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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    As a result, the vendors are expected to drop prices to around the same as mid-range or high-end Full HD units to help clear out reserves, the observers said.

    Some vendors are expected to drop pricing as a means to further promote the technology, the observers noted.

    A 55-inch TCL Ultra HD TV in China that uses panel technology from China Star Optoelectronics (CSOT) is currently priced CNY$9,000 (US$1,470) while a 50-inch unit is priced CNY$7,000. Such units could be among the Ultra HD TVs expected to drop in price during the October period.

    http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130902PD206.html

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    That Panasonic will have a 4K TV ready to go to market is no great surprise. They will be the last of the really big boys to hop aboard and we were not only expecting them to have 4K LED but their UHD OLED.

    What's more significant is that it looks as though HDMI 2.0 is finally here, which should truly make the next-gen TV format a workable reality.

    HDMI 2.0 will support 4K at 50p/60p.

    For the uninitiated, HDMI in its current 1.4 revision is only capable of displaying a maximum of 30 frames per second at a 3840×2160 resolution. That should be fine, for most, to enjoy movies but it's going to be sorely lacking for the likes of fast paced sports, where standards bodies are looking for anything up to 120 frames per second to maintain clarity with the extra pixels.

    Via: http://www.avforums.com/forums/avforums-news-notices/1809156-ifa-2013-panasonics-first-ultra-hd-tv-breaks-cover-hdmi-2-0-a.html

    So it seems like soon you could get 32" 4K TV as monitor.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Sony's 4K video store has officially gone live today, offering owners of the company's $699 4K media player over 70 movies and TV shows in native Ultra HD resolution. Sony expects its 4K video library will grow to over 100 titles by the end of the year.

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/4/4693788/sony-4k-video-store-now-available-70-movies-tv-shows

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    MAHWAH, N.J., Sept. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Electronics Corporation today announced the national availability of the 70" class (69.5" diagonal) AQUOS 4K Ultra HD TV (LC-70UD1U), the first 4K Ultra HD television to receive the coveted THX® 4K certification for picture quality and the only 70" class 4K Ultra HD TV*. The AQUOS 4K Ultra HD TV is now available at national specialty retailers, at major regional retailers and on Amazon.com for a suggested retail price of $7,499.99.

    With four times the pixel resolution of high definition and Sharp's proprietary Revelation™ 4K Upscaler, everything you watch on the AQUOS 4K Ultra HD LED TV appears sharper, more realistic, more stunning. The 70" class (69.5" diagonal) AQUOS 4K not only offers a more vivid image, it also offers 16% more screen size than leading competitors' 65" Class TVs.

    Hmm. Can be good size for 4K :-)

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    DENVER, Sept. 26, 2013 (CEDIA Booth #1100) – Sony Electronics today announced three home theater front projectors for the custom install channel. The VPL-VW1100ES and VPL-VW600ES 4K front projectors join the High Definition VPL-HW55ES home projector as the leading SXRD-based, large-format displays for the home.

    Sony VPL-VW1100ES 4K Home Theater Projector

    Specifically designed to support the evolving 4K Ultra HD standards, this new model is also available bundled with the Sony 4K Ultra HD Media Player (model FMP-X1) used to access, download, store and play back 4K content from the Video Unlimited 4K service. 2,000 ANSI-lumens of brightness makes it suitable for screen sizes up to 200-inches diagonally. With outstanding black levels due to Sony's Iris 3 technology and advanced SXRD panels, the projector can achieve an incredible 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast. This projector offers a variety of installation options and includes dual triggers, a 2.1x motorized zoom, expanded lens shift, an RS232 interface, control over IP and compatibility with leading home automation systems.

    Priced at $27,999.99, the VW1100ES projector also uses Sony's Reality Creation picture engine to dramatically enhance all video content regardless of source, however it also integrates the latest HDMI standard to support 4K/60p playback for smoother images when watching fast moving action content.

    Sony VPL-VW600ES 4K Home Theater Projector

    The VPL-VW600ES home theater projector offers Full Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)-based 4096 x 2160 resolution, delivering a cinematic 4K experience. The VPL-VW600ES projector boasts 1,700 ANSI-lumens of brightness and a 200,000:1 contrast ratio. It supports 4K native resolution at 60 frames per second.

    The VPL-VW600ES sports a compact, installation-friendly design, offering technology integrators and end-users more options for placement, especially in replacement situations. New features such as front-exhaust, a 2.06x powered zoom lens, and a wide lens shift range provide further installation flexibility and remarkable performance in nearly every screening room. For 3D viewing, the VW600 includes a built in RF transmitter which conforms to the "Full HD 3D Initiative" industry standard and uses the same glasses as Sony's 3D Bravia televisions. Available in November for $14,999.99

    Cheap stuff :-)

  • matt_gh2matt_gh2

    Cool - Any chance we could get these on a PV deals?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @matt_gh2

    Sure. It'll be significant discount at $27999.98 and $14999,98 respectively.

