Gizmodo
Witness the obliterating power and sheer magnificence of the new Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220, the projector that can display 8.850.000 pixels of ultra high definition footage in movie theaters, crazy rich people's home theaters and probably be integrated as deathly weaponry in any space battle station.
This technological terror is the latest iteration of Sony's SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) line. Like the SRX-R1xx series it still can't reach 10 megapixels, but it comes loaded with more gear than the Death Star itself: LMT-100 media processor, LMS-100 screen management system, a gazillion gigabytes of RAID storage and uninterruptible power supply are all built-in.
More photos, so you can see the scale of the SRX-R210/R220, full specs, price and availability after the jump.
The projector itself has 4096 x 2160 pixels resolution with a 2000:1 contrast and 14 foot Lambert brightness (a whooping 47,964 cd/m2, according to Sony's site). The SRX-R220 model can fully cover a 20 meter screen (65.6 feet) with its 4.2W xenon lamp while the R110 goes up to 17 meters with a 3.0W and 14 meters with a 2.0W lamp.
The LMT-100 media processor (or Media Block, as Sony calls it) is in charge of pushing all those pixels to the screen, upscaling in case the original material is lower resolution, decrypting the content so no kids can put a couple of terabytes of UltraHD material on BitTorrent, process the multi-channel audio and even place subtitles on the fly using XML or PNG files. Beyond connecting all kinds of video gear using BNC connectors you can also connect a computer, PlayStation 3 or AppleTV using a DVI port. You know, just for fun.
The SRX-R220 and SRX-R210 has prices starting at $126,540, pop-corn machine and Golden Flavor dispenser not included. Expect to see it in a theater near you at the end of 2007 or 2008, because it will be available for sale from May 2007.
Product page (japanese) [Sony via Impress AV Watch]
Comments
The power to project a planet is nothing compared to the power of the farce!
Damn, time to start saving. I suppose not only for the projector but the new house that I will need to put the thing in and, I assume the flux capacitor that you will need to power it. What do you think this projector does for global warming...lol.
that thing scares me and makes me aroused all at once. what a feeling. i think the same thing about my dentist with a drill. she's hot, but completely terrifying.
OK soooooo its by SONY , so wots wrong with it ?
Apart from the poor resolution
So they invented Sharon Apple?
Its every man's dream to finally walk out, in front of everybody, with the biggest possible toy in the store.
No Bluetooth? Totally useless without Windows Mobile.
Waitaminit, this is a cellphone right?
It looks just like the WOPR. Maybe it'd be up for a nice game of chess?
"its 4.2W xenon lamp"
really? 4.2W? Should that be kW?
-Perros-
This monolith is the Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220. 4096 x 2160 resolution, a 17 meter image and 8,850.000 sweet, sweet pixels. At a hefty five feet tall it probably won't find a place in your living room, but then it isn't meant to.
What they failed to mention is that it only plays video from Blu-Ray, UMDs, memory sticks, or Beta tapes...
/will be here all week
//try the veal
Your neighbor bought a 70 inch projection just to piss you off?
Burn his face off with this thing. It's the american way.
Why is it that everything that captures/projects/edits 4k looks really mean and scary?!
That's no moon. It's a space station!
Is it just me or does the first picture make it look like it's got a basketball backboard hanging off the back?
[I see your Schwartz isn't as big as Sony's.]
Then it unfolds, erects itself on its steely tentacle struts and proceeds to vaporize the crowd.
Does it run linux ?
:)
it's no deathstar - it's not round. ish.
Looks like Joshua. "How about a nice game of chess?"
DON'T LOOK INTO THE LIGHT!!!
hmmm I wonder how hot that lamp gets
I think they should add more Dalek-related functions to it.
It could wave a toilet plunger around and randomly scream out "Exterminate" while showing Bambi, for example.
@DataScream
"No, I want to play Thermonuclear Warfare!"
Look! It's Frank's 2000" TV!
I concur with those who suggest you may have quoted the lamp power worng, though.
A pretty box, for sure, and not as expensive as I'd expected it would be. But as for torrenting the stuff on the drive, we've yet to see any *other* entertainment encryption that's remained unbroken...
Ahh...the evolution of the GE Telaria...
Geez, I didn't think it was that big from the initial picture. Or maybe that's just a really small guy...
so......3.0 watts huh? that is the most efficient light source known to man!!!!!!
Hook a RED camera up to that sucker.
Yep, if you check the official Japanese website, it is 4.2kW and 3.0kW and 2.0kW...
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Could you project the bat signal onto say, a cloud with this?
For all those non-geeks out there who can't figure out in their head how many lumens a 47,964 cd/m2 projector is. The answer is 4,456 lumens. Sounds like a great way to watch some football in one corner, play some Gears of War in another, watch a HD-DVD and have a news channel, all at the same time. What a bargain!!!
I'll take two thanks
You know how we all laugh at the huge size of old computers from the 70s and 80? That's what I predict when I look back at this projector someday.
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