We've Seen Michael Jackson's Television: 152'' Across, 4K and 3D

During our visit to Panasonic's headquarters in Japan, we had the chance to don some active 3D glasses and sit down in front of a huge 152'' plasma TV.  That's almost four metres from one corner to the other!

We saw some still frames from a 4K version of Avatar as well as the 1080p Blu-ray version of the film upscaled to 4K by the TV.

Rumour has it that Michael Jackson ordered one of these monster 152'' TVs shortly before his death but never took delivery.  We had fun trying to guess how much it costs: $10 000, $20 000, $100 000?

It's actually a lot more expensive than that ... it costs a cool half a million dollars, $500 000.

Here are the opening scenes of Avatar:


It was an incredible sight and all of the journalists that were there were very impressed.  Everybody thought that the impression that we were watching in three dimensions was much clearer and much stronger than at the cinema. 

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