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Matsushita unveils 150-inch plasma TV
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Matsushita unveils 150-inch plasma TV
Television tops 103-inch model released last year
Reuters
updated 12:10 p.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 7, 2008
LAS VEGAS - Japanese electronics conglomerate Matsushita Electric Industrial on Monday introduced a 150-inch plasma television, which it says is the world's biggest.
The new TV boasts four times better resolution than full high-definition 1080p picture quality and offers a screen the size of nine 50-inch plasma televisions. It was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of Panasonic AVC Networks.
Matsushita's new screen, at 12-1/2 feet when measured diagonally, tops the Panasonic brand maker's 103-inch plasma TV released last year. The 103-inch television has sold 3,000 units over the last year, Matsushita said.
It will become available in 2009 at an undisclosed price, mainly for use as billboards.
Matsushita, the world's largest consumer electronics maker, also partnered with U.S. cable provider Comcast to develop a new set-top box that detaches from its docking station to work as a portable video player to show recorded TV programs.
The portable DVR/DVD player, which comes with a 60-gigabyte of recording storage and a docking station, will be available starting in early 2009.
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The only question I have is why would they couple a 60GB DVR with this in a day when a 1TB hard drive is under $500. Surely an amount that is COMPLETELY dwarfed by the price of the 150 inch television (which of course they don't disclose).
Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish if you ask me.
Then again, a 150 inch plasma television leans toward the foolish anyway
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