    Joking.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Officially announced in conjunction with the start of the 2013 Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) Expo, the new LG LA9650 series comes in 65- and 55-inch class sizes (64.7- and 54.6-inch diagonal, respectively) and features a native Ultra HD screen resolution of 3,820 x 2,160 for superior picture quality.

    The 65 and 55-inch class LA9650 Ultra HD TVs will be available through U.S. retailers beginning this month at suggested prices of $4,999 and $3,499, respectively. These new sets join LG's LA9700 series 65- and 55-inch class (64.7- and 54.6-inch diagonal, respectively) Ultra HD TVs, which are now priced at $6,499 and $4,499, respectively. The step up LA9700 series features LG's proprietary NANO FULL LED array backlighting and unique sliding speaker. LG's award-winning 84-inch class (84.04 inch diagonal) LM9600 sells for $16,999.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    JVC DLA-X900

    With its new line, JVC continues to offer the industry’s highest native contrast performance, further improved this year by a new D-ILA device and a new wire grid polarizer. JVC has also added a user-selectable Intelligent Lens Aperture that can dial in even deeper blacks. And projectors equipped with 4K e-shift3, the latest iteration of the company’s e-shift technology, feature a 4K signal input (60P) so that now both 4K and 2K sources can be displayed as 3840 x 2160 images.

    JVC’s 2014 projectors are the Procision Series DLA-X900R, DLA-X700R, and DLA-X500R, marketed by JVC’s Consumer AV Group, and the Reference Series DLA-RS6710, DLA-RS67, DLA-RS57, DLA-RS4910, and DLA-RS49, available through JVC Professional Products Company. All are 3D-enabled and offer 4K e-shift3.

    The new JVC projectors use three sixth generation JVC D-ILA imaging devices. This new device features a pixel gap that’s 40 percent narrower than the previous chip for a smoother picture, a 10 percent improvement in light efficiency for a light output of 1,300 lumens, and improved native contrast, which is also enhanced by a new, third generation wire grid optical engine. As a result, native contrast ratios for the new projectors are:

    • DLA-X900R/RS67/RS6710: 150,000:1
    • DLA-X700R/RS57: 120,000:1
    • DLA-X500R/RS49/RS4910: 60,000:1

    To further boost contrast, JVC has developed a user-selectable Intelligent Lens Aperture. When engaged, JVC’s Intelligent Lens Aperture produces deeper black levels while maintaining white levels superior to what’s delivered by competing projectors using a dynamic iris.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    DIAMOND BAR, Calif. – Oct. 1, 2013 – Seiki Digital, Inc. (www.seiki.com), announced today the availability and pricing for its 65-inch class 4K Ultra High-Definition television (Ultra HD TV). The new 4K Ultra HD model (SE65UY04) will be available in December at an MSRP of $2,999.

    The Seiki 65-inch class 4K model features a thin piano black finish bezel, 64.5-inch diagonal panel size, built-in digital and analog channel tuning, USB port for displaying 4K photos via USB flash drive, and multiple video and audio connections to support current high-definition video content. The model is also packaged with an HDMI 1.4 standard cable

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    For our head-to-head evaluation, I cued up each movie—one playing on the Sony media player connected to the Sony Ultra HD TV, the other playing on Oppo Blu-ray player connected to the three 1080p sets and Sony's 55-inch Ultra HD TV—and synced them so that all five TVs displayed the same content simultaneously. Whenever a well-focused, finely detailed scene appeared, I paused both players on the exact same frame and compared image detail across all the TVs.

    So was there a difference between the 4K and 1080p images? The simple answer is yes—the 4K films did show a noticeable bump in image detail compared to their HD counterparts.

    But there's a caveat: These differences were not present on all movies, and were visible only when viewed less than 2 feet from the screen, and even then only on certain scenes. When I moved back about 7 feet from the displays, differences between 4K and HD content were not discernible to any meaningful degree. In all cases, the differences between the two formats were in the very finest details in the image.

    Do you need Ultra HD? No, you don't. As long as Ultra HD TVs command a premium price over comparably sized HD sets, it's hard to justify the extra expense, especially given the reality that UHD's advantages over regular HD will be lost in most typical home-viewing situations.

    http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/10/ultra-hd-vs-hd-tv-is-ultra-worth-the-extra-money/index.htm

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Cheap 4K monitor from Canon

    The Canon DP-V3010 4K Reference Display measures 30 inches wide diagonally by 7.4 inches deep to help minimize space requirements and provides a 2000:1 DCI-compliant contrast ratio, uniform brightness, very wide viewing angles in all four directions, internal color calibration and additional advanced features. Designed for use in color-grading, digital intermediate (DI), CGI/animation/visual effects (VFX), and editing/finishing suites, as well as digital imaging technician (DIT) workstations on production stages and on-location "video villages," the Canon DP-V3010 4K Reference Display provides full-screen 4096 x 2560 resolution with extremely high levels of color accuracy and fidelity.

