Sony's 16K Liquid Crystal LED screen - for $5Million?!?!?!

[Doramius]

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Forget 8K, Sony’s New 63-Foot 16K Crystal LED TV Is Now Available—for a Few Million

The ballpark figure is $5 million.

BY RACHEL CORMACK ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

 

Courtesy of Sony

When a new gogglebox drops, it’s always the same drill: The screen gets bigger, the resolution gets better and the design gets bolder. Indeed, it’s difficult for a brand to stand out. Unless you’re Sony and the new TV your peddling is the size of a New York City public bus and also happens to boasts an unheard-of 16K screen.

 

Earlier this year when Sony unveiled the colossal 63-foot TV—the biggest 16K screen of its kind—it had commercial cinemas in its sights. But, hey, why should theaters have all the fun? Yesterday, the Japanese tech titan announced the Crystal LED display system will be available for home installation.

The best part? The system utilizes modular technology which means it can accommodate virtually any desired size and resolution—from a 16-foot 4K to an epic 63-foot 16K. Of course, we opt for the latter which features four times as many horizontal pixels as a 4K television and eight times that of a high-def 1080p TV. Translation: It delivers a stunning picture to a gigantic space.

 

Courtesy of Sony

“Crystal LED delivers over a million-to-one contrast ratio, the most accurate light levels, low heat emission and a picture quality that is absolutely breathtaking. By offering the display in modular configurations, consumers now have an exciting new option for the transition from home projection systems and large-screen TVs,” said Mike Fasulo, president and chief operating officer at Sony North America.

The micro-LED technology works like OLED, but the modules—which each measure 16×18 inches in size at 360 x 360 resolution with three tiny LEDs per pixel—are much brighter, producing 1,000 nit of brightness even though they are half the width of a human hair. The screen also boasts a 99 percent black surface area to ensure high contrast and high resolution; blur-free images with high frame rates of up to 120p; and a nearly 180-degree viewing angle.

As you might expect, the setup is not cheap. Although Sony has not yet released pricing, each module reportedly costs approximately $10,000. That means the 4K unit (which has 72 modules) would sit at around $720,000, while the 16K screen (with 576 modules) might cost up to $5 million, according to Engadget. But think of the movie tickets you’ll save on having a cinema in your own home.

 

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So the Main question is......When's Linus doing his review on it?

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[Zando_]

Awww yeah bruh who needs a Bugatti Chiron when you can spend more on a screen you then need hundreds of thousands in hardware to drive so you can watch content no one makes at that res 

[Doramius]

Future-proofing.

[FezBoy]

So what, 27ppi?  K.

Looks great for a home theater, but not really an improvement in tech.  I bet it takes a lot of power to drive tho.

[Senzelian]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Awww yeah bruh who needs a Bugatti Chiron when you can spend more on a screen you then need hundreds of thousands in hardware to drive so you can watch content no one makes at that res 

Unlike a Bugatti, it at least looks nice.

[Lurick]

Cool, I'll take 3 for my summer home and another 7 for my main home

[Master Disaster]

Meanwhile 4K TV is still nowhere to be seen and due to bandwidth constraints will probably only ever appear over cable or satellite. 8K content is almost non existent outside of media studios and pretty much nothing is capable of recording at 16K yet.

 

This is probably the most pointless thing since Apples refresh of the Mac Pro line.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Senzelian said:

Unlike a Bugatti, it at least looks nice.

Chiron certainly looks better than the Veyron IMO, but yeah they can be interesting looking cars at times. I just mentioned them because they're the only cars I know of that cost a few million. I think some Paganis and such miiight? But they're much less well known (although much more beautiful and absolute works of art). 

[dizmo]

That's. Insane. 63 foot is more than most movie theater screens by a pretty wide margin. I like the modular aspect though, might make for some neat set ups.

As with all things, the price will eventually come down.

Though it's Sony. So it probably has a bunch of proprietary interconnects, and a proprietary power plug.

 

3 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Meanwhile 4K TV is still nowhere to be seen and due to bandwidth constraints will probably only ever appear over cable or satellite. 8K content is almost non existent outside of media studios and pretty much nothing is capable of recording at 16K yet.

 

This is probably the most pointless thing since Apples refresh of the Mac Pro line.

There's actually quite a bit of 4k content on Netflix, and it's only growing by the day. You can't expect it to magically appear and everything to be 4k all at once.

[Deli]

This TV would fit nicely in my private jet.

[Tech_Dreamer]

At some point you need to realize buying a dual laser projector for half the price is far more economical.

[Princess Luna]

9 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

pretty much nothing is capable of recording at 16K yet.

RTX TITAN 2way SLI "vintage Half Life 2 gaming" here we go.

[Deli]

Sony should sponsor Linus with this TV in a new episode for his new home cinema set up.

[TechyBen]

13 minutes ago, dizmo said:

That's. Insane. 63 foot is more than most movie theater screens by a pretty wide margin. I like the modular aspect though, might make for some neat set ups.

As with all things, the price will eventually come down.

Though it's Sony. So it probably has a bunch of proprietary interconnects, and a proprietary power plug.

 

There's actually quite a bit of 4k content on Netflix, and it's only growing by the day. You can't expect it to magically appear and everything to be 4k all at once.

The 1080p content is poor quality (bitrate), I'd hate to see the 4k (I did a few years back, when it was bleeding edge new, I was not impressed, the 4k HDD/SSD solutions were great though at max bitrates).

[Dabombinable]

This is early 4K screens all over again.

[Trik'Stari]

I'd play Stardew Valley on that.

[BuckGup]

Yeah but I bet it looks amazing. If I was Jeff Besos rich you bet I would have 3 of these for gaming

[Just Monika]

I'm afraid to think about how many dead pixels one can expect if they decide to buy one of these screens.

[williamcll]

So is this MicroLED or LCLED?

[Gegger]

for my bazillion dollar miencraft setup!

[Thready]

Gonna be about $199.99 at Walmart in about 10 years

[BaconLord222]

Is it even possible to record more than 8k at this point in time? If not then the screen's probably going to be useless for quite some time.

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Meanwhile 4K TV is still nowhere to be seen and due to bandwidth constraints will probably only ever appear over cable or satellite. 8K content is almost non existent outside of media studios and pretty much nothing is capable of recording at 16K yet.

 

This is probably the most pointless thing since Apples refresh of the Mac Pro line.

the future of TV is over the internet i bet.

[Mihle]

1 hour ago, BaconLord222 said:

Is it even possible to record more than 8k at this point in time? If not then the screen's probably going to be useless for quite some time.

If you have so much money that you can afford the full size of 16k, you can also afford to pay someone to make a animation that is 16k most likely.

[PlayStation 2]

Ah yes, Sony back at it with the uselessly niche things. Because they didn't learn anything from Betamax, pushing Video8 into homes and failing, the PSX, the PS Vita and the fall of their TV division.