21:9 5K/6K TVs in the works... WHEN would you be ready?

Ed.YANG · 1 June 2023 16:35

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source: https://www.eet-china.com/mp/a159732.html

nope… your eyes ain’t playing trick with you. and it ain’t photo-shopped or MeiTu-chopped-chopped.
the picture above maybe a prototype, but it packs a true system that could do what most TVs can do.
in comparison to the HiSense model…

…which was displayed as a prototype years ago in a CES event.

the last large 21:9 commercially available consumer TV was from LG is curved and sized about 105inch.
not to mention… that was introduced in 2014.
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https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/14b41f7

as the demand for ultra-wide monitor getting more and bigger for gamers, the current new size in ultrawide 21:9 display had come to 57inch.
however, what a TV perform, should do what it suppose to do… to play movies or other productions made in panoramic photography. be it 105inch or 107inch, in most hometheaters that could be limited with short narrow walls, that could be too wide to accommodate.

now i’m looking forward that HKC, the panel maker who made the TV above, would start to explore sizes that could be friendly for small apartments like mine!
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Ed.YANG · 1 June 2023 16:37

[CENTER]this SHARP+NEC collaboration display looks impressive…

a pity… the picture is formed up with modules that could be too expensive for consumer use…

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Ed.YANG · 1 June 2023 16:38

[URL unfurl=“true”]https://www.jupiter.com/Displays/Pana-x/[/URL]
this American company have their distribution here in SG. a pity that they’re supplying as multimedia monitor as corporate use, without internal system for TV use…

Ed.YANG · 7 March 2024 11:19

how high would a 105" 21:9 display looks like?
reference to another thread i had previously shared in hifive.sg …

…it seems that the picture height is close to 81/82inch 16:9 display.
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for the moment, large 21:9 displays are built and employed for commercial and conference use. i had been hoping that more of such displays be built like what LG and PHILIPS had made in the past for home use… however the market demand globally seems to be remain low.

the 105" 5K 21:9 dimension picture above belongs to this model that i come across…

…and the price is… not friendly for home use. @$160/inch approx., i think 100inch PRISM+ with the same backlight spec would be more value for money for a picture height from 77" display.

Ed.YANG · 13 April 2024 02:50

on the desktop side of displays’ “growth in size”, the current maximum size had sort of reached to 40inch and more with OLED goes larger than typical LED backlight by 5".

through the link above, to go to 21:9 displays, slide one of the parameter- resolution- to 3440x1440 or 3840x1600 or 5120x2160, hover ur mouse arrow above the bigger sized models, u’ll find that the biggest from OLED had gone to 45" while the LED based models biggest had gone to 40".

IMO&O(Opinion and Observation), the “growth” had been very small in comparison to typical 16:9 TVs. my guess is that the makers are conservative in the sense, that monitors stays as monitors, while TVs stays as TVs. monitors “will” always be secondary to TVs as the sitting distance from users “will” always be close to the monitors for computing and gaming experience, that would prompt makers not to make a step forward to go larger.
in 21:9 display size, the current “medium” size starts from 81inch and in 5K resolution, and the price starts from USD$4500 for non-touch model.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1727897-REG/jupiter_displays_pana81d_pana_81_21_9_ultrawide.html
such price will make 21:9 displays to be shunned away from HT folks as the total price will not be able to beat USTProjector+ALR Screen combo setup or even 80+" 16:9 displays that had broke past under $2000 barrier.

i wonder how long does it take for makers to push different size growth up to 81inch in the 21:9 arena. hopefully we could see more to adopt such aspect ratio, either from makers or users, so that we can have cinematic setup for cinematic experience.

here is what our local boys over at PRISM+ had offered in the largest size…

Ed.YANG · 13 April 2024 05:03

measurements of large sized 16:9 displays against 21:9 of same heights for reference…

…such that for whoever interested, may have some idea of picturing how a scope-AR that ranges from 2.35/2.55/2.76:1 would look on the different displays… knowing what u may have missed or gaining.

Ed.YANG · 13 April 2024 08:11

with the maturity of re-tooling, hardware specs and production, western marques or tech companies of Jupiter Display or MaxHub alike, should reconsider in getting 21:9 displays back as home displays like what PHILIPS had attempted some 20yrs ago…

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…gradually first with 30% horizontal expansion that should comes without internal TV tuner function, but serves as big screen monitors, or for gamers or commercial use.

below are some other measurements to hope for base on the current popular diagonal size of 16:9 displays.

Ed.YANG · 27 February 2025 08:51

it had been 16yrs since 2009, we saw the first 21:9 display product sold as TV from PHILIPS thru their “Cinema Series”.

eventually due to low response and sales from consumers worldwide, the “Cinema Series” sees it’s end after 3yrs of birth, production ended then. the Series starts from 56inch, ends with 58inch throughout it’s 3yrs of existence, under global model reference of #9954~#9956.

3~4yrs later, after PHILIPS production stopped, LG made it’s attempt with their larger, over diagonal 100inch model…

…failed to lure buyers as well, due to size and low production which drives up the final retail price, pushing those who may interested to adopt to take steps back for more practical large size 16:9 products.

another 5yrs passed, IFA2019, HiSense “Silently” displayed their 21:9 prototype…

…this time round just to show how HiSense and it’s partner BoE can concoct “value for money” 21:9 display product, for commercial use.

in another 5yrs, thru IFA2024, TCL kind of walk in LG’s curved 21:9 footsteps, made their appearance with 105"…

…setting the focus on high-refresh rate panel, new gen backlight, as well as image processing engine. no sight or news on mass production yet.

this year’s CES, we see microLED tech blooms from different brand trees.

from Samsung, we see their “prototype”…

…which may be available for acquisition, but with hefty price tag.

AWOL display their “affordable” offering to buyers who seeks new tech…

…but “smaller and practical” at 75". it’s just that @$108/inch, such product isn’t much “playable” to most crowds.

“Giant” size 21:9 displays had entered into commercial, educational and office utilization for roughly 6yrs, basically big size panel manufacturing and supply is considerably very mature, appears thru different commercial brands as well.

Household brands manufacturers seems to be keep observing and waiting for someone to lead, heat up the trend of 21:9 Giant size display adoption… probably with PHILIPS, the company that brought 21:9 display to the world, to see what they could cook up?

take note of the revision date of the product leaflet