More Confirmation of Sharp Supplying iPad 3 Displays

[ThunderSkunk]

If we're using the painting metaphor, its the small, careful and loving strokes that create the painting.

What I meant was, you'd expect displays to get clearer, chips to get faster, ram to increase. Those are inevitable updates that go without saying.

Coming out with the iPad was a broad stroke. The iPhone, another broad stroke. When you give your imagination even 5 minutes to think about it, there are so many obvious broad strokes left, even just utilizing Apples existing technology, that it's hard to get ecstatic about a slightly clearer display.

This being the year of Steves passing, they could really use one.

 

[divinox]

It won't be long till Canon releases a SLR camera (such as like a T2i) that will record beyond 1080p in 4K resolution. I expected it to happen sometime within the next couple of years. The key will be the price. If its over $3,000, I won't bite till its price near $1000. I think Red One Camera which records in 4K cost around $10,000 but that's not even counting the lens.

Sure, and so what? People won't spend a couple of grand to get a TV that they can show movies they shot themselves in 4k res. Especially not when there really isn't any notable difference to speak of.

There is no necessary connection between resolution of image in, on the one hand, and image going out on the other. We could have commercially available 8k DSLRs out in the market today, and still not have TVs going beyond 1080p.

 

[MorphingDragon]

When is "early next year????"

Last Thursday

 

[AlterEg0]

I wonder how long it will be until Apple starts suing sharp? Sharp makes tv's too.

Give Apple a couple of years.

 

[mrxak]

I've been enjoying the retina display on my iPhone 4S, and it's such a big upgrade from the screen on my old 3G, I never want to go back. I've never really been into the iPad, wanting it to be thinner, cheaper, better. The iPad 2 was getting closer, but if the iPad 3 has a retina display, shaves off a few more millimeters, and the price isn't too crazy, I may just have to buy one.

 

[Benz63amg]

I've been enjoying the retina display on my iPhone 4S, and it's such a big upgrade from the screen on my old 3G, I never want to go back. I've never really been into the iPad, wanting it to be thinner, cheaper, better. The iPad 2 was getting closer, but if the iPad 3 has a retina display, shaves off a few more millimeters, and the price isn't too crazy, I may just have to buy one.

well the price needs to be the same for the lower end model for them to be able to sell it and stay competititve,

the 16gb wifi should cost 499, not more and thats how it will be i believe.

 

[NoStopN]

I'd be worried if Sharp builds iPad screens with the same quality control as their TV's. Been though 4 different Sharp Quattron tv's in 1 year and they all had problems....cloudy screens, dead pixels, fried boards, etc.

I haven't owned a Sharp TV (at least not since cathode ray tubes stopped being used), but the display models sure look sweet. Hopefully, your home just has some crappy wiring.

Furthermore, I hope Apple will 'move up' the storage. Give customers a $399 iPad 2 16 GB model as a 'budget-model'. And give us a $499 32 GB, $599 64 GB and $699 128 GB model. A retina display is screaming for bigger apps, bigger photos (for more detail) and Full HD videos!
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I also hope the next (sixth) generation iPhone, let's call it iPhone 6, will have a bigger display (4 to 4.5 inch) and hopefully double the resolution. This may sound silly, but than Apple can make sure they won't go below the current iPhone 4's 326 ppi display and it will probably sound great as well: the first Full HD, 1920 * 1280 display, on a phone.

I would have figured that since the iPhone 4s is the first iPhone to have 64 GB of storage, the next iPad would step up it's game as well. We'll just have to decide if the 128 GB wi-fi only version would be worth $799. The iPad is starting to encroach on the price structure of the MacBook Air already. And don't get ahead of yourself with the next iPhone. We still haven't gotten an iPhone 5 yet. I'd love to see a 4" screen on the iPhone, but I haven't seen enough of the Retina Display next to the older non-Retina Displays to truly see a need for doubling the resolution again.

Same here. As the youtube video began, my first thought was 'tsunami'.

That's the first thing that got my attention. Looking at their maps, it does look like tsunami waves wouldn't hit it directly & would be "refracted" from other coastlines to where the waves would be (for the most part) a lot less damaging/large.

 

[Norkusa]

I'd be worried if Sharp builds iPad screens with the same quality control as their TV's. Been though 4 different Sharp Quattron tv's in 1 year and they all had problems....cloudy screens, dead pixels, fried boards, etc.

I haven't owned a Sharp TV (at least not since cathode ray tubes stopped being used), but the display models sure look sweet. Hopefully, your home just has some crappy wiring.

The defects in my Sharp tv's were all attributed to manufacturing issues with the screens and had nothing to do they way I set them up. TV's #1 & #2 had major "clouding" issues (large bright spots in the corners). #3 had an entire column of pixels go dead and #4's screen just died all of a sudden one day. These were all all Quattron's too, which were supposed to be Sharp's new flagship models.

If it was just 1 or 2 Sharp tv's I had problems with, I'd just chalk them up as isolated incidents. But 4 is too much and I can't help but feel nervous for the iPad 3 now.

 

[derbladerunner]

I mean, think about it. The value prop. for 4k is actually less than that of 3d. With 3d we actually get something for our money. With 4k we get... well, if you're one of those people who like to sit one feet away from the screen fine... but... yeah.

That said, will they make these devices? Of course. But don't expect it to be standard any time soon. Jesus christ, the push toward 1080p started years ago, and we're still far from there. Personally, i also think its ****-poor resource (read: bandwidth) utilization. But thats just me :- )

Just as an update to 4k, glasses-free 3D and pricing:

Toshiba just announced a mid-December Japanese retail launch of its REGZA 55X3 glasses-less 3D TV with 4K resolution. The TV shares the same 55-inch Quad Full HD (QFHD) 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution display found in the company's ZL2 set spotted in Berlin back in September. In fact, it appears to be the very same model featuring the same CEVO Engine processing platform and face tracking technology that adjust the panel's nine-parallax viewing positions to the viewers' position by moving the lenslets as required.

In practice, the face tracking worked well during our time with the television at IFA, and the experience was preferable to managing a household of 3D glasses. Then again, the price will put this baby out of reach for all but the most ardent of early adopters: in Europe the set will cost €7,999 while in Japan it'll cost ¥900,000. Still no word on a US release date but given the prices elsewhere, it'll likely arrive with a price above $10,000 before taxes are applied.

http://www.theverge.com/hd/2011/12/...sses-less-3d-tv-arrives-in-japan-mid-december

I think 10k USD is quite low considering it's 55', glasses-free 3D and 4k. A large 4k TV from Apple could be a possibility, especially if they launch later than expected, say 2013 instead of 2012.