Tuesday, September 30, 2008

I Played Portal on a 150-Inch Plasma HDTV and You Didn't [What Financial Crisis?]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/406604787/i-played-portal-on-a-150+inch-plasma-hdtv-and-you-didnt

On Friday, Mahoney and I went to Panasonic HQ to check out one of the first prototypes of their ludicrous 150-inch plasma TV. This thing puts the 103-incher that I checked out last year to shame, weighing a whopping 1700 pounds before the stand is attached and sucking up 7kW of power while it runs. We hooked up our energy-efficient-in-comparison PS3 and suffered through playing a bunch of video games on it to report back to you. You're welcome! Today, a taste, with me sizing up a weighted companion cube in Portal, above, and, after the jump, seeing what a 42-inch steering wheel on Gran Turismo would be like in real life and learning the ropes in Call of Duty 4. Check back tomorrow for a full report.


Yes, my job is pretty awesome sometimes.