That's one big mofo...measuring in 65 inches:
Sharp Electronics of Japan said it will begin August by selling the world's biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) television measuring 65 inches (165 centimeters) diagonally.
The Aquos high-definition television will cost 1.68 million yen (15,500 dollars) with only 300 units to be initially produced each month, Sharp said.
The giant TV enters a market for large high-definition televisions in which LCD models have been absent.
Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial, the maker of the Panasonic brand, in October began selling its own 65-inch high-definition television using plasma rather than LCD display.
Sharp's South Korean rival Samsung Electronics in March unveiled the world's largest LCD panel at 82 inches (208 centimeters), but the Sharp television would be the largest LCD television on the market.
Previously, few in the industry imagined an LCD television of more than 37 inches, as pixels can be of poor quality if the screen is stretched too far, but Sharp said it had developed technology to prevent such distortion.
Sharp said in a statement the giant TV will provide "life-like, high-definition imagines on an impressively large screen."
The Aquos goes on sale in Japan from August and elsewhere by the end of the year.
