Value Electronics' 9th annual Shootout event

Robert Zohn said:

Our 2013 Flat Panel HDTV Shootout evaluation event will be held in our new store at 35 Popham Rd, Scarsdale, NY as follows:

Day one, 6:00 PM EST, Friday, May 10th and Day two, 6:00 PM EST, Saturday, May 11th 2013.

We'll have up to 70 individuals attending and participating so if you are interested please send me an email with the subject "can I have a seat at VE's 2013 Shootout." The event will also be webcast live in HD and moderated by our staff. Select questions and comments will be passed to our panel of experts for reply.

Our Shootout has proven to be a ‘must attend’ event among true HD enthusiasts and industry leaders, and this year the Shootout has continued to gain in popularity so you can expect to see many of the top industry VIPs participating. With the great advancements of LED and PDP technologies, this will be a great year for flat panel displays.

Many big announcements and surprises are planned so if you are not attending in person be sure to mark your calendar so you can participate online with our HD webcast.

Enjoy!

-Robert

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Robert Zohn said:

Okay HTS members I need your advice about an important decision pertaining to our Shootout evaluation event. Here's my dilemma...

I had planned on putting in Sony's HX950, but unfortunately Sony has discontinued that model. So our choices are the 4k UHD X900A or Sony's highest end 1080p full HD W802A.

The dilemma is that the Shootout has only flagship series, but if we put the X900A it will be the only 4k UHD panel in the event and that's kind of unfair to all of the other displays.

My tentative decision is to put the highest-end W802A 1080p on the Shootout wall to compete with all of the other 1080p displays, but to also have the 4k UHD X900A on an adjacent wall just to show it off and do a brief comparison with the same Shootout wall content, but not to include it in the Shootout evaluation.

I can't post on AVS Forum or HDJ, but I will post this on Blu-ray.com and HDF as I would love to have as many a/v enthusiasts' feedback as possible.

Thanks for your help.

-Robert

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lgroveman said:

Hi Robert,
I would encourage you to please INCLUDE the Sony 4K in the shootout for the following reasons:

While everybody is correct that it is not fair to compare 4K content to 1080P and lower resolutions it is fare to test this set and its upscaling capabilities. The question myself and others is asking is the 720p, 1080i,1080p upscaling to 4K worthwhile in terms of picture quality. While we all know no more real detail is there can Sonys expertise in the 4K world payoff in this regard. Also is the Triluminos display really something to rave about. You and I have spoken recently (to refresh your memory Im down on Long Island) about the Sharp Elite and Samsung F8000s. While 7K is a lot of money for a TV there are many people who have spent that much on the 70 elite for its Full Local Array Dimming and others have spent similar money on the Samsung 75ES9000 and probably will for the 75F8000. Im waiting on you and the others on this forum to make me with my final decision and in that regard it is my own selfishness for this request but at the end of the day if a 4K TV that costs as much as some of the best 1080P TVs and can produce images using CURRENT CONTENT then this is something that should be considered by all IMHO.
Thanks again for all your help Robert,
Lloyd

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