LG & Samsung announces its first curved OLED display

  • Thread starter Thread starter jayanji
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies Replies: Replies 6
  • Views Views: Views 4,186

jayanji

Member
Joined
10 Mar 2012
Messages
568
Reaction score
403
LAS VEGAS, US--Feast your eyes on LG's new EA9800 TV that was just announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013. This new OLED smart TV is 3D-capable, and uses a WRGB four-color pixel system.

Standard televisions use only RGB pixels, but LG's OLED TVs come with four pixels, while Samsung's OLED panels use three. The addition of the white pixel is supposed to help with brighter colors, but we'll have to put both TVs side by side before we can verify this.

The EA9800's curved display helps to keep all the points equidistant to a viewer's eyes, and supposedly helps remove screen edge visual distortion and detail loss. While we were in front of the TV, we found the curve hardly noticeable but it is quite obvious from behind.

Pricing and availability have not been announced, and rival Samsung has also announced its own version. And just so you know, both companies are laying claim to being the world's first, too.

CG39328


LAS VEGAS, US--Samsung surprised CES attendees with its latest announcement. After all, there was no mention of any curved TV at the Samsung press conference the day before, though it was hinted last December that Samsung Display will be showing off a 55-inch bendable TV at CES.

According to Samsung, the curved screen adds depth to the content, thus delivering a more panoramic, immersive effect especially when viewing vast landscapes and sceneries. It would seem that the curved panel will provide a more natural viewing angle than a flat-panel TV for viewers in the center. However, one wonders how the curved screen will affect the viewing experience for those seated on the sides.

samsung_curved_oledtv_1.jpg


Source net
 
South Korean consumer device makers Samsung Electronics Co and LG Electronics Inc unveiled curved, super-thin televisions on Tuesday, hoping to become early market leaders in new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV technology.
Considered the future of consumer electronics displays, the OLED technology is more energy-efficient and offers higher-contrast images than liquid crystal display, and is so thin that future mobile devices will be able to fold like paper.
The panels use an organic chemical compound as a key material which emits light in response to an electric current.

Both Samsung and its rival LG unveiled 55-inch OLED TV a year ago at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and this year they advanced their technology with a curved panel, which allows the distance between the user and TV screen to be the same from any angle.


samsung-85-inch-ultra-hdtv-635.jpg


Samsung, LG unveil super-thin, curved OLED TVs | NDTV Gadgets
 
According to Thomas Lee, vice president of LG Home Entertainment Europe, LG's curved OLED model is launching in the second half of 2013. However, he did not provide further information on worldwide availability and estimated pricing.
 
LG to start shipping their curved OLED TV in Korea in a few days

LG announced in April that it's bringing a 55-inch curved OLED HDTV to market, and it appears that time is almost here. According to the machine translated press release, shipments of the 15 million won ($13,500) display will start in a few days. Plant staff are pictured around one of the first mass produced 55EA9800 TVs.
lgcurvedoled.jpg

LG's 55EA9800 features an Oxide-TFT WRGB Full-HD OLED panel (like LG's 55EM9700 OLED TV). The TV features "infinite" contrast ratio, passive 3D, Smart Touch Controls and a "paper-slim" design (it's only 4.3 mm thick and weighs just 17Kg). It is made from Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP).

Lg's "regular" OLED TV, the 55E9700 is already shipping for $10,000 in Korea. Sales have reportedly been slow, which isn't surprising due the high price tag. It is expected to launch soon in the US, UK, India and Israel.
 
Samsung launches 55-inch 'flawless' curved OLED TV in Korea

Just as the rumors foretold, Samsung has announced Korean availability of a 55-inch curved OLED HDTV. Priced at 15 million Korean won (around $13,000) Samsung claims its "Timeless Arena" design eliminates potential for defective OLED pixels. It also reiterates the claim LG made when it launched its own curved OLED model earlier this year that keeping all parts of the screen an equal distance from the viewer makes for a better viewing experience. It also supports features found in other Samsung TVs like multi-view that lets two people watch different things at the same time thanks to 3D glasses, and the Evolution Kit CPU upgrade. There's no word on US availability or its flat OLED HDTVs, but the company also launched its new 65- and 55-inch 4K TVs at the same event.

samsung-curved-oled.jpg
 
LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV hits Germany for 8,999 euros this week
8691077614946e185ca9b.jpg


Following its availability at several Best Buy locations across the US, LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV is finally making its way to Europe. The company today announced that it'll arrive in Germany this week for 8,999 euros (roughly $12,000), with wider availability and pricing set to be announced in Q4. LG notes that it stands as the first to offer this type of kit in both the US and the EU, though, we're sure Samsung won't lag too far behind as usual.
LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV hits Germany for 8,999 euros this week
 
Back
Top Bottom