wraggster
August 22nd, 2012, 11:43
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/08/lg-84-inch-uhdtv.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/22/lg-4k-84-inch-uhdtv/)Just in time to completely blow away that puny flat screen you nabbed for your dorm room, LG has announced its 84-inch ultra high definition LCD TV (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/28/lg-unveils-84-inch-ultra-definition-4k-tv-its-bringing-to-ces/) is ready to ship in South Korea. The company put its first UHDTV up for pre-ordering last month, at a price of 25 million won, which currently converts to about $22,105 US. The 84LM9600 does 3D with LG's Cinema 3D (http://www.engadget.com/tag/fpr) passive glasses technology, however its ultra high pixel count means you're still watching in 1080p even with the resolution loss since it starts at 3,840 x 2,160, and also features "3D sound" with integrated 2.2 channel speakers.
The bad news of course is that finding actual 4K res content is practically impossible, despite recentwork on standards (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/itu-ultra-hdtv-3d-tv-standards/) and even some testing by broadcasters (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/29/4k-tv-being-trialed-in-the-uk/). Still, plug this into a BDP-S790 Blu-ray player, certain PS3 apps or just output the latest video you've shot and it should be worth the price of admission, assuming you're one of the (presumably) well-heeled Korean VIP customers that managed to snag one so far. If you're not then don't worry -- the press release (included after the break) reveals you'll have your chance once they start shipping worldwide in September, we plan to get our eyes on a production model at IFA 2012 in Germany.
The bad news of course is that finding actual 4K res content is practically impossible, despite recentwork on standards (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/itu-ultra-hdtv-3d-tv-standards/) and even some testing by broadcasters (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/29/4k-tv-being-trialed-in-the-uk/). Still, plug this into a BDP-S790 Blu-ray player, certain PS3 apps or just output the latest video you've shot and it should be worth the price of admission, assuming you're one of the (presumably) well-heeled Korean VIP customers that managed to snag one so far. If you're not then don't worry -- the press release (included after the break) reveals you'll have your chance once they start shipping worldwide in September, we plan to get our eyes on a production model at IFA 2012 in Germany.