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Samsung Unveils 82 Inch LCD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the all-the-better-to-doom-you-with dept.

karvind writes "Physorg is reporting that Samsung Electronics has developed the world's largest liquid crystal display panel. This 82-inch TFT-LCD is 17 inches larger than LCD flat panel previously developed by Sharp. This development challenges plasma display panels in this market area. This full HD image quality (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) TFT-LCD panel was developed at the company's new production complex in Tangjeong, Korea. The soon-to-be operational 7th-generation production facility uses glass substrates that measure 1.87m x 2.20m."

6 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. Re:rejects by Jagen · · Score: 5, Informative

    Probably not anymore than when they make an apple 23inch dislay, the number of transistors is the same in both (same res).
    In fact given that the size of each transistor is larger in this screen it probably has a lower reject rate than the apple displays.

  2. Press release from Samsung + pic! by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the press release striaght from Samsung along with a picture of the beast. Wonder how much power this thing soaks up and how much heat it puts out?

  3. Nice but... by Ironsides · · Score: 4, Informative

    82" is nice and all, but I'd rather have their 102" Plasma"

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  4. Re:size/resolution by Silwenae · · Score: 5, Informative

    1920x1080 is the MPEG HDTV standard. The TV does exactly what it should do.

    Now granted, if you wanted to use it as a computer monitor, it would be different, but 99% of folks are going to use this as a TV, so that resolution is right on.

  5. Correcting your math, as requested by Animaether · · Score: 3, Informative

    Without pulling up the actual specs...
    2.2m = 220cm
    220cm / 1920pixels = 0.114583cm/pixel
    Or, in other terms, about 1.15mm/pixel

    1.86m = 187cm
    187 / 1080pixels = 0.173148cm/pixel
    Or, in other terms, about 1.73mm/pixel

    Slightly non-square, I'd imagine if I'd pull up the actual specs of the display panel itself (not the entire casing) I'd get square, and smaller, pixels yet.

  6. Re:rejects by Vihai · · Score: 3, Informative

    Probably it's the opposite; when the surface gets bigger, the probability of finding impurites (and thus bad pixels) gets higher.