Samsung announces pricing for 105-inch 4K screen

Samsung has announced its ginormous 105-inch UN105S9W television, which premiered at CES 2014, is now available for pre-order for a penny’s change out of one hundred and twenty grand.

Originally called the 105U9500, the curved UN105S9W is “made to order” and features a curved 4K-compatible LCD screen and a beautiful wood-finish back. At $119,999,99 it’s one of the most expensive TVs you can buy, but Samsung will also throw in personalized setup by its “Field Engineers”.

The TV was announced in January, a little while after LG unveiled its own 105UC9. While the LG is priced at a much more “affordable” $70,000 the company has yet to announce availability.

The UN105S9W features Samsung’s proprietary UHD Dimming and Precision Black which promise deeper blacks and brighter whites and a Quad Screen mode (four HDTVs on one screen). The panel has a 21:9 aspect ratio, a closer match to ultra-wide-screen movies than to standard 16:9 HDTV shows. As a result of its wider shape, the screen also has a higher native resolution than most 4K/UHD TVs: 5,120×2,160. That’s 11 million pixels and change.

The 58-inch Vizio XVT3D580CM from 2012 is the only other 21:9 TV to hit the US market.

Curved TV screens first appeared this year on LG and Samsung OLED TVs, but like the smaller curved sets Samsung recently announced at CES, the 105U9500 uses standard LED LCD, not OLED, technology. The only other curved LED LCD on currently the market is the 65-inch Sony KDL-65S990A, and it has standard 1080p resolution.