HDTV News Poster
07-26-2006, 06:43 AM
Newest "World's Largest HDTV" at Tokyo racetrack (http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/07/25/newest-worlds-largest-hdtv-at-tokyo-racetrack/)
Apparently bigger is always better in the realm of giant HDTVs, and the leapfrog game to have the largest -- even for just a few months -- continues as Mitsubishi has constructed a baffling 8,066 square-foot display at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. By far the biggest Diamond Vision unit ever built, it trumps their own creation at Turner Field in Atlanta by spanning 218 feet wide by 37 feet high and allowing for 3 races to be shown at once. The two previous title-holders were Miami's Dolphin Stadium (http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/10/dolphin-stadium-gets-worlds-largest-720p-display/) at 137 x 50 feet and Texas' Longhorn Stadium (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/longhorns-to-snatch-worlds-biggest-hd-display-title-from-dolp/) at 134 x 55 feet. Controversy over the true king will surely arise due to Tokyo's set only rising 37 feet in height and rocking an unorthodox 5.89 aspect ratio, but it does indeed sport Hi-Vision (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=site:engadget.com+hi-vision&btnG=Search) (1080), making it a legitmate HDTV. Personally, we'd be able to get more use from a couple plasmas (http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/07/10/matsushitas-biggest-eva-103-inch-plasma-hits-the-market/), but if you've got the <strike>space</strike> acreage, there probably isn't a better way to spend $28 million.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/07/7.25.06---giant-hdtv.jpg (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?&u=http://www.asahi.com/life/update/0725/005.html)
Apparently bigger is always better in the realm of giant HDTVs, and the leapfrog game to have the largest -- even for just a few months -- continues as Mitsubishi has constructed a baffling 8,066 square-foot display at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. By far the biggest Diamond Vision unit ever built, it trumps their own creation at Turner Field in Atlanta by spanning 218 feet wide by 37 feet high and allowing for 3 races to be shown at once. The two previous title-holders were Miami's Dolphin Stadium (http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/10/dolphin-stadium-gets-worlds-largest-720p-display/) at 137 x 50 feet and Texas' Longhorn Stadium (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/longhorns-to-snatch-worlds-biggest-hd-display-title-from-dolp/) at 134 x 55 feet. Controversy over the true king will surely arise due to Tokyo's set only rising 37 feet in height and rocking an unorthodox 5.89 aspect ratio, but it does indeed sport Hi-Vision (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=site:engadget.com+hi-vision&btnG=Search) (1080), making it a legitmate HDTV. Personally, we'd be able to get more use from a couple plasmas (http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/07/10/matsushitas-biggest-eva-103-inch-plasma-hits-the-market/), but if you've got the <strike>space</strike> acreage, there probably isn't a better way to spend $28 million.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/07/7.25.06---giant-hdtv.jpg (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?&u=http://www.asahi.com/life/update/0725/005.html)