Along with products intended for the mass consumer, manufacturers often create luxury models designed for single customers. This applies to almost all categories of goods. TV manufacturers also did not stand aside. In this article, you can find out what it is, the most expensive TV in the world.
Which TV can be called expensive?
First, let's see what criteria can determine the most expensive TV in the world. What determines the price of this category of household appliances? First of all, from the diagonal of the screen. TVs with a diagonal of 42 inches or more are already not in the budget segment, but more expensive. However, in comparison with those models, which will be discussed a little further, such dimensions will seem very modest.
This is followed by such characteristics as the functionality of the model, picture quality and clarity of color reproduction. Here among the leaders there are such well-known companies as LG, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba and Sony. The cost of TVs is 25-40 thousand rubles.
Can TVs of this price category be called expensive? For the average resident of Russia - yes. Are models more expensive? The answer to this question is yes. For the category of wealthy citizens there are elite TVs, the cost of which can be comparable to the price of an apartment in a small city.
TV elite
What are elite TVs? These are advanced models created with the involvement of world famous designers and have amazing functionality. What is called an elite TV, in fact, is a full-fledged multimedia system that ideally performs the role of a home theater.
Nowadays, several companies are engaged in the production of premium models: Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Phillips and Bang & Olufsen from Denmark.
The most expensive TV in the world - how much can it cost? The price of elite models starts from 50 thousand rubles. The average cost of such equipment is 400-500 thousand.
But there are models that are comparable in price to the cost of the apartment. These are Samsung UE85S9ATXRU and Sony KD-84X9005. Their price starts from 1 million rubles. But even this price seems modest compared to the cost of a plasma panel from Bang & Olufsen - BeoVision 4-103. It costs more than 4 million rubles. Impressive, isn't it?
The most expensive Panasonic TV
This is a Panasonic plasma TV with 3D TH-152UX1W technology. Its diagonal is 152 inches, or 386 centimeters. The cost of the panel is about 30 million rubles. It has successfully implemented all the 3D technologies that exist today, so it will successfully replace the 3D cinema. There is no need to talk about the quality, brightness and clarity of the image - on the screen of the most expensive plasma panel from Panasonic, the picture is perfectly realistic.
The most expensive Samsung TV
Samsung Ultra HD S9 - the owner of a screen of 85 inches, or 216 centimeters. Moreover, it has a unique design - a huge screen as if floating in the air. It rests on a thin, almost imperceptible stand, which creates such an amazing effect. If desired, the panel can be hung on the wall, although its weight is impressive - almost 86 kilograms. The functionality of the Samsung S9 TV is impressive - automatic updates, voice and gesture controls are the minimum that this model can do. The cost of a TV is an average of 1,300,000 rubles. By the way, Samsung Ultra HD S9 is the most expensive TV in Russia.
British record
The other day there was interesting information that in the UK they created Titan Zeus - the most expensive Panasonic TV in the world, with a diagonal of 370 inches, or 940 centimeters. This is a real champion among large-screen TVs. It costs $ 1.6 million and was assembled manually, because there is no factory in the world that is able to ensure its automatic assembly. The most interesting thing is that of the 4 created TVs, two have already been sold.
Beauty is expensive
If you take all the televisions listed above, then their cost directly depends on the size and functionality. Beauty here plays a secondary role, although the best designers are involved in creating elite TV models.
But there are TV models where the price depends on their beauty. Stuart Hughes, previously engaged in decorating iPhones, decided to work with larger models. Now he turns TVs into masterpieces of jewelry. As a basis, he took Prestige HD with not the largest diagonal of 55 inches. 28 kilograms of pink gold went to create a case, the panel itself was trimmed with alligator skin around the frame. Not without diamonds - 72 gems adorn the body of the TV, which was called Supreme Rose Edition.
Previously, the most beautiful and expensive TV model in the design of which used precious materials was LCD HDTV YALOS, a product of an Italian company. It was adorned with diamonds, gold and platinum. Cost - a little more than 100 thousand euros.
Of course, such works of art are acquired (just such a masterpiece cannot be called a TV) wealthy people primarily to confirm their status. Pay for the TV 2.2 million dollars, as is the case with the creation of Hughes, can only a few.