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$90,000 103in HDTV

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-a-little-excessive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Found this review of Panasonic's 103in plasma. Not only is the screen itself massive, but the price tag comes close to $100,000! I guess if you can afford a room big enough to house it, you can afford the TV. "

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  1. rear projection by Devil's+BSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really, at that price, getting a $20,000 projector and setting up a rear projection screen system would be better. I mean, you could use the $70,000 saved to buy a handful of Blu-Ray(TM) DVD's!

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    1. Re:rear projection by thegrassyknowl · · Score: 5, Funny

      I mean, you could use the $70,000 saved to buy a handful of Blu-Ray(TM) DVD's!

      Yeah, you could probably get one or two HD-DVDs and then get the change sued off you by the MPAA For watching them.

      I gotta say I like it - not so much because it's big and HD, but because it's unwieldy and thief-proof. Just imagine the poor schmuck who tries to steal it. Score one for Panasonic finally making a common-thief-proof TV. If this baby goes missing you can track down all the professional riggers and crane operators and find it in no time!

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  2. no speakers by maharg · · Score: 4, Funny
    50 grand and it doesn't even come with speakers ? pah !

    Audio output power: N/A (line outs only)
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    1. Re:no speakers by sarathmenon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't worry, they have a 100 grand speakers to pair along with it.

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    2. Re:no speakers by maharg · · Score: 4, Funny

      .. don't forget the remote, a snip at 10 grand ..

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  3. Dead Pixel! by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 5, Funny

    AAAARGH!

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  4. Sad thing ... by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 2, Funny

    The installers were testing the machine when their union mandated coffee break came up. By the time they punched their clock and returned to work, the test image of "PANASONIC" has been burnt in. So very sad....

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  5. Ob. Penny-Arcade by Nerdfest · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can sympathize: Comic

  6. They don't come down in price by Colin+Smith · · Score: 4, Funny

    They just wait for inflation to catch up.

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  7. Not as big as Frank's... by Bazman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Risin' above the city, blocking out the noonday sun
    It dwarfs the mighty redwoods and it towers over everyone
    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!

    It's Frank's 2000" TV (Frank's 2000" TV)
    Everbody come and see(Frank's 2000" TV)
    Frank's 2000" TV (Frank's 2000" TV)

      ( Weird Al Yankovic of course, http://www.whatarethelyrics.com/WEIRDALYANKOVIC/Fr anks2000.html )

  8. Re:i'm looking forward to the day by jamesh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Graffiti will have taken on a whole new meaning by then. Taggers won't be walking around with spray cans full of paint, they'll walk around with computers and reprogram the walls to display their tags (and they'll have spray cans with no paint, just solvents, so they can still huff them :)

  9. Replacement by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would be a nice replacement for my window.

  10. Re:For the US-centric... by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) $90,000 is the price after currency conversion and VAT (UK's 17.5% "Sales tax"). Without VAT, the TV is $78,000 in a pure currency converted price.
    Oh, that settles it then -- I'm going out to get one right now, I'll pay for it out of petty cash.
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  11. Priceless? by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. 103" HDTV Plasma: $90,000
    2. Ferrari car: $1,000,000
    3. Watching aftermath from a too frantic Wii car game: Priceless.

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  12. Re:Power Consumption by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any ideas what a comparable CRT would consume?
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  13. Re:i'm looking forward to the day by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hey, if I'm gonna dream, I want a lot more than that. Give me a holodeck and a flying car, goddammit!

    Oh, and I want a moonbase too. 40 years later and all NASA has given me so far me is some Tang.

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  14. Premier League by dunc78 · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about these Premier League footballers they refer to... Can they compete with our U.S. NFL footballers, or they more along the lines of NFL Europe footballers?

  15. Re:i'm looking forward to the day by sootman · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's already dreaming far beyond you--he's talking about getting good products and service at Radio Shack!

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  16. Re:Costs $0.41 Per Minute To Watch by NotTheNickIWanted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it $0.41 or 0.41 cents per minute?
    Please hold, and a representative for Verizon will attempt to answer your question shortly.
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  17. Re:For the US-centric... by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think it isn't low-res? I was quite depressed when I saw how few pixels they'd given it. At 103", 1920x1080 equates to a rather paltry 22dpi.

    The would have added that CSI miracle-zoom-in technology that would make a higher pixel resolution a sensible option, but the royalties were too high.