Televisions in 2011: Out of Bounds

It’s a new dawn, on a new day, In new year and the onward and upward roar of technology never rests. We see it in just about every industry and despite more challenging economic times products just seem to evolve becoming better and better. We get almost as many kind emails from GTI readers who appreciate Tario’s (gocchin) off topic perspectives of traditional Japanese life meshed together with technology, photography, food, and golf and the occasional Auto, Food, Aquatic, etc. that I serve up.

While there are many golf clubs I should be reviewing today I wanted to fill you guys in with a rewrite on future televisions that are coming “sometime” in 2011. I don’t know about you but I sure as hell get excited with drooling over the latest and greatest top companies have to offer.

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92″ OLED & 155″ DLP Ready for  the next generation in HD new’s?  Mitsubishi (parent company of Diamana Shafts) has just unveiled its two new breakthrough TV’s for CES.

A new 92″ Mitsubishi HDTV will be released for Home Cinema as well “he 92-inch 3D Home Cinema TV is packed with a comprehensive list of features including: Fully integrated 3D TV with built-in emitter, StreamTV™ Internet Media, Multi-speaker Immersive Sound Technology (IST), Center Channel Mode w/Center Channel input, Rear Channel Pre-outputs, Sub-woofer Output, Bluetooth Streaming Audio, 4 HDMI input, ISFccc, USB Media player, Advanced Calibration Mode, Universal Remote Control, 120Hz Sub-Frame Rate, Jade User Interface and New Clear Contrast Screen.”

The behemoth AND super thin 155 inch OLED display  is targeted toward the digital signage market and sold via Mitsubishi Japan’s business division yet features the clear contrast 1080P which would  satisfy videophiles with deep pockets.

I’ve seen consumer model 130″ LCD’s in Akihabara a couple of years ago in the price range of $35,000. OLED runs so expensive I can’t guess what this thing would cost.

RED RAY 4k “The player will is currently available  costing just over $1k but is pretty much useless unless you have our own 4096 x 2048 movies lying around as it is intended for use with its $25k Red One camera. Also, you’ll need a $50k TV to truly appreciate it.”

Offering 12 channel, 24-bit uncompressed digital audio and full connectivity via USB-2, Firewire 800 and e-SATA, REDRAY PRO™ represents THE 4K Delivery Solution for the coming age of 4K cinema.

Red is really the finest digital video camera & still company on the market.  With the camera’s you have the ability to customize  and swap parts out for a truly custom experience.  Peter Jackson in 2010 purchased 30 of them to film his new movie the Hobbit.

Below we have the New Vizio 21:9 experience. It’s an ultra-widescreen TV with a 21:9 aspect ratio and 2560 x 1080 Cinema HD resolution for a wider, more natural and immersive field of view while also playing traditional 16:9 content as well. Available later this year in 50” and 58” class sizes, these Cinema HDTVs.

Philip’s showed off it’s 21:9 display a couple of years ago but it has not been released to the market.  Vizio has announced release details for it’s version and while it may not be as “quality” as the Philips 21:9,  its package is more robust at a much better price point.

The wider aspect ratio also allows the TVs to display a full 16:9 wide-screen image while simultaneously showing a screen-worth of Vizio’s Internet Apps.

The 50-inch model will use a full-array local dimming LED backlight and 240Hz refresh rate, while the larger 58-inch version will have an edge-lit backlight and 120Hz refresh rate.

LG is bringing what will be known as the largest LED backlit 3d LCD HTC to the market the LZ97000. bringing  both 2D and 3D content and offering TruMotion 400Hz.

Combining the world’s largest FULL LED screen, the LZ9700’s 3D takes on added depth and draws viewers even further into its immersive viewing experience.

In addition, TruMotion 400Hz delivers a super-fast processing rate for exceptionally smooth 3D images.

This could be the year of Connected TV’s with companies like Microsoft getting into the game along with Apple TV, Boxee, Roku and Google TV.

More “connected” TV’s have sold than 3D TV’s since it’s introduction. The number one complaint about 3d is the expensive and bulky glasses.

Well there are several avenues being explored, one is called Passive 3d  which allows you to use those disposable cinima style glasses or even  ‘auto stereoscopic’ TVs that don’t require any glasses at all.

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