Presumably you’d be employing a projectionist to seamlessly change reels?

One of the biggest areas of interest of doctors we have shown 4k to is using a 4K system with a 4K microscope.

Third, to have a name that you have already forgotten.

Correction: To have a name that I didn’t bother to read.  As soon as ya see that it’s a serial number, your eye just drifts past. 

A lot of movies are not filmed with a fixed 50mm lens or something even remotely close to the standard human field of vision.  Instead you are seeing people’s faces like you are standing a foot or closer to them (especially at the size they are being project at in a cinema).

Think about how in the low quality “shitty” analog days – like the 80′s – all TV shows had that nice soft focus effect.  You had a hard time telling if someone was 30, 35, or 40.  Now with HD digital broadcasts you can see wrinkles, line, imperfections ect..  Same thing with 4K, now with just more resolution.

I’d be happy to buy a TV that was just the display panel and had no speakers whatsoever*.

(*assuming one is in the market for something above the lower end of the scale)

No word on when your favorite Pixar movies will see their 4K release, however.

Personally, for thirty-one large, I think I’d rather trawl eBay for 35mm projectors from defunct movie houses, or those that lately upgraded to digital projection.  At least then I wouldn’t be lacking for content for the foreseeable future.

So the answer is “Yes, there were 50-inch CRTs” and “No, there weren’t 50-inch CRTs” depending on how we define terms.

Reminds me too much of high school debate team.  I’ll just concede the point and retire.

(Forget about DVDs– blurays might look decent when scaled up.)

I’m curious, too, how much your dishwasher or your stepdaughter’s car cost.  A quick scan of dishwashers at Amazon has the absolute cheapest at $200 before shipping (and tax if you have to pay it).  I’ve pretty regularly seen 40-42 inch TVs for ~$300 with free shipping (can get a 40-inch 1080p off-brand for $316.54 with free shipping off Amazon right this moment).  Occasionally, a 1080p name brand will drop that low (have a 42 inch Panasonic plasma that was $300 shipped).  

Yes, fancier TVs cost a fair chunk of change, but market stratification is a different concept and argument.

When I was a kid, TVs were so cheap that even poor kids like me had one in their rooms.

We seem to have forgotten that TV is supposed to be a public communication service and turned into a high-ticket item.

Hell, I could buy 4 or 5 of my brand new dishwasher for the price of the average 42”. My stepdaughter bought her car for less than a decent sized Sony HDTV for crying out loud.