Cartoons in that resolution is so unnecessary.

No shame in it,Its mostly fucking US individualism mentality that teels them that they should move out and practically forgrt about family.

Other see it as inconvenience to have "sex". But novels are there for a reason.

Why does Japan care, they don't even manufacture televisions anymore. All their effort does is guarantee underpaid Chinese continue to have work and the quality of Japanese brands suffers under the hands of Chinese manufacturers vying for the lowest bid.

Clearly the nationalist dinosaurs in office once again don't get it. Or should I say they're still in the denial stage, which is why Japan's economy continues to remain slumped, along with the number of people living in poverty. Or perhaps they simply prefer in that way, so they can continue to take advantage of the misfortunes of their fellow citizens. After all, if everyone were so fortunate, they would no longer have cheap manko & spirits.

"who the hell would need TV in 2014+"

But then again, old senile farts making decisions are living in the past ...

Ultra high resolution photo shots would look absolutely amazing at native 2160p or higher resolution uHD TVs. Not only that, gaming at those resolutions would be awesome as well, finally SLi, 3x and QuadX can be pushed to their limits.

I suppose not many of you have actually seen full ultra HD in action before or some may remember this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U7e_quvkPQ

But a television at that resolution is, so long as you're sitting at a typical viewing distance. At a distance of 2 meters (6.5 feet), someone with 20/20 vision isn't going to notice any perceptible difference between 1080p and 2160p on a 50 inch display. There may be four times as many pixels, but you can't distinguish them from that far away. As far as television goes, 4k will mostly be a gimmick that will add cost to screens without adding any real value. 8k is even more pointless, since you'd need to be sitting less than 1 meter from a 50" display to notice any slight difference from 4k, and would have to crane your neck back and forth just to watch a show.

Even if you are sitting close enough to a 4k screen to be able to see the added detail, and are viewing a native 2160p broadcast, anime isn't likely to look any better. The animators can only draw in so much detail, after all. Even the difference between watching anime on a DVD or a 1080p blu-ray is marginal. Lines might look a bit sharper, but otherwise you're not getting any more actual detail.

Manufacturers can't expect television sales to continue as they have in recent years. People were willing to upgrade their old CRT televisions to higher resolution flat screens, but minor features and quality improvements don't provide nearly as much incentive to upgrade again.