When it comes to
QuadHD, if
82-inches is too big, and
52-inches isn't quite big enough, maybe Sapphire's 56-inch, 8.3 megapixel, 3840 x 2160 res LCD is just right.
TGDaily pegs the price at around $60,000, a price which might compel us to spring for Astro Systems'
pro model. Unfortunately, even a willingness to drop that amount of coin for this HDTV wrangled details on exactly when it will be available or any other specs, but things have come a long way from
CMO's demo unit two years ago. The only question now is what to do when 33 megapixel
Super Hi-Vision hits airwaves.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Some Kid @ Jun 9th 2008 10:48AM
so whats quad about it?
it looks like another waste of money for rich people
but i am friends with a lot of rich people..........
"sure il come over to watch footbal!"
Jimmy @ Jun 9th 2008 1:06PM
Quad is exactly 4 times the resolution of 1080p if I understand correctly.
1920x1080 vs 3840x2160 -- 2x wide & 2x tall
Consider back in the late 90s when some people could afford HDTVs and the rest of us were watching SDTVs for another decade... This is the same thing. All of us average folks are watching HDTV and people that can afford it will be watching Quad HDTVs.
The next step is Blu-ray up-scalers... Maybe Toshiba can find a market for the Spurs here.
If I had the disposable income I would get the 80 inch quad... One can dream I suppose.
Raptor007 @ Jun 9th 2008 2:51PM
Quad HD would be great for PC use!
Outside that, I'm not sure I see the point; Blu-ray's 1080p will probably look best on 1080p-native displays. Our current game consoles can't even manage 1080p rendering on most games, so the resolution would be wasted on them as well.
Matt @ Jun 9th 2008 4:47PM
720p and 1080p will look fantastic on this display, because it's an even multiple.
Raptor007 @ Jun 9th 2008 9:21PM
@Matt
You're assuming it uses nearest-neighbor scaling for exact multiples; hopefully that's true, but it's not guaranteed. Regardless though, 1080p won't look any better than it would on a native 1080p set; it'll just look the same.
You're right that 720p COULD look better, but that's assuming you have your 720p source actually set to output 720p. In the case of game consoles and PCs, I think most people would leave the output at the highest resolution (usually 1080p) and let the console/PC do the scaling. In this case, the TV having an even multiple of 720p has no benefit.
I'm not trying to diss on quad HD itself; I'm always a fan of more resolution! I just don't think it has a valuable place in home theater unless we see some higher-than-1080p sources.