CES 2013: Panasonic Announces iOS-Compatible Smart Viera Plasma HDTV Lineup

[chrmjenkins]

Originally Posted by erinsarah

Hmm, spend a grand to get this or simply show the picture on my iPad to the person sitting next to me. Not really a selling point.

Can you not imagine a business or demonstration scenario where more than 1 person may need to see the content at once?

[Pakaku]

Originally Posted by ctdonath

Channels? What are these "channels" of which you speak? Ah, right, an anachronism from the 20th Century. Welcome to 2013, where on-demand 4K streaming is emerging. I haven't watched a "channel" for close to a decade now.

Now that's a smart feature I can live with

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Originally Posted by chrmjenkins

Can you not imagine a business or demonstration scenario where more than 1 person may need to see the content at once?

Why do you need a smart tv to do that? Just plug your laptop into the TV.

[chrmjenkins]

Originally Posted by Pakaku

Why do you need a smart tv to do that? Just plug your laptop into the TV.

What laptop? You left it at your desk. And the TV is mounted into a wood panel. You'd need the company IT guy to get access. Etc. etc.

[sparkso]

still 1080p?
Isn't it time for 4K Ultra HD TVs?

[chrmjenkins]

Originally Posted by sparkso

still 1080p?
Isn't it time for 4K Ultra HD TVs?

Those were announced too. Panasonic showed off a 4K OLED TV. But would you buy one without an interconnect standard defined to handle it, no disc format standard (Sony says they'll make 4K Blu Rays, but who knows if it will require a whole new player) and no way to certify a display as fully UHD compliant right now (you have to have at least one digital input capable of accepting a 4k signal, which doesn't even exist yet)? You're basically hoping those things will work and buying it for the upconverting. What if, by the time all this stuff is decided, 8K TVs start coming around?

[sparkso]

Originally Posted by chrmjenkins

Those were announced too. Panasonic showed off a 4K OLED TV. But would you buy one without an interconnect standard defined to handle it, no disc format standard (Sony says they'll make 4K Blu Rays, but who knows if it will require a whole new player) and no way to certify a display as fully UHD compliant right now (you have to have at least one digital input capable of accepting a 4k signal, which doesn't even exist yet)? You're basically hoping those things will work and buying it for the upconverting. What if, by the time all this stuff is decided, 8K TVs start coming around?

I would buy one just to show off at home by playing the demo video.