There’s never a good time to buy a TV. If it’s not plasma, it’s LCD. And when it’s not LCD, it’s LCDs with 3D. If LG gets its way, the next display tech you’ll be groaning about is OLED, with the manufacturer planning to demo a 55-inch screen at CES next year.
According to LG’s press release, it’s the largest OLED TV panel ever made, and offers a contrast ratio of 100,000:1. We should also expect richer colours and minimal to no ghosting, thanks to a reaction velocity “1000 times faster than liquid crystal”.
The panel uses “oxide TFT technology” as opposed to “low temperature poly silicon” (LTPS) that’s found in current OLED displays. LG says oxide TFT, compared to LTPS, provides the same image quality at a lower price point.
We’ll be better able to judge these specs once the display is revealed to journos in January. What we can probably count on is a thinner bezel and back (as you can see in the image above) and lower power consumption, as OLEDs don’t make use of back lights.
[Engadget]
Image: Engadget
DarthDVD
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 3:47 PM/me cant wait til this moves over to PC monitors
Sicarius123
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 7:21 PMDo want!
Paul
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 2:10 PMWhy is there so little love for smaller TV’s. The max size I can have in my sall place is 40-42inch any larger and I am having to move my head to see the whole screen. Maybe the rumored apple TV will come to the rescue.
Trevor
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 12:16 AMIts cruel when mummy looks you up in the broom cuboard isn’t it?
Alex K
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 1:47 PMahaha I just peed a little.