At the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung pronounced their place as the electronic industry’s top leader when they unveiled the biggest LCD television ever to be made. This model is a whopping 82”, a size previously believed to be impossible for LCD technology. The previous record holder was a 62 inch by Sharp.
Samsung’s 82” LCD liquid crystal display boasts an extremely thin and lightweight style even with its unusually large size. It also supports the highest possible HDTV resolutions and delivers top notch picture quality. With a built-in HDMI port, it can also be used as a computer display. Due to some unique technology combinations this model also uses less energy to operate than previous LCD models.
Though plasma televisions were ahead at the time, many believe Samsung’s 82” LCD has its advantages over the larger plasma models. Plasma models had already reached up to 103 inches, but Samsung’s 82” LCD is much lighter and consumes less energy. It also delivers a 8ms response time, giving it a high performance score even for extremely high paced action films. If it were released for consumers this would be a top selling point for many buyers.
The 82” LCD model also has a crisper image and higher resolution than most plasma models available.
Shortly after Samsung’s 82” model was unveiled, a highly competitive company LG Phillips released an even bigger LCD model and pronounced they were the clear leader in larger liquid crystal LCD technology. This new competitor was the whopping 100 inch LCD panel television, which once again proved that LCD televisions in this huge size range are in fact not impossible as was formerly believed.
What Samsung’s 82” LCD model has over its large competitor is LED backlighting. The result of LED backlight combined with LCD technology is extraordinary color quality previously unseen with the typical liquid crystal display screens. This unique combination is thought by some to make this smaller model still a notch ahead of LG Phillip’s larger model because it does make the viewing experience more enjoyable with a much crisper picture quality.
Samsung also started making their 82” panels for digital bulletin boards at airports and other business locations, instead of just using them for television panels. Samsung went on to claim its dominance in the television field by unveiling an 82” HDTV model at the 2008 Society for Information Display International Symposium.
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