First 3D TV’s and now 4K TV’s

As a techie/nerd I always try to stay on top of the newest tech­nol­ogy, but some­times even I throw in the towel and give my pock­ets a rest. As you all have seen and heard, 3D tech­nol­ogy is the newest fad in home the­ater (thanks to the pop­u­lar­ity of Avatar), along with a need to keep rap­ing our pock­ets. Ini­tially, the need for cutting-edge hard­ware was based on the need for 1080p, 1080i, and 720p, then came along the 60mhz, 120mhz and the newest 240mhz — now of course its 3D. Well, get ready for some­thing new to blow your mind — and that my friends is “quad TV “. The NAB (National Asso­ci­a­tion of Broad­cast­ing) was demon­strat­ing these new TV’s which boast a res­o­lu­tion of 3840 x 2120 and up, which clas­si­fies them as ultra-high def. So these new tv’s will pro­duce roughly 4X the pix­els of cur­rent 1080p pictures.

These new tv’s will debut in Korea first, but I am sure we will be see­ing this tech­nol­ogy shortly after the 3D buzz dies down. CES has already shown us some 4K tech­nol­ogy from Pana­sonic which debuted their 152-inch plasma which is capa­ble of 3D  and boasts a 4096 x 2160 res­o­lu­tion and a 17:9 aspect ratio.

While I am all for new tech­nol­ogy, it really is get­ting fuck­ing ridicu­lous! 3D, while inno­v­a­tive, is really not as awe­some as it’s hyped up to be. (Read Handel’s impres­sions) I think that if broad­cast TV is at 480p & 720p then the next step is 1080p and then 3D. We aren’t even at 1080p and net­works are all ready to hop on the 3D band­wagon. It’s going to be sen­sory over­load, and in the end, our pock­ets will be empty and our eyes will be burned out.

So are you ready for 3D, or will you wait for 4K?

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Excerpts & Image Credits:Dvice.com & DigitalTrends.com

Rich

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