Samsung shows off 4K super-high resolution 3D TV
- — 23 June, 2011 11:28
The Samsung 4K 3D TV.
Sharp and NHK may be bringing us the 33-million pixel HDTV but Samsung's 8-million pixel, 70in HDTV sounds impressive in its own right. Samsung showed off their 4000x2000pixel 3DTV (so-called 4K) at the Society for Information Display conference in Los Angeles, according to MIT Technology Review.
The answer lies in shrinking pixels and using better transistors. In most cases, manufactures can't miniaturise pixels because the current silicon transistors can’t conduct electrons fast enough to work with miniaturized parts. Luckily Samsung has metal oxide transistors, which can and do very well at conducting electrons quickly. Also the implementation of these metal oxide backplanes is inexpensive and is one of the few mixes— IGZO: indium, gallium, and zinc—that work with current technology.
Current HDTV video comes in 1920x1080p or 1280x720p resolutions, so presumably 4K will be the next step. A 1080p TV has a bit over 2 million pixels, so 4K would be quite a step up. Other vendors have toyed with 4K, including Toshiba and its "Cell TV". This might be the first time we here at GeekTech have heard about a 3D 4K TV, though.
Technology Review had an interesting interview with Paul Semenza, a senior analyst at Display Search, who speculated that Sharp might be implementing the same technology to develop high-resolution displays for smartphones and tablets. Be sure to check it out.
[ Technology Review via Tested ]
oiub
Sat 25/06/2011 - 16:35
I want to know ? , when it will be availible for sale ? everyone seems to report it , however i find it impossible to beleaive that they simple cart ask or get in answer out of its availblitiy to the market ? , its been ready for a long time ? i understand theres no content for this device however there was barely any for 3dtv when that went up for sale , i expect to here sumthink at CES because any reporter seems unble to process the simplest question to ask when it comes to this device , ultimatly however HDtv's have been out for well over 5 years so it would seem wise to hold of until this devices become availble for sale.