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#143507 17-Apr-2014 09:34

World's largest curved TV revealed

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9950880/Worlds-largest-curved-TV-revealed

I'd love to see this one in action.

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#1026705 17-Apr-2014 10:19

77" way to small. Call me when we hit 100" for under 10K

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#1026709 17-Apr-2014 10:21

How big are the ones they use in cinemas? Guessing it would vary from cinema-cinema but whats the average size? 200"?

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#1026710 17-Apr-2014 10:23

DarthKermit: World's largest curved TV revealed

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9950880/Worlds-largest-curved-TV-revealed

I'd love to see this one in action.

you would think they would display a picture on the website of something so awesome...

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#1026734 17-Apr-2014 10:41

My Lucky Goldstar has dead pixels lol. Seems to be a trend with them. Would hate to have 1cmx1cm black spots on one of these.

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#1026782 17-Apr-2014 11:20

Meh. only one person can watch tv?

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#1026824 17-Apr-2014 12:24

BinaryLimited: you would think they would display a picture on the website of something so awesome...

Indeed. I dunno if my local JB Hifi will be getting one of these expensive toys anytime soon.

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#1026829 17-Apr-2014 12:45

I was in Auckland for this event (thanks LG) at the Skycity. Basically it started with some drinks downstairs then everyone moved to the top of the tower. Also impressive was the new Hybrid TV with both terrestrial and satellite Freeview receivers in the same TV box.

Here are some photos from the event:

It's incredibly thin (the sideways photo was an attempt to show that) and beautiful picture. Below are some photos from the promotional USB:

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#1026836 17-Apr-2014 12:54

Finch: How big are the ones they use in cinemas? Guessing it would vary from cinema-cinema but whats the average size? 200"?

Around 400" for the average screen.

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#1026871 17-Apr-2014 13:41

freitasm: I was in Auckland for this event (thanks LG) at the Skycity. Basically it started with some drinks downstairs then everyone moved to the top of the tower. Also impressive was the new Hybrid TV with both terrestrial and satellite Freeview receivers in the same TV box.

Lucky bugger!

So was the TV that this thread is about pretty good?

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#1026924 17-Apr-2014 15:20

Pretty impressive all right.

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#1026942 17-Apr-2014 15:28

freitasm: Pretty impressive all right.

You'd hope so, for that kind of moolah. I wonder if Kim.Com has one on order yet?

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#1027580 18-Apr-2014 21:24

It must the world's largest curved TV available for sale.

This is because at the last CES in Las Vegas I saw this 105" curved TV from Samsung.

But it must be a technology preview only since we were not allowed to get close to it

Sorry about the image quality but it's a cap from a video I took of the TV. Now that is impressive and negates the need for any projector.

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#1027602 18-Apr-2014 22:49

That's what I'm waiting for, 100" in a TV at an affordable price. That's the day I'll give up my projector. Not sold on curved screens though, seems like a bit of a gimmick.

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#1027638 19-Apr-2014 08:03

geekiegeek: That's what I'm waiting for, 100" in a TV at an affordable price. That's the day I'll give up my projector. Not sold on curved screens though, seems like a bit of a gimmick.

Don't give up your projector. It would be pretty hard to hide one of those puppies away when not in use. Mind you if you are going to drop that kind of moolah on a display then the chances are you are going to want to show it off not hide it away, even when it's not turned on.

As an aside, only 15 years ago a 40 inch SD plasma was about $30K. Now you can pick up something similar for pocket change. OLED will hit a sweet spot for me when I can pick up a 50 inch 4K set for about $2-3000.

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#1027696 19-Apr-2014 12:03

Any flicker of the image on them at all? I'm not convinced on curved either. Would pick up more reflections from the sides I would expect.

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