Eighteen 70-inch 1080p LCDs to advertise along Las Vegas strip

You've got to have some serious firepower to attract eyes in Las Vegas -- after all, there's already enough neon in place to keep the average tourist distracted for hours. That being said, Samsung thinks it has what it takes, as it's teaming up with Outdoor Promotions in order to install eighteen 70-inch 1080p LCD panels "on prominent bus shelters spanning the Vegas strip from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on the south side to the Rivera Hotel and Casino at the north end." The units will all be sunlight-readable and boast 2,000 nits of brightness along with localized audio. We're told that advertisements put up on the beastly sets will shuffle every 7.5- to 15-seconds in a continuous loop, and while the initial 18 are slated to go up in October, another 20 are planned for early 2009 (pre-CES, pretty please?)

[Image courtesy of IntelligentEconomy]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 2:42PM]

Interesting. I wonder if this means that Samsung is going to market 70" LCDs to the consumer so flat panel can FINALLY catch up to RPTV in screen size.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 3:27PM]

They already have it...for $39,999

Where are the 57" LCD's? They used to make a few, now everyone stops at 52" and jumps to 65-70" with horrific price tags.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 4:10PM]

Wow, I didn't see that when I checked Samsung's consumer TV site before my post. No wonder, for 40 large! Obviously these are not targeted at consumers for the foreseeable future. Bummer.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 2:50PM]

I got dibs on 1 of them I called it!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 3:29PM]

on bus shelters? why bother with such awesome tv's for things bums pee in all the time

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 3:31PM]

Ha! funny how LCD is chosen in the city of bright lights. One thing for sure, with the brightness of LCD's there will be no problem fitting in/standing out.

Maybe they have found something to do with all the LCDs that will be thrown out once OLED comes on line................that or use say 3 of them as a replacement for the sun.

Its also quite fitting that in the state where people pay to get taken for a ride, they use the display technology that has taken the consumer for a ride for the past 5 years or so.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 4:24PM]

OLED has a long way to go. Especially since early reports have noted problems with durability and consistent performance on OLED sets. It will be a while before they over-take LCD's. Also, if Sony treats OLED they way it treats Blu-Ray, it's going to compound the issue with even more problems....

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 6:35PM]

I know where I'm going to get my 70" LCD..

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2008 10:51AM]

Yoink!