Seiki Selling 50-inch Ultra HDTV for $1500

[exfileme]

It's a 50-inch Ultra HDTV selling for just a fraction of what competitors are pricing their similar models.

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[wanderer11]

3840x2160 is 4 times the resolution of 1920x1080, not twice.

 

[Hashwagon]

8294400 pixels vs 2073600 pixels. wanderer11 is correct! :O

 

[velocityg4]

I'll wait for 8K TV's. I'm betting on 8K being the widely used Ultra HD standard when it becomes common place. Just like most content is 1080 rather than 720. I just can't wait until I can have 150" 8K TV for an affordable price. Negating the need to go to a movie theater.

 

[hero1]

Now this will make for a good monitor. Imagine pushing the thing with 2-3 Titans or dual GTX 690. One can only dream. I would however pull the trigger for similar price if they have one at 35" as 50" is too big of a screen sitting 2-4 feet away!

 

[drwho1]

4K at 23" to 27" PC monitors at a reasonable price could be interesting...

 

[ikaz]

They [seki] actually already have a ultra HD it was on slickdeals a few days/weeks back the problem is they don't mention at 3840x2160 the tv would run at 30hz which I guess maybe find for most movies but I don't think it had an up scaler either.

 

[g-unit1111]

I had never heard of this brand until I was at the Angels game on Saturday and they were advertising it pretty heavily. But that resolution for that price can't be beat.

 

[lancelot123]

One of these as a PC monitor would be awesome. Even when sitting only 2-4 feet away. It would be pretty close to having four 24" monitors set up like this http://www.sitbetter.com/admin//images/RIT/1422-front.jpg

 

[hannibal]

Good! Competition in 4K allready! That is really nice! Now other manufacturer allso have to reduce their price! May not this low, but this is good start!

 

[burmese_dude]

Sweet a fraction of the cost compared to major brand. This is going to put pressure on them to decrease the prices. Great for consumer.

 

[wiyosaya]

The only way that this will push the prices down for the competition is if the quality on this is high. Given this is Seiki, I highly doubt quality will be good, and I think it is more likely that this set will be a buyer beware set. IMHO, Seiki is trying to take advantage of the uninformed consumer with this - i.e., the person who has heard of 4K and that it is supposed to be better, yet has no clue what 4K means.

 

[whiteodian]

I'm wondering if there is a native resolution issue with these. Say I run it at 1080P (since most content runs at this), would it look blurry?

 

[whiteodian]

I'm wondering if there is a native resolution issue with these. Say I run it at 1080P (since most content runs at this), would it look blurry?

 

[MisterZ]

I first read this as "Seiko" - who make watches!

 

[the_brute]

For all the tvs we take back at my store, i have become a HUGE fan of Seiki. Most sold tv at our store and Ive only taken back 3 that actually had a problem. Less than 1%. On the other hand Panasonic we get almost 1/3 of all tvs back with (xy) driver issues. I hope they can continue this trend, even with this high end product, and not cut corners.