This weekend at the Consumer Electronics Showcase in Las Vegas, Samsung debuted the worlds largest plasma TV at 102". One day later Panasonic topped it by adding another inch at a whopping 103" diagonal measurement.

I suppose that's pretty cool, but what's really cool is the new SED ("Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display") technology that will soon blow Plasma and LCD monitors out of the water. Here's what the article has to say about it:

So how does it all work? SED sets use 6,220,800 electron emitters - or one for each color per pixel, to be precise - which cause red, blue and green phosphors to glow. That may not mean much to most, but the results will definitely matter. Toshiba's CES 2006 SED sets featured the deepest black levels we have ever seen on any television, including CRT - and these televisions are as flat as any plasma! Consider this: the typical plasma set sports a contrast ratio of 3000:1, but Toshiba's prototype SEDs offer a whopping 10,000:1 contrast ratio for truly unparalleled color and accuracy.

Sounds pretty bad-ass. But what I'm waiting for is this shit. That's right folks Ultra High Definition Video. Also known as Super Hi-Vision, the format boasts a 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution, a 60 fps frame rate, and 22.2 channel surround sound! That's 10 channels of standard surround sound, 2 sub-woofers, 9 channels from the ceiling and 3 more from the floor! 18 minutes of UHDV consumes 3.5 terabytes of data! Some viewers got motion sickness when viewing the test video images due to the fact that the image was so close to reality. I can't wait!

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 1:17 PM