LG Coming to CES with Massive 3D TV
PrintIf you're one of the few to have a new 3D HDTV, it's about to feel a little smaller. LG has announced they will be bringing their LZ9700 3D HDTV to CES. This beast is going to be 72-inches of three-dimensional glory, making it the world's largest consumer LCD 3D TV. Not only that, but this will be an LED backlit LCD panel with local dimming. That means much better black levels in dark scenes.
The LZ9700 will also support DLNA, USB storage, and Media Link. It will also have LG's 400Hz "TruMotion" motion smoothing technologyas well. We've always felt these technologies make images look almost waxy, but they can be good for high motion content. LG says in the press release the set will be on sale in early 2011, but neglected to even ballpark a price. We assume it’s going to be selling somewhere in the neighborhood of 'more money that you have'.
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TheQuietShadow
December 29, 2010 at 9:16am
Finally, It's about time that we get a virtual reality TV.
mtnmanak
December 28, 2010 at 1:26am
I assume this is a native 1080P panel - my question is - how good does 1080P look on such a huge screen? By my admittedly uninformed calculations, if the TV has a 16:9 ration screen, then a 72” diagonal TV would be 62.775” wide. At 1080P, that gives a DPI rating of about 30 DPI. That is an amazingly course resolution. It seems like that 1080P would not look very good on a screen this size. Maybe I am missing something – anyone out there have better awareness of how they overcome this?
jgrimoldy
December 28, 2010 at 2:30pm
With a width of 62.775(ish)", the height would be about 35.25". Yeah, 1080P gives you about 30 DPI. You can visually count 32 dots in an inch. That is rather coarse.
There's got to be something more going on here to make the picture look high res. Perhaps they're doubling the vertical resolution and interpolating the missing scan lines based on those they know.
Just because the screen is compatible with 1080p I don't think it means manufacturers are confined to that exact resolution. The only problem with this guess is that I'd think it would result in a blurry picture.
It's likely a moot point anyway. Most folks' wives will never let them get a set that large. Considering this, it still is an interesting hypothetical question.
dracx619
December 28, 2010 at 8:18am
well having seem some of these monsters at NAB a few years back, i remember a few looking kind of blurry but another looked pretty darn good. i dont know how they do it, but when set up right, it still looks fine. i wouldn't get anything bigger than maybe 60" though.
sk8erboi101
December 27, 2010 at 4:32pm
WHAT!!!! this TV is a monster. i wonder what will be the limit to the rediculous sizes of televisions nowadays.
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