Samsung’s PAVV HDTV is 3D Ready, Has 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio

Samsung has announced that it will be releasing the world’s first Plasma HDTV with 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio — no, we’re not joking, a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, which, if you’re counting, is enough contrast ratio to hollow our your eye sockets.

Excited?

The TV is also 3D-ready, that’s right — not HD-ready, but 3D-ready, meaning you can watch 3D movies or play 3D games with the dinky, silly, headache causing 3D glasses we all simultaneously love and hate — isn’t technology grand?

Note: Futuristic women not included.

The 50-inch PAVV Cannes 450 Plasma HDTV uses a new tech called Cell Light Control that lets it pump its contrast ratio to such ridiculous levels that we’re not even really sure what to expect.

The TV also runs Samsung’s Digital Natural Image engine that handles external noise, contrast ratio and fixes up color.

The HDTV, first announced at CES 2008, has the world’s highest contrast ratio, and will be released in both Korea and the United States. It’ll also be shipped with 3D glasses which lets you take advantage of the five or six games/films that can be watched in 3D.

Okay, we’re interested, but we’re a little terrified to see the price tag on this when it comes out. We’re also curious if that price tag will be at all worth it.

Watch the Samsung site for any announcements about the new screen.