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the next big trend in TVs is 4k screens with four times the pixels of today's 1080p tvs now whether you're convinced that this is the next big thing or the next big fad manufacturers are hedging their bets and coming out with a wave of 4k TVs for fall now personally I don't know enough about the technology or the players here to know which of these next-gen TVs to get excited about so a scene that senior editor David Katz Meyer should we allow five of the 4k TVs coming out this fall that he's looking forward to the most starting things off at number five the seiki SE 65 you why Oh for a 65-inch 4k TV from China's number one domestic TV brand the price two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars undercutting Sony 65-inch 4k TV by two grand now is it a great TV we have our doubts but we haven't seen it yet it's also not the cheapest 4k TV out there that same company makes a 39 inch 4k TV for 699 dollars but to really see the effects of 4k that larger screen size is critical so a 65 inch ER at three grand is a sweet spot we'd like to see the other guys try to match at number four the Panasonic TCL 65w t600 on Cena's current list of the best tvs on the market the first four are made by panasonic he also happened to be plasmas which this TV is not this guy is a 65 inch led-lcd 4k TV with a price tag of five thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars the claim to fame here is that the TV will come with hdmi to point out connections right out of the box everyone else is promising a 2 point 0 upgrade but the details are still hazy so if you want tomorrow's 4k resolution on with tomorrow's HDMI standard the Panasonic looks like the way to go that said for the same amount you could go with number three the sharp LC 701 d you like I said before to really appreciate the benefits of 4k you need a big screen and that's what you get with the sharp this is the first 70 inch 4k TV on the market also the first to get THX 4k displays certification but if you're tempted to go even bigger Sony does have an 84 inch 4k TV on the market for seventeen thousand dollars but I thought 70 inches sounds pretty good to our number two TV is one of the least expensive 4k TVs from a major manufacturer it's the Sony x850 a the 55 inch version is priced at 35 hundred dollars here's a TV you might actually buy on paper it looks a lot like the sony w 900 series which we already love only upgraded to 4k but one of the best reasons to throw your 4k money at Sony is content Sony is the only company out there with a 4k video player that can access numerous 4k films that you might actually want to watch and the player only works with Sony products so if you're dying to see the amazing spider-man in 4k Sony's going to be your best bet that being said there are good reasons to just say no to 4k aside from the miniscule amount of available content and the hefty price most people just aren't going to see the difference until you get to that 70 80 inch screen size which are totally impractical for most people if you want to be blown away by a new TV technology check out the new LED TVs these things are gorgeous but because they're difficult to make and it's harder to sell people on screen contrast compared to the lure of quadruple pixels the 4k hype is going to drown out one of the best advancements in the industry but before you get too bummed out there is one last 4k contender that I think we should all rally around at number one the sony vpl VW 600 es a 4k projector instead of knocking down a wall in your living room to fit a hundred inch 4k TV this makes a lot more sense it's not cheap at fifteen thousand dollars but it's still cheaper than sony's 84 inch 4k TV and potentially you're going to get a lot more screen size for your dollar hdmi 2.0 out of the box which means faster frame rates that can keep up with sony's real flagship product this fall the PlayStation 4 you pair the two of these up with a nice screen some call of duty an IV drip a bulk pack of adult diapers I'll see you in 2014 if im not eaten by my cats so there you go five of the most anticipated 4k TVs we're looking forward to playing with this fall is at cnet com for david katz myers full list as well as Jeffrey Morrison's bracing tale of why 4k is mostly stupid until next time I'm Donald Bell you can find more of me over at top 5 cnet com at number four the Panasonic TCL 65w to time tap