Sony earlier announced the pricing and release date for their new 55-inch and 65-inch 4K LED televisions, but you might also want to check out their new 4K FMP-X1 media player if you are planning to fully experience one of the newly announced displays.

As you might remember, Sony showed off a prototype of the media player at CES back in January. Now, at NAB 2013, they have announced that the device will be available sometime this summer with a price tag of $699. The device will arrive bundled with 10 films: Bad Teacher, Battle: Los Angeles, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Salt, 2010′s The Karate Kid, Taxi Driver, That’s My Boy, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Other Guys, and 2012′s Total Recall. Those are certainly not too exciting for that price.

As for the company’s 4K video distribution service, Sony says that FMP-X1 owners will have to wait until fall. When its available customers will be offered a whole library of 4K movies, with titles from Sony Pictures and “other notable production houses”, and there will be a fee of course.

So, are you interested in getting an LED TV along with the FMP-X1? Or does the staggering price tag of $4,999/$6,999 for the TV and $699 for the media player turn you off?

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How does an 84 inch Ultra High Definition TV sound for your living room or den? With CES 2013 just around the corner, LG has millions and millions of pixels to show off.

In terms of televisions, LG is prepared to unveil 55″, 66″ and 84″ ultra HD TVs. Better yet, all of them are packing a 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution and over 8 million pixels. In addition, LG should be bringing a 30-inch display with a 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution.

All of the displays mentioned above fall into the “4K” category with the latter attaining Digital Cinema Initiatives 4K standards.

Moving into the mobile world, a 5.5-inch, 1080p smartphone screen will also be on LG’s list. Furthermore, a 7-inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel tablet is scheduled to completely blow away the 7-inch market. Currently, the Nexus 7 stands tall with a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution.

Are you excited to see display technology advancing at such a fast rate? Will you be purchasing an Ultra HD TV sometime next year? Let us know in the comments below.

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