ANONYMOUS POLL TIME!! If you could afford it, would you buy a $150, 000 TV?

[VanessaofBC]

1. Yes
2. No.
3. WTF? Never!
4. I wouldn't but my SO would.

Samsung launches 110-inch U-HD TV for $150,000 in South Korea
YOUKYUNG LEE
SEOUL — The Associated Press
Published Monday, Dec. 30 2013, 6:44 AM EST
Last updated Monday, Dec. 30 2013, 6:47 AM EST

Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.

The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers’ move toward ultra HD TVs, as manufacturing bigger TVs using OLED proves too costly.

Last year, Samsung and rival LG Electronics, the world’s top two TV makers, touted OLED as the future of TV. OLED screens are ultrathin and can display images with enhanced clarity and deeper colour saturation.

But Samsung and LG failed to make OLED TVs a mainstream that would replace the LCD television sets and still struggling to mass produce larger and affordable TVs with OLED. Meanwhile, Japanese media reported last week that Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. decided to end their OLED partnership.

Demand for U-HD TVs is expected to rise despite dearth of content while its price will likely come down faster than that of the OLED TVs. Much of the growth is forecast to come from China, a major market for the South Korean TV makers. Chinese TV makers have been making a push into the U-HD TV market as well.

According to NPD DisplaySearch, global sales of ultra-HD TV sets will surge from 1.3 million this year to 23 million in 2017. More than half of the shipments will be taken by Chinese companies between 2013 and 2017, according to NPD.

While Chinese TV makers have been seeking to boost sales of U-HD TVs with a lower price and a smaller size, Samsung’s strategy is to go bigger with a higher price tag. Samsung’s 110-inch U-HD TV measures 2.6 metres by 1.8 metres. It will be available in China, the Middle East and Europe. In South Korea, the TV is priced at 160 million won ($152,000) while prices in other countries vary.

Samsung said it received 10 orders for the latest premium TVs from the Middle East. Previously, the largest U-HD TV made by Samsung was 85-inch measured diagonally.

The ultra-HD TVs are also known as “4K” because they contain four times more pixels than an HD TV.

 

[UhOh]

There isn't anything I wouldn't buy if I could afford it.
10 women at the same time if I could afford it.

 

[bcneil]

Depends what could afford means. If I had 200,000 in the bank then no, if I had 20 billion then yes.

 

[UhOh]

Depends what could afford means. If I had 200,000 in the bank then no, if I had 20 billion then yes.

200,000 means you can't afford it.
20 billion means you most likely could.
If you win the lottery I volunteer to be your money manager.

 

[badbadboy]

There are a whole list of things I wouldn't buy even if I had $50M sitting in the bank.

This is definitely one of them. Main reason being is within 2 years they will have found a way to bring the price down to a more affordable level for the average consumer.

$150K, hmm that's about three years of pooning dollars ound: ! BBB go without for 3 years, I don't think so

 

[UhOh]

Well then for you $50M means you couldn't afford it.

The question is actually a bit silly. You can either afford it or not.

 

[sdw]

I said no because that $150k Samsung is going to come down in price. I remember when a 42 inch was $5k - now Telus gives them away with a contract for their TV service.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

i'd wait for the january sales - they'll drop to 100G for sure...

 

[87112]

The model in the first picture is so beautiful. Classic round Korean features with natural black hair and not that dye hair job that Asian women are overdoing to death. Asians look worse with brown hair, lools like a cartoon to me.

 

[emacky]

that is only about 15,000 CAD. However, I so rarely watch TV anymore, I would rather spend that money travelling or several unforgettable nights of sex lol

 

[vancity_cowboy]

that is only about 15,000 CAD. However, I so rarely watch TV anymore, I would rather spend that money travelling or several unforgettable nights of sex lol

the article says 160 million south korean won which equals exactly $US152,000 or $CDN161,600

 

[normisanas]

Why would the OP ask "if you could afford it"? That doesn't test anything! That's like asking, "if there were absolutely no consequences, would you ...."

Here's a question, as a man, would you volunteer to lose half the length of your penis if you could be in the top 1% of wealthy persons in the world?

As a woman, would you volunteer your face to be totally disfigured if you could be in the top 1% of wealthy persons in the world?

 

[emacky]

the article says 160 million south korean won which equals exactly $US152,000 or $CDN161,600

My bad, but yeah rather buy a rental property with that money

 

[VanessaofBC]

The model in the first picture is so beautiful. Classic round Korean features with natural black hair and not that dye hair job that Asian women are overdoing to death. Asians look worse with brown hair, lools like a cartoon to me.

Are you referring to the model on the right or the left.

The one on the right looks a bit older to me.