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Whenever we see Sharp's colossal 108in LCD TV at various trade and consumer electronics shows across the globe, we always have a little chuckle to ourselves.
For we can't help but be a little amused at the thought of all the effort Sharp's lab guys must have put in to build what's ultimately nothing more than a 'mine's bigger than yours' headline grabber, surely never destined to actually go on sale.
Big in Japan. And hereBut it seems that the last laugh here is going to belong for Sharp. For we've just been told that the 108in monster is actually now available to buy. And not just in Japan or America; you can even purchase it in dear old Blighty.
As well as its sheer mammoth expanse of screen, the Sharp 108in features a low power consumption design so that you don't need your own personal wind farm to power it; a full HD resolution; and an 'ASV' low-reflection TFT LCD monitor design reckoned to produce both high brightness AND high contrast - two rare bedfellows in the LCD world.
However, if this all sounds good to you and you happen to have a bloody great hole in a wall somewhere through which you can get the screen into your house, there's still one other smallish hurdle you might come a cropper on: the screen's price tag of £100,000.
Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?In other words, most of us would have to sell our houses to buy a Sharp 108, which would then leave us with no house to put our humungous new screen in. Oh, the bitter ironies of life.
Not surprisingly Sharp concludes its announcement on the 108in screen's commercial availability by predicting that it will probably appeal mostly to corporate entities and public display environments...
For we can't help but be a little amused at the thought of all the effort Sharp's lab guys must have put in to build what's ultimately nothing more than a 'mine's bigger than yours' headline grabber, surely never destined to actually go on sale.
Big in Japan. And hereBut it seems that the last laugh here is going to belong for Sharp. For we've just been told that the 108in monster is actually now available to buy. And not just in Japan or America; you can even purchase it in dear old Blighty.
As well as its sheer mammoth expanse of screen, the Sharp 108in features a low power consumption design so that you don't need your own personal wind farm to power it; a full HD resolution; and an 'ASV' low-reflection TFT LCD monitor design reckoned to produce both high brightness AND high contrast - two rare bedfellows in the LCD world.
However, if this all sounds good to you and you happen to have a bloody great hole in a wall somewhere through which you can get the screen into your house, there's still one other smallish hurdle you might come a cropper on: the screen's price tag of £100,000.
Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?In other words, most of us would have to sell our houses to buy a Sharp 108, which would then leave us with no house to put our humungous new screen in. Oh, the bitter ironies of life.
Not surprisingly Sharp concludes its announcement on the 108in screen's commercial availability by predicting that it will probably appeal mostly to corporate entities and public display environments...
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