Sony unveils super-size '16K' TV which is so big it spans two floors
Sony has unveiled the world’s first ’16K’ TV screen – which is so big it spans two floors.
The Japanese electronics firm’s enormous screen – which is 63ft wide – has 64 times more pixels than a regular 1080p HDTV display.
The super-size screen is being installed at a research centre near Tokyo for Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido.
It was announced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in Las Vegas, but is unlikely to be commercially available for many more years.
It measures 63ft by 17ft (19.2m by 5.4m) overall, making the screen even longer than the length of a bus.
David Mercer, principal analyst at consultancy Strategy Analytics, said: “We’re moving slowly towards 8K TVs at the end of the decade and who knows how long it will take to get beyond that, so 16K is likely to be limited to the corporate world for the time being.
“But there’s no doubt about it, these displays are incredibly impressive in person – even 8K on a big display is almost mesmerising.
“When you get to this resolution it delivers almost a quasi-virtual reality experience as your eyes perceive there to be depth to the content.”
The new ‘super-size’ installation has in fact been created out of several modular panels, but because they do not have bezels, the outside frame of the screen, they can be fitted together without any visible gaps to create the impression of being a single screen.
At present, however, the high manufacturing costs involved make it too expensive for widespread use.
For now, Sony is pitching a range of smaller, lower-resolution displays for use in office lobbies, car showrooms, cinemas and theme parks.
In the UK, the largest commercially available TV is the LG 86 inch 4K, worth around £3,500.
