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Enter The 2160p HDTV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-take-two-to-go dept.

Dr. Eggman writes "The Consumer Electronics Show is kicking it in high gear as Westinghouse shows off its 2160p or "Quad" HDTV. While enthusiasts pine for new 1080p monitors Westinghouse has stated that the Quad HDTVs, like the 52" on display, "does not really target the consumer market, but high-end industrial applications.""

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  1. How to feed it ? by Rastignac · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What can one use to feed this beast ? Where to find very-very-HD contents ? (And what about the huge bandwidth and the huge storage needed ?).

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    1. Re:How to feed it ? by iamdrscience · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They say it's not really a consumer device, so I would assume, if you had any use for a display like this, you would also be generating whatever content it would be displaying. The use that comes to my mind most easily would be people editing films. If you're working with a very high-def version of a movie that will eventually be transferred to film or projected with a very high-def digital projector, then it would be nice to see what the film is really going to look like with the definition those formats will have.

      Another thing though is that media always lags behind the hardware to utilize it.

  2. What he really means to say by Bacon+Bits · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "[D]oes not really target the consumer market, but high-end industrial applications." Translation: "It's damn expensive right now, and we can't produce enough of them at consumer prices to make a profit."

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