I think the most impressive thing is that it's only 5 inches thick. It's amazing what sort of technology we have!
Incidentally, if anyone has an extra $80,000 (after buying Jay's TV, of course), I'll take one. Better yet, buy me a 30 inch tv and give the rest to your favorite charity.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Eh, our 6'x8' high quality projection screen and video projector cost considerably less than that and give us a 110" diagonal. Plus the screen hangs in the archway between the entry and the living room and retracts when we're not using it so it doesn't take up all the wallspace.
Posted by Marlozhan (Member # 2422) on :
I still think 80,000 is too much for the TV. It seems like the price increased 5 times more than the size did.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
But dkw, can yours play cable or just dvds?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I wonder how far away we are from when those huge screens that you see in something like I, Robot are on top of tall buildings all over the cities.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Go to Times Square and look at all the gian screens they have there.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
If I bothered to hook the cable to the tuner/VCR/DVD deck, ours would play cable too.
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
I'm with dkw, our ceiling projector and 76" screen cost less than $500, and being able to roll it up when we're not using it is priceless. Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
This calls to mind one of my favourite songs:
"Frank's 2000 inch TV" by Weird Al.
[I still remember when that delivery truck came down our block What a lucky guy, I hear he got the last one in stock And the neighbors are just green They say, "That's the biggest screen we've ever seen!"]
I've always taken that song to mean that it's good to have some sense of proportions. But sometimes I think we're all just looking for something bigger, better and bolder. Which makes me sad, somehow.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by dkw: Eh, our 6'x8' high quality projection screen and video projector cost considerably less than that and give us a 110" diagonal. Plus the screen hangs in the archway between the entry and the living room and retracts when we're not using it so it doesn't take up all the wallspace.
There is a comparable screen for sale on e-bay right now for the buy it now price of $250. Add to that a high quality projector, speakers and a receiver and you could easily put together the full system for under $2000. So why would anyone spend the $80,000.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:"Frank's 2000 inch TV" by Weird Al.
That really is a fun song.
Posted by BaoQingTian (Member # 8775) on :
How's the quality on those projectors? The last one I've seen was about 5 years ago, and I wasn't too impressed. Does the quality approach that of the plasma screens? Also, how big of a room do you need to use one?
Edit: I'm kind of interested in getting one.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
The quality is not the same as plasma, but it's good enough.
And as The Rabbit has indicated, you can spend more and get a projector with more lumens and get a DVD set up with HiDef TV capabilities. You'd still be able to tell the difference, I suspect, but really, until the price of Plasma screens drops significantly, this is THE way to get a large picture, IMO.
I like the normal-sized home plasma systems -- they are really nice and the price on those is dropping to the point where I'd consider it. But since I really like the projector bit, I would probably just upgrade my projector instead of getting plasma.
We haven't got a reasonable space in our LR for a regular TV anyway.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
While I haven't invested in a projector system myself, I work at a university that has a fleet of projectors. Several times a semester various students groups I work with have a movie night where they show a DVD using one of the various projection systems and I find the quality to be quite impressive as long as its projected on a good screen and not a wall. I can't say that the difference in quality between the projection systems and a plasma screen is enough to justify paying double the price let alone 40 times the price.
Come $80,000 dollars!! For the same price you could go to the movie theaters at $10 a pop everynight for 22 years.
Heck if you put the $80,000 in a CD at 4% interest, you could go to 320 movies a year (at $10 a pop) without ever touching the principal.
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