And likewise, don’t expect to just head down to the local big box store to get one. This will need more than a big box. More importantly as this is considered an industrial platform display, so even when the price is announced (likely at CES), would-be buyers will have to save a few dollars for an accompanying surround sound system as there are no speakers. Those would only add to the weight and really a 10-watt stereo system wouldn’t do this bad boy justice anyway. Likewise the set won’t be loaded with the A/V connections we’ve come to expect with consumer model HDTVs.

Instead, this set will feature four card slots – with three being removable. Thus how you want to use it is up to you, and options should likely include dual HDMI per slot, giving this set a maximum of six HDMI inputs. Additional inputs would include RGB PC inputs and component video. Panasonic won’t be offering a composite slot, because frankly standard definition, low resolution content can’t possibly look very good.

HDTV should however look incredible. While the 103-inch model was considered a 1080p display, with 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, or 2 million pixels, the 150-inch model is a 2K/4K display with a total of eight million pixels.

There has been a lot of hype this year about how anyone can have a home theater, but a select few will make the leap to home cinema. If a projector just doesn’t do it for you, and price is really no object, this is a set that will certainly make an impact. A very big one.

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Peter Suciu

Peter Suciu is a New York based freelance writer who has covered consumer electronics, technology, electronic entertainment and the toy industry for more than a decade. His work has appeared in more than three dozen publications including Newsweek, PC Magazine, Laptop, PC Upgrade, Wired, FHM, SPIN, VIBE, The New York Daily News and Computer Games.