<p>Ultra HDTV is getting more affordable, and Sharp did its part on Wednesday by unveiling a THX-certified 70-inch ultra-HD television for $8,000. That sounds like a lot, but it's a fraction of some prices quoted for the futuristic TV sets that deliver four times the resolution of a garden-variety HDTV.</p><p>You won't have to wait for years to get one in your living room, either Sharp says this new ultra HDTV will be available in mid-August.</p><p>Like you'd expect, it brings serious specs along with that crispy 4K video, including a quartet of HDMI inputs that accept native 4K signals, a couple of USB ports, an SD card reader and an ultra-thin frame that allows its 70-inch screen to take up the same space as a typical 65-inch TV.</p><p>The rollout is at odds with Sharp's talk earlier this month of making Ultra-HDTVs redundant. Sharp said it could produce a comparable picture from a conventional HDTV, at a fraction of the cost. Trying to do that makes sense, given the paucity of ultra HDTV content, ensnaring these products in that woeful condition of being all dressed up with no place to go.</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/06/26/sharp-ultra-hdtv/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421013,00.asp">Sharp Introduces First THX-Certified, 70-Inch 4K HDTV</a> (PC Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Sharp-Debuts-First-THX-Certified-Ultra-HD-4K-HDTV-at-CE-Week-2013.shtml">Sharp Debuts First THX-Certified Ultra HD 4K HDTV at CE Week 2013</a> (Bigpicturebigsound.com)</p><p><a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/483711/20130627/thx-certified-ultra-hdtv-sharp-intel-corp.htm">Sharp Comes up with the World&#039;s First THX-Certified Ultra HDTV, Intel Corp ...</a> (International Business Times AU)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dbcrTmpgiIq8EXM9AKlRZYB2kQdgM&ned=us">27 additional articles.</a></p>