http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/ Engadget Comments for Westinghouse's 56-inch D56QX1 Quad HD display on sale for $50,000 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
You had me there for a moment!]]>Jun 21st 2008 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 22nd 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
Dell 30" - 2560x1600 (4,096,000pix)

Twice the pixels of a Dell 30". That's something to brag about :P

Talk about ultra-immersive gaming!

Oh and for anyone who's going to say 'Can it play Crysis?', no, it can't, and probably won't be able to for a good few years yet :P]]>Jun 21st 2008 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Math is not your strong suit uh?]]>Jun 21st 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
But please, go on and explain.]]>Jun 21st 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/It appears that you are having difficulty with the math... ;)

(Hint: Think AREA)]]>Jun 21st 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
You brightened up my day :) ]]>Jun 21st 2008 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
1. They view the screen from like 3 inches away.

2. They can actually feed it native sources in Quad HD.

If you bought this, you would notice ABSOLUTELY no difference from a 1080p panel unless you do one of the above things, which you won't. No one watches TV 3 inches away (usually 8-12 ft) and there are no consumer Quad HD sources (unless you think watching someone's liver is enticing and you are willing to steal it from a hospital).

In fact, I would guess that since this is a Westinghouse (good, but not great panels normally), it would be inferior to a Pioneer reference display, of which you could buy 5 or 6 for $50,000.]]>Jun 21st 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
If these things go on sale from Toshiba and other companies, it means there are those who buy such products.]]>Jun 21st 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
1. They view the screen from like 3 inches away.

2. They can actually feed it native sources in Quad HD.

If you bought this, you would notice ABSOLUTELY no difference from a 1080p panel unless you do one of the above things, which you won't. No one watches TV 3 inches away (usually 8-12 ft) and there are no consumer Quad HD sources (unless you think watching someone's liver is enticing and you are willing to steal it from a hospital).

In fact, I would guess that since this is a Westinghouse (good, but not great panels normally), it would be inferior to a Pioneer reference display, of which you could buy 5 or 6 for $50,000.]]>Jun 21st 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
This would be great for basically 3 things:

1) Viewing pictures from your 10+ megapixel camera
2) Using it as a PC Monitor, which always takes advantage of high res
3) Music Visualizations beauty :D Milkedrop 2.0 anyone?]]>Jun 21st 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/What kind of graphics card would you use with it, most I know go only up to 2650*1600.
Secondly, that would seriously stress your CPUs to render an image that big (As far as I know, winamp visualizations are done on a cpu basis)]]>Jun 21st 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
2. Ultra High-end professional graphics cards - Nvidia Quadro FX and ATI FireGL - will handle such resolutions just fine.

3. MilkDrop 2.0 visualization plugin for Winamp uses Direct X9. Therefore, any graphics card capable Direct X9 acceleration will offload the visualization task from the CPU.]]>Jun 21st 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/
While i would agree with you that 1080i and 720p are hard to differentiate, 1080p against either of those is fairly obvious if you know what you are looking at. I would say the difference is noticeable on 32". If you don't know what you are looking at, don't even bother to get anything over 720p, cause you won't notice the difference after the first day and it'll save money.]]>Jun 21st 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/21/westinghouses-56-inch-d56qx1-quad-hd-display-on-sale-for-50-00/Jun 21st 2008 10:38PM