4K TV Broadcasts get one step closer to reality

We’ve been talking a lot about Ultra High Definition TV, aka 4K TV, on the Abt Blog lately. The first UHDTV sets made their way into our showroom in the last few months and were met with quite a bit of excitement, with several already having been purchased. All possible superlatives have been used to describe the image quality; it’s been established that 4K video is out of this world.

But, as with any bleeding-edge technology, there’s been lots of talk about the downsides. Chief among the complaints is the glaring lack of readily available content, and how unlikely it is that we’ll see a 4K TV broadcast anytime soon. Well, it’s possible that you won’t have to wait as long as feared to watch the biggest football game in the world in glorious 4K.

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Released to the media in Korea in mid 2010, on display at CES 2011 in Las Vegas was LG’s 84 inch Ultra High Definition 3D TV.  The TV is the manufacturer’s largest LCD and displays 3D images without the need for glasses.