CMO to ship 47-inch Quad HD -- 1440p -- LCD in 2007
By Richard Lawler 
posted Oct 17th 2006 1:34AM
posted Oct 17th 2006 1:34AM
Despite 1440p not actually being an official spec just yet, Chi Mei Optoeletronics has officially announced it will be mass producing a 47-inch Quad HD LCD panel in the second quarter of 2007. We've been drooling over the lovely 56-inch 3,840 x 2,160 resolution -- and apparently delayed -- panel CMO has been showing off all year, it looks like your first chance to surpass 1080p will come in a 47-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 resolution package. Its 3.68 million pixels are 1.78 times as many as are in current 1080p (1,920 x 1,080) screens, along with 450 nits brightness, 1,500:1 contrast ratio, 90% NTSC color saturation and a 6.5ms response time. Dual-link DVI and HDMI 1.3 connections have WQXGA resolutions like this in mind, so keep an eye out for a PlayStation 3 software update to 1440p, the only true definition of HD. The 56-inch panel is pictured above, hopefully we'll get a look at this panel later this week during the FPD International conference in Japan.[Via Digitimes]
Oh great!
1440p is here at last!
I cant wait for my crappy 2003 1080i hdtv with no HDMI ports to die so i can get this
The beauty of 3,840 x 2,160 is that it can show 1280x720 and 1920x1080 WITHOUT SCALING. Finally a TV that works around the silly resolution choices that make up HD.
Well, not completely. Standard definition will still need to be scaled, but with that many pixels I bet it scales well.
Wait, what, some of it says 2160p and some says 1440p, wait what? I agree that 2160p would be good for scaling 720p 1080i and 1080p images, but what's 1440p for?
2160p = 4x pixels of 1080p .. or 4 1080p panels in a square
1440p = 4x pixels of 720p .. or 4 720p panels in a square
All that extra resolution is totally worthless. Nothing in the pipeline outputs resolutions that high, nothing is encoded at resolutions that high, and broadcast/digital TV standards will never be able to handle resoultions that high.
Wayne, its hardly worthless.
- mapping or other geological purposes
- medical imaging (xrays, CTs, etc)
- multiple HD displays on one screen (save space) for control rooms
- other industrial uses i cant think of
... basically, this is meant for commercial or industrial uses. It will most likely need to be driven by a PC running custom software or integrated into a system.
Putter, you make a great point. I should have stated that the increased resolution has no value to the home consumer. You demonstrated some excellent examples of other applications.
While the resolution is that high, it can only produce 90% of NTSC color gamut. ATSC color gamut is even higher. I am more interested in a realistic color image than more resolution. I heard the new laser TVs coming out can handle 3 times the color gamut as these TVs.
yea....but arent those laser tv's gonna be like uber expensive. I remember reading that a laser projector was starting at 300,000
the japanees tv bradcaster NHK already broadcasts a signal at 4 times the 1080 p rate,so thoes who say it cant be dun or it wont be usefull are still in the dark ages.More resolution=better blacks,sharper pictuer,crisper colours,a 3D effect. Oh and try not to sail off the edge of the earth.
Bear -- it's a good point you make, although NHK definitely doesn't have that technology ready yet. It's still just in testing, as you can see at the end of this story:
http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/10/ceatec_higher_than_high_hd_tv.php
If 1080p 46" LCDs are going for $4000+ now, just imagine how much this will be going for. I suspect 10s of thousands. Basically, If you planing on buying an HD tv, Dont bother waiting for these (unless your rich, actually, if your rich you can just buy 2 tvs :) )
I personally am planing to wait untill SED to make a purchase decision. I plan to have the money for my very first HD set in May 2007, but Im not sure if I should wait the 6 months from that point to see how SEDs fair to the market. If halo 3 ends up coming in 2007, I dont think I will be able to wait and see how SEDs do.
46" 1080p LCDs are going for $2200 (Westinghouse).
50" 1080p LCoS sets are about the same.
*drool*
I need a better paying job