    The Canon DP-V3010 4K Reference Display is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2014 for a suggested list price of $40,000.

    http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e02480a6996f

    http://usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/reference_displays/dp_v3010

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    It had been presented as concept previously and now it seems to be turning into actual product.

    • 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD screen with 3840x2560, 15:10 aspect ratio
    • Intel® Core™ i5-3437U vPro™ processor with NVIDIA® GeForce® 745M GPU
    • Windows 8.1 Pro
    • 256GB SSD, 8 GB RAM and 2GB VRAM
    • 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth® v4.0 (Class 1), USB 3.0, SDXC card slot, smart card reader, docking connector
    • Rugged, with resistance to 12-inch drops to 26 angles (non-operating) and 30-inch drop to its back (operating)
    • Battery hold only 2 hours per MobileMark
    • 5.27 lbs., 0.49 inch thick
    • Price - $5999
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Ultra HD TV panel shipments are expected to surpass 26 million units in 2014, up from about 2.7 million units in 2013, according to industry sources.

    As pricing for Ultra HD TV panels is expected to drop in 2014, and as more TV vendors, including second-tier vendors from major markets such as China, plan to enter the Ultra HD TV market or expand their Ultra HD TV lineups, shipments of Ultra HD TVs are expected to increase about ten-fold in 2014.

    http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20131113PD206.html

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    In two three years, people will be buying 4k tv's for about the same as 1080p and they will be still watching a lot of SD stuff and even 4,3 ratio channel that will be stretched to 16,9. What all this silly thing about 4k is how marketing has brainwashed people and even the companies. Looking at my Plasma TV, I can only cry at the thought that Panasonic is stopping Plasma TV production.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    What all this silly thing about 4k is how marketing has brainwashed people and even the companies.

    Looking at my Plasma TV, I can only cry at the thought that Panasonic is stopping Plasma TV production.

    One of the core problems with plasmas is that they consumer more and US/EU consumers now are very concerned with set consumption due to officials pushes "economy".

    As for marketing thing. I'd like to see 32" 4K 3D TV with 4k60fps support to replace my current monitor :-)

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    China TV vendors are looking to release glasses-free 3D Ultra HD TVs by the Lunar New Year period set to take place in early 2014.

    In addition to advertising the TVs as new Ultra HD TV products, the China vendors are also hoping the technology will improve consumers' viewing experiences, as resolution drops when glasses-free 3D functions are used.

    Most of the 3D panels are expected to come from Taiwan panel makers, which are also expected to supply China-based vendors with NTSC 100% and 130% Ultra HD TV panels for use in products released in 2014.

    Most TV vendors in China believe that glasses-free 3D technology is an added-value feature that still has a lot of potential for growth in China but for largely in high-end units sized 55-inch and above

    http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20131118PD209.html

  • LongJohnSilverLongJohnSilver

    It seems that the new snapdragon 805 will bring (us) real UHD features.

    Now, less than a year later its successor is already on its way — and this time it supports 4K. The freshly announced Snapdragon 805 supports the "ultra" high definition standard for both watching and capturing video, and Qualcomm claims that it's the first mobile processor to feature "system-level Ultra HD support." The new processor also features improved performance thanks to the new Adreno 420 GPU, which the company says offers 40 percent more graphics processing power than the 800. Qualcomm says to expect the processor in actual devices starting in the first half of next year,

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5125464/qualcomm-snapdragon-805-4k-mobile-processor

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Dell UP2414Q

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    • 3840 x 2160 in 24 inches
    • 178º/178º Viewing Angle
    • 99% AdobeRGB and 100% sRGB (G-B LED backlight we assume)
    • Factory Calibrated to Delta-E < 2
    • 10-bit, 1.07 billion colors
    • HDMI, DisplayPort, mini-DP, four USB 3.0 and 6-in-1 card reader

    http://dcse.dell.com/us/en/gen/peripherals/dell-up2414q/pd.aspx?refid=dell-up2414q&s=gen

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    501 x 420 - 42K
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Our local suppliers started offering 4K TVs with passive 3D, made in China, with prices at about $1200 per set.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Global shipments of Ultra HD LCD TVs in 2014 will increase to 15-20 million units to take up 8-10% of all LCD TVs, with a large portion to be direct-type LED-backlit models, according to Taiwan-based panel component makers.

    China-based vendors will account for over 50% of the global shipments, South Korea-based vendors 20% and Japan-based vendors over 15%, the sources pointed out.

    4K TVs for LG and Samsung can the same as LCDs were for Japanese companies.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Speaking on a panel session at the Digital TV World Summit this morning, Horta said: “It’s about how to produce content. You need new production techniques. We are working on it where it makes sense and we have to see how we can distribute it. The UK will probably be first, with the rest of Europe to follow.” He said Discovery was looking at a five year period.

    http://4kultrahdtv.info/discovery-looking-at-4k-over-five-year-period-says-horta/

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