Tag archive: oled tv

Press day at CES 2012 kicked off early this morning at 8:00 with LG’s press conference announcing its new product plans for 2012. As expected, the A/V category isn’t enjoying any revolutionary advances — LG’s home appliances seem to have gotten all the love this year — but LG does have some impressive looking TV’s and a few clever tricks to refresh it’s A/V line this year.  Perhaps the most impressive practical new development in… Read More

Recent history is filled with examples of perfectly decent – and sometimes perfectly superior – technologies that, for one reason or another, died on the way to widespread adoption. Some, like HD-DVD, barely left the launching pad. Others, like Betamax and AM Stereo, lingered a bit before kicking the proverbial bucket. While “OLED” has been on the lips of every tech journalist for years now, the floundering of the only commercials set – and… Read More

Many smaller electronic devices like high-end smartphones and PMPs are already coming with OLED screens. These screens consume less power than LCD counterparts making for longer run times. Another benefit is that an OLED panel tends to offer better colors than a comparable LCD. LG has announced at the FPD International 2009 show in Yokohama City, Japan that it will be launching a new 15-inch OLED TV on the market by the end of 2009. The set… Read More

Though we’ve poked fun at thin televisions in the past, we do have to profess finding a certain appeal to paper-thin screens (as long as we’re not the ones paying for them). There’s something about a TV that seems to disappear when you walk by it that really grabs attention – especially with people who are used to owning 300-pound CRTs. The trophy for “World’s Thinnest” seems to trade hands every other month, but we’ve rounded up a few… Read More

Samsung threw out the gams and poured out the bubbly to showcase some cool prototypes and forthcoming products at its Global Road Show in New York City. Highlights included: A prototype 40-inch active-matrix OLED (Organic LED) television which is HD-compatible and offers a WXGA 1200×800 widescreen pixel format. The display is driven by an amorphous silicon (a-S) AM backplane which enables fast video response times with low power… Read More