Samsung rolls out 110-inch mega-TV for only $150,000
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SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.
The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers’ move toward ultra-HD TVs, as manufacturing bigger TVs using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) proves too costly.
Last year, Samsung and rival LG Electronics, the world’s top two TV makers, touted OLED as the future of TV. OLED screens are ultra-thin and can display images with enhanced clarity and deeper colour saturation.
But Samsung and LG failed to make OLED TVs a mainstream item that would replace the LCD television sets and still struggling to mass-produce larger and affordable TVs with OLED. Meanwhile, Japanese media reported last week Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. decided to end their OLED partnership.
Demand for U-HD TVs is expected to rise despite a dearth of content while its price will likely come down more quickly than that of the OLED TVs. Much of the growth is forecast to come from China, a major market for the South Korean TV makers. Chinese TV-makers have been making a push into the U-HD TV market as well.
NPD DisplaySearch says global sales of ultra-HD TV sets will surge from 1.3 million this year to 23 million in 2017. More than half of the shipments will be taken by Chinese companies between 2013 and 2017, according to NPD.
While Chinese TV-makers have been seeking to boost sales of U-HD TVs with a lower price and a smaller size, Samsung’s strategy is to go bigger with a higher price tag. Samsung’s 110-inch U-HD TV measures 2.6 metres by 1.8 metres. It will be available in China, the Middle East and Europe. In South Korea, the TV is priced at 160 million won ($152,000) while prices in other countries will vary.
Samsung said it received 10 orders for the latest premium TVs from the Middle East. Previously, the largest U-HD TV made by Samsung was 85-inch measured diagonally.
The ultra-HD TVs are also known as “4K” because they contain four times more pixels than an HD TV.
— The Associated Press