Samsung 102" Plasma!!?!?!

[aud19]

WTF?!?! :E

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?m=/c/pictures/2005/01/06/bu_gadget103.jpg&f=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/06/BUGI7ALN5A1.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/01/06/bu_gadget103.jpg

[Kevin P]

Yipes! I bet that thing weighs a ton. I don't want to be the poor guy who has to hang it on a wall. It would have to be a reinforced wall, at least.

At that size, you're better off going with front projection. The largest plasmas are, or at least were, lacking in picture quality compared to smaller ones.

[aud19]

I don't even want to know the price!! :E :nonod:

[Kevin P]

It probably costs more than the truck or SUV you'd need to bring it home. 8O

[Brandon B]

500 lbs.

The sometimes-alleged price is $100K, although others allege it is a technology demo piece only, and will not be sold, that the price is just being thrown out by show reps so people stop asking.

The 80" one can be had for $75K.

BB

[Lex]

It would probably be cheaper to build a 102" fake plasma and a room behind it for projecting an image to fill the space through a few mirrors and perferated screen. Like a rear projection TV. lol. Note I said build a room too. :)

Lex

[Shane Martin]

Yep as Brandon said its more of a "My penis is bigger than yours" type deal from them. They basically made it to show off.

[Kevin P]

They probably did it just to prove it could be done. Not that anyone with an ounce of sense would spend $100K on a 102" plasma when so many other technologies can provide that size image with better quality for a fraction of the cost.

P.S. That's $980.39 per inch! 8O That's like 10 times the "per-inch" price of a 50-inch plasma.

[Brandon B]

Part of the "look it can be done" is it proves they can make four 50" units from one piece of substrate at one time. Means production and therefore pricing on 50" units will be dropping. So it is not a useless exercise.

BB

[BlazeMaster]

even though it cost an arm and a leg to have that....just imaging watching a 102'' image at the right viewing distance. Oh My!!, it'll definitly beat the Front Proj. in the brightness and vibrancy department. If money is no issue, I'd probably get one of these in a dedicated theater room, instead of a 102'' projected image.

[sanaka]

I have no way to build a room behind my viewing wall. So if I had a 100 thou around I'd be on this baby :-)

Peace,
Sanaka

[aud19]

I have no way to build a room behind my viewing wall. So if I had a 100 thou around I'd be on this baby :-)

Peace,
Sanaka

FRONT PROJECTOR!!! :B