[opendtv] Re: 4KTV at CES
- From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:10:36 -0400
There will always be those who want to push the limits of the technology on
the consumer end. These are the hobbyists who fall between the video
professional and the mainstream market. They are the early adopters who
drive the market and allow improved technology to get a foothold. This is
the market segment, along with the video novice with more money than they
need who just want to be able to say they have the latest and greatest.
There are also many more large displays out there than people realize.
While 84" may not be mainstream any time soon, 60" certainly is. This
article's author is correct for the average consumer, but the average Joe's
demand is not what drives new products. It is what drives later generation
products to the state of distribution as a commodity, which forces vendors
to look to the higher end of market segments for margin. Thank goodness
they do.
Leonard Caillouet, MS, CET
Gainesville, FL
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: 4KTV at CES
Cliff Benham posted:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57566079-221/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-st
ill-stupid/
Let me say, perhaps young reporters should be made to read articles from 20+
years ago, on HDTV, just so they don't sound like a broken record to those
of us who remember.
By now, practically everyone has seen the benefits of HDTV. And yet, every
argument made in the article was made wrt HDTV. And never mind all the
profuse hype about retina displays, whose value would be even more
questionable, if you take the first order approximations of what resolution
is "useful" too literally.
The comment that "no one will ever want an 80" TV set ever"? Déjà vu? Or the
cost arguments, that 4K displays are way too expensive? That one made me
chuckle, especially on this list!! (Time capsule: HDTVs were going to cost
10s of $K, so who in his right mind would want one?)
As to the chart, my HDTV is 42" 1366 X 768. I typically sit about 14'-15'
from it. But I can tell you, if I get up and walk any closer to it, the
pixels are clearly visible. Plus, there's no reason to assume that the
pixels becoming obvious is all there is to determine what resolution does
for the image. Ref. Retinal displays.
Bert
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