not like there is a reason to distrust Sony on the number. As soon as you see the thing, you can see the difference.
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GhostDoggy @ Apr 12th 2007 5:36AM
When will the marketing madness stop, and when will ehd stop spinning the madness therein? 99.999% of the folks on the planet, in the western civilization, etc. could not afford to test the marketed value. They could have said a billion or trillion to one contrast because no one has the equipment on hand, let alone the testing environment, to measure those levels of contrast being marketed by manufacturers, and remarketed by websites like this.
And what good is a high contrast display if its tiny? I do not know of many (not at all, really) people into HDTV looking for such small (ahem, tiny) displays. This isn't news worth noting, leting alone spinning.
Jake @ Apr 12th 2007 8:11AM
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Display junkies have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, for OLED displays to come to market in any size ever since the technology was first announced and every Korean and Japanese manufacturer worth its salt promised to deliver TVs, PC displays, and virtually every other display-type, based on the technology. It is incredibly power efficient, ultra-thin, and beats nearly every other technology on image quality (the already disparaged contrast ratio and color-gamut specs).
So we hope that you will forgive those of us who are excited about the very first television based on OLED FINALLY COMING TO MARKET. Its been a long time coming, and despite your insistence, it absolutely is news worth noting. Not because of the size, nor the contrast, nor the color gamut. Simply because it is FIRST, and because the TECHNOLOGY holds so much promise.
And who cares if people can't measure 1M:1 at home? 0.0001% (to borrow your hyperbole) of HD nuts have the capability of measuring contrast ratio on their display. We still buy them, and we still throw down the number our manufacturer quoted us when we're playing the "my TV is better than your TV game."
And its not like there is a reason to distrust Sony on the number. As soon as you see the thing, you can see the difference.