Worlds largest plasma
Each year, in January, Las Vegas is the host of the CES- a high tech Disneyland for the gadget obsessed. Everything with a circuit will be announced and drooled over. But already, the one item that’s catching e
veryone’s attention is Panasonic’s monster 150 inches Plasma HDTV. It seems that the model is the largest plasma on Earth and it measures 47 inches more than the current record holder, also by Panasonic, designed actually by Matsushita. The screen measures 2 meters by 3.5 meters, and you can bet it’s resolution will be much better than the 103 inch model, which sports a 3001:1 contrast ratio and over 2 million pixels.
This means that in high definition, it will be actually hard to see the difference between a real person and one on the screen. This is actually quite interesting and practical for teleconferencing options, or if you want to see a movie like you were on the scene. Too bad it’s in plasma though. Until persistent burn in problems are completely solved, it’s a heck of a lot to pay for 150 inch ghost images. The monster plasma shall be available starting 2009, and hopefully the cost won’t be so astronomical to prevent the common millionaire from buying one.