Are they sure they want view this ‘life-size’ at CES?
It’s that time of the year again—the mega-massive Consumer Electronic Society (CES) trade fair in Las Vegas, and Japan’s Panasonic is showing off sumo butts on its widescreen.
6ft by 150 inches: measuring up to the world’s biggest plasma TV
–The 150-inch (3.75m) Panasonic widescreen TV, which stands 6ft tall, will enable viewers to watch everything in life-size—
The Independent Online : 08 January 2008 –….dubbed the “Life Panel”, was the star attraction on the opening day of the world’s biggest consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronic Society International trade fair….Unveiling the television, Panasonic’s president Toshihiro Sakamoto [pictured] said: “Can you imagine sitting at home and watching the Olympics on this baby?”…more…
With a projected price of $50,000 and critics claiming that this mega-TV “will guzzle up to 3,000 watts of electricity,” the chances are you won’t have to worry about your living room being invaded by life-size sumo butts for a while.
Here on the Panasonic widescreen the the Yokozuna, or sumo grand champion, Asashoryu and others entering the ring for the dohyo-iri (ring purification ritual) at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, on January seventh.
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