14 DAY TRIAL // It isn't exactly accurate to say that there was a price cut on the market of ultra high-definition television sets, but when a UHD TV launches with a price of $1,300 / 995 Euro, people notice.
Japanese company Seiki is the one that made the product, a 50-inch model with a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels.
Looking at the price tag, we can only hope that this is not a typo. We can almost see TigerDirect modifying the page and saying “sorry, we missed a zero.”
TigerDirect is the online shop that is responsible for the newcomer being available in the United States.
Like on most other displays nowadays, and basically every new TV, the aspect ratio is of 16:9 (widescreen).
Sadly, we don't really know anything about Seiki, so we can't tell how high its image quality standards are.
The price looks like a miracle, but everything else about the product and its maker is unknown, so it could be risky to order one.
Then again, the price is what one would expect from a regular HDTV, so it might be worth it.
Of course, buyers will have to figure out on their own how they are going to make the best of the resolution.
The display may not cost much, but 4K imagery will demand media players, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, and other audio/video devices that can output streams at that resolution.
Quite a few of them have been launched, or are about to be, courtesy of Pioneer, Sony, Samsung, etc. Needless to say, they all have hefty prices of their own. Not actually in the tens of thousands of dollars/Euro range, maybe not even in the triple-zero range, but still a lot, especially for those that would buy Seiki's panel because of the chance to save money.