Maximum PC: Toshiba was quick to embrace Intel's Ultrabook form factor during its infancy, and now that 4K displays are gaining traction, here comes Toshiba once again. The Toshiba Satellite P55t is a 15.6-inch laptop with a 4K Ultra HD In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel, which offers up four times more pixels than a Full HD 1080p display. It's also supposedly the first notebook in the world to earn Technicolor Color Certification.
Maximum PC: Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Hisense introduced its aggressively priced 55-inch XT880 4K Ultra High Definition Smart TV for $1,999. That may not exactly fall into the "affordable" category for most shoppers, but it wasn't all that long ago when two-grand was the going rate for a regular TV of the same size. These days that gets you a 65-inch or 70-inch Full HD 1080 LED, or in this case, a 55-inch 4K panel.
Honestly, I couldn't care less about 4K for a TV, considering it will be barely noticeable to our eyes.
Sadly, what I DO care about, is plasma. A LED just isn't an option for me, with Plasma having much better videoquality. And yet they've decided to stop making plasmas. Idiots :(
I do recall early '05, a friend of mine actually bet against Bluray not making a difference. I made a cool $100 off that notion of his. lol And yeah; Pioneer used to make the best plasma's.
If it didn't matter people wouldn't shell oyt thousands of $ on pc rig. They're just ahead of the curve is all. In five years; 4K might well became the default standard over 1080p.
Progression never stops.
I'm not saying 4K won't be the next standard. It will. And for my desktop PC, I'll welcome it, simply because monitors are getting bigger and you'll be able to cram more stuff on-screen.
For TV's, I honestly couldn't care less about having more than 1080p, when watching movies, anime, or even playing games.
I'm in the same boat as you in respect to the whole "4K" thing. I'm not about to spend my money on one for next to no media that supports it.
When did they opt to cease plasma production?
@yi-Long
" I honestly couldn't care less about having more than 1080p, when watching movies, anime, or even playing games."
People used to say the same thing about standard def.
Plasma's the absolute worst, especially for gaming. The image gets burned into the monitor and can still be seen when switching channels. They stopped making it for a reason.
I'm with Vengeance1138 here, plasma is very poor for gaming and doesn't last as long as the current tech. Also it's not even near as energy efficient.
It's still expensive but if you wan't true quality look for OLEDs.
WOW I cant believe how wrong someone can be in one statement.
Have you seen a 4K TV in action?
Plasma having much better video quality??
It's very much time you left the 90's my friend. There is a very valid reason why they're getting rid of plasma & why they're so cheap. One of the main reasons being that it hasn't had the better video quality in about a decade along with the rest of its faults.
Still, overall I think you're better off sticking with 1080p overall at the moment but certainly not a plasma set.
The only advantages that I can think about for plasma is the response time being very good.
Burn-in was a problem that lasted years in plasma TVs, now it's way better.
But LED can easily destroy the plasma quality when your looking at black levels and also the white levels. hence better contrast.
Well, it's clear why plasma is leaving, when there are STILL so many misconceptions about these TVs, even after many years of tech-sites unanimously voting them the very best TVs money can buy, ESPECIALLY for movies and gaming.
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Anyway, anyone seriously wanting to know about plasma vs LCD, knows how to use google.
It's pretty much unanimous that plasma is better, and offers a MUCH better bang for your buck.
Storage for 4k will be an issue, surely. The world just isn't ready, but it's good to see prices decreasing for when it is
That is a very fair price for size and such .. but as someone stated before ... blah to LCD/LED and plasma all the way. Though OLED appears to be the new route and that looks like it could be worth it.
8K Oled will be around by 2020 and be the standard.
Your better of buying 1080p for the next 5 yrs because prices will be so low by the time , you want to replace those 8k will be here.
HotHardware: Full HD 1080p (1920x1080) may not have fully run its course, but that won't stop TV makers from trying to push new 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) panels on the public. Will there be any willing buyers? Sure there will, but what's surprising is the potential rate of adoption. According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Large Area TFT Panel Shipment Report, 4Kx2K LCD panels are forecast to ship 2.6 million units in 2013, up more than 40-fold from just 63,000 in 2012.
Oh god im not even going to think about the battery life
i wonder what the battery life on 4k computers are to