4K TV for $1300 that actually exists and is real; Can be bought. For money.

[-Slacker-]

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/12/seiki-50-inch-4k-1300/

From a free-candy-at-unregistered-black-van-in-the-dark-alley company named Seiki (never heard of them).

But, hey, a $1300 50" 4K display is a 50" $1300 4K display, regardless of it's very possible shortcomings.

What says Anandtech now that we don't have to sell our internal organs just to come by one of these puppies?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Seiko makes watches, seiki makes the tv you mentioned.

 

[-Slacker-]

Right. Edited.

 

[Plimogz]

This one actually turned up in the Hot Deals section nearly a week ago.

Oddly enough, it was that very thread, with its promise of impending 4K panels for roughly the same amount of money as a 30" Dell which prompted me to post a thread to the peripherals section. Not that they're that close, seeing as how this is a 50", 30Hz imput TV.

But if only they could ramp up the PPI on such a 4K panel to the point where it could be crammed into a 30-32" screen capable of 60Hz imput. Well...

 

[smackababy]

I think the problem is the HDMI spec doesn't allow for that resolution at 60Hz yet. Not enough bandwidth. So, while a 4k TV is impressive for this price, in reality with only an HDMI input, you won't be able to take advantage of much of the 4k content to come out.