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May 19th, 2011, 08:13 GMT · By

Sharp Makes World's First 7680 x 4320 Resolution LCD

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Sharp LCD has a massive resolution
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There has definitely been no shortage of large format displays on the market, but Sharp probably has what it needs to completely thrash every other LCD screen out there now that it has finished creating the first Super Hi-Vision model.

Nowadays, the Full HD video quality (resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels) is one that pretty much determines whether or not a screen is a high-end panel.

Granted, this resolution alone can be found on less expensive monitors and TVs as well, but it usually is associated with high quality.

Then, there are displays like a certain, huge screen that Sharp introduced a very short time ago, and which practically smashes, so to speak, the idea of top-tier image quality.

One way to describe it would be to say that the Sharp LCD, with a diagonal of 85 inches, is the world's first model to support the Super Hi-Vision television broadcast format.

A different, a more explanatory way to describe the newcomer would be to just point out its massive resolution.

Basically, the 85-inch beast support 33 megapixels, otherwise writable as 7,680 x 4,320 pixels, or 16 times greater than the aforementioned Full HD.

For an even stronger impression, it is a resolution that no video card of today can even get close to, much less relay.

To be fair, though, there really isn't much, if anything, in terms of TV broadcasts that can leverage that pixel format either, not yet anyway.

The UV2A LCD technology was employed in the TV's construction, although the size of 85 inches makes the screen actually limited to industrial and commercial applications.

Up next, Sharp will undoubtedly start to try and cram the same number of pixels on smaller, consumer-grade displays, so that UHDTV may end up in all living rooms. Just how close to bankruptcy such a product will push buyers remains to be seen.

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Comment #1 by: Gramma on 20 May 2011, 04:05 UTC reply to this comment

Who needs such a big TV? A decent projector can do already.


Comment #2 by: Michael Harris on 18 Jul 2011, 13:01 UTC reply to this comment

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