What can we say -- it's a near final build of LG's
15-inch OLED TV that's set to go production in Korea before the baby New Year can suckle at the big one-oh. We could say it's beautiful, that even motion looked good pushing genuine blacks on this razor thin panel. But we wouldn't want to rub your noses in the fact that we're at IFA and you're not. Perhaps this will make you feel better: by the time it makes it Stateside in February or March it'll be carrying a price tag right around $2,500. Really, but it's Wireless TV-capable and that's gotta be worth something.
Oh, and LG tells us that its 32- and 42-inch OLED panels are on schedule and due to be released sometime in 2010. Yes, 2010
contradicting what we've heard earlier. No word on price but it's going to be tres, tres expensive.
posted September 3rd 2009 11:33AM
How about adjusting the Aperture next time? I feel like I need glasses looking at those photos.
I expected it to be more $$$!
Nice TV;)))
Damn, what a difficult situation.
OLEDs are probably the best quality TV out there. The problem is the length of your enjoyment is so short, and the price is so high-- why bother? Even worse-- are these made out of some unbreakable materials? Are they packed in so well? These look easily breakable.
I LOVE OLED technology, but who knows how much longer we'll have to wait before they really ARE our paper, or more.
The OLED screen on the Zune HD make us want to ...
I love how the iPhone has become the universal measurement/comparison tool haha
any know wut type of materials the screen is made of? i dont want this thing breaking on me if i buy it for a few Gs, it looks really fragile.
So LG is diving in...what aboutSamsung and Sony as far as full OLED, full size, HD resolution TV's? I emailed them with no response?
OLED panels are made on a polymer substrate... So basically plastic. These may have a glass screen on them but underneath would be plastic. Watchthis vid to see how indestructible oled screens are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8S8tbQMp2k&feature=youtube_gdata
There is already a 3d oled being shown. It's a 30" by samsung. Link here http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/samsungs-30-inch-3d-amoled-tv-wont-make-you-dizzy-will-leave/
Also, oled screens used to have a short lifetime, but has been vastly increased in only a short amount of time. I believe to lifetimes longer than CRT or LCD.
If you want to know how 'good' OLED screens are, just try these phones that use them!! :)
http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sName=&idMaker=0&idAvailability=0&nPriceLow=0&nPriceHigh=0&idCurrency=0&idFormFactor=0&idDualSIM=0&idQwerty=0&HeightMax=0&WidthMax=0&ThicknessMax=0&WeightMax=0&idAntenna=0&idOS=0&idDisplay=0&idDisplayRes=0&fDisplaySize=0&idDisplayTech=2&idTouchscreen=0&idAccelerometer=0&idCamera=0&idCameraFlash=0&idVideoRecorder=0&idExpansionCard=0&idGPS=0&bWLAN=0&bEDGE=0&bGPRS=0&idBluetooth=0&bIR=0&bEmail=0&bWAP=0&bJava=0&idRadio=0&bMMS=0&idRingtones=0&bGames=0&sColor=&StandBy=0&TalkTime=0&sFreeText=
Lifetime and cost?? just wind back about 10 years or so, when LCDs were too expensive and short- lived... has anyone got a 1998 or older LCD that is still going???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_film_transistor_liquid_crystal_display