Suhit Gupta
01-08-2008, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3318007.ece' target='_blank'>http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3318007.ece</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Watching Match of The Day will never be the same again after the unveiling in Las Vegas yesterday of the world's biggest plasma television. The 150-inch (3.75m) Panasonic widescreen TV, which stands 6ft tall, will enable viewers to watch everything in life-size. But because of its huge size, the screen can only be comfortably watched from a distance of at least 30ft, making it too big to install in most living rooms. And with an expected price tag of £50,000, the giant TV will be beyond the spending power of most consumers. The screen, dubbed the "Life Panel", was the star attraction on the opening day of the world's biggest consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronic Society International trade fair."</em></p><p><em><img alt="" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00262/Sakamoto_262385g.jpg" /></em></p><p>I wonder who the target market for this TV is? Airports? Hotels in Vegas? Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a TV like this just for the bragging rights. But honestly, does one really want a TV this for their home, even if they have the money? If size is what one wants, then there are some really nice projectors available for 1/25th the price. But then again, there is something to be said about the bragging rights. :-)</p>