Forget HD: LG’s seven foot 4K TV is coming to the UK
Blu-rays on a full HD TV look pretty spectacular, but they’re about to blown out of the water. South Korean gadget giant LG has announced that its first ever ultra definition 4K TV, a 3D panel that’s 84-inches wide, is coming to the UK.
The 84-inch LG UD 3D TV was first unveiled in January of this year, but until today, LG has kept quiet on a global release for the giant flatscreen. Now the company has announced that it’ll be available worldwide from next month, after a showing at the German gadget expo, IFA, at the end of August.
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What’s the deal with 4K TV, you ask? With a resolution of 3840×2160, the LG UD 3D TV packs in almost 8.3 million pixels, more than four times as much detail as a current full HD TV. That’s right, four times sharper.
Of course, there’s not a great deal that’s been filmed for this resolution right now, but the model tries to add in the detail on regular HD video (upscaling): it also has smart TV streaming skills, and comes with LG’s Magic Motion remote, which lets you change the channel with a wave.
Want one? Unfortunately LG isn’t talking about pricing right now, but these bad boys will be available in Europe as of September. That should give you plenty of time to move everything else out of your living room.
What do you think of ultra HD? Just a gimmick we can’t notice anyway, or the next step towards entertainment nirvana? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments.
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David Germain22 August 2012
Well this will be great, but streaming 4K content will suck. I can barely stream stand def TV smoothly on ADSL. I am not even going to talk about download limits and peak time usage... Is it just me or is all this cool stuff pointless till we finally get unlimited and fast internet connections?
Report as inappropriateJordan22 August 2012
I can't wait! Any idea how much it will cost?
Report as inappropriateAj22 August 2012
Ok if you own a cinema, LG should have just focused on bringing out 4k on reguler size screens. Bigger isnt allways better.
Report as inappropriateScott22 August 2012
Streaming is not an issue for the south koreans, as they have the fastest average streaming Internet in the world. So they can probably stream this no problem, but in poor uk, I doubt we will get the title to stream never mind the whole film, also will iTunes charge 4 times the price for ultra definitation as it does for hd....?
Report as inappropriateChris Watt22 August 2012
Unless you are willing to dedicate an entire wall to the display, super high def, like high end audio, will be far to subtle for most domestic purposes. I believe the BBC were broadcasting the olympics in this format to participating cinemas. Standing within 6 foot of the cinema screen the only pixelation I could detect was the reflective grains in the screen itself. Bandwidth is everything and sadly some of the larger players in the media industry tend to skimp on the bandwidth despite passing an extra charge for it. In fact the engineer who came to repair my TV was surprised at the image quality from my Scientific Atlantic DVR, it was a dramatic improvement over their digital satalite reciever in their workshop. Given that the owner of the company that made theses boxes earned himself a peerage, most people would settle for adequate over super hi def.
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