Samsung's 40-inch LCD is world's thinnest at 3.9-mm, attracts magic pencils
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Oct 26th 2009 6:22AM
posted Oct 26th 2009 6:22AM
[Via Akihabara News]
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Where's the "Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard" article that we have all been waiting for?
Hmmm a comment not related to anything in the article, how ingenious.
In related news, does the world's thinnest girl come with the world's thinnest LCD?
Motoi is right! These articles should always start like this:
Oh I'll give her a magic pencil!* HEY OH!
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*I apologize for that
P.S. I'm not drunk
@ stick figure guy, i was thinking the exact same thing about showing her a magic pencil. although mine would be one of those super large and thick pencils. lol.
You killed it..
They must mean the lady is the slimmest.
Nah, I think the pencil is just ridiculously wide. It's all a trick of the eye... :D
does it matter how thin a tv is ?
To extent of course. Thinness usually translates into lightness, which makes it easier to hang on a wall. Ultimately it probably also means cheaper TVs, since while for now the manufacturing process is more expensive, once it becomes commonplace it will come down to using less raw materials for thinner TVs.
It also results in a lower quality image.
@Rafael
So the thicker the tv the better the image quality is ?
Nice logic.
@rafael
Where did you get the info that the thinner a tv is, the crappier the quality is?
@xValentine and iPhoneAIR
Thicker, LED rear backlit LCD TVs can offer a local dimming feature that improves contrast by improving black levels in dark segments of a scene without unduly affecting the appearance of bright objects. Thin, LED edge backlit LCD TVs cannot offer local dimming.
@Rafael - lets not make crap up and assert it as a fact. There is no reason that width of a tv alone would dictate the quality of picture. By your logic, all of the lcd & plasma tv's we've been buying for the last few years would then be worse looking than our old tube tv's. That's just stupid.
So, are those really Samsung employees? 8)
Doubt it, that would cost way more than just getting a new one every time. Heck those models might even do it on the cheap to be viewed so widely. With all the money Samsung throws around in Korea it might just be a status symbol for aspiring models.
She has a hollow look
Asian product waif is tired of all you consumer desire for size zero.
These ultra-thin panels have had serious problems with light blooming in the corners (see avsforum).
It's annoying enough that most end up returning them.
Even the model is thin too!
she looks old and she isnt that thin, IMHO
Still LCD, meh. The panasonic z1 however... that's far more impressive
y'all need to check the akihabara link to see how fine this lady really is...
umm....yeah! boo for engadget not posting the picture of her in front of the tv....
Yes, it's worth a look. She's actually got some womanly curves on her.
hell, yeah...
She has all the curves in the right places, God, korean women are hot!
That thing certainly looks hot and the TV is pretty cool.
Regards,
As far as recent product waifs go I give this one a 10/10. Fantastic! Give this one a cookie. On second thought, make her pimp a package of oreos for us but don't let her eat any.
Dudes, you don't know your metric system. It's not 3.9mm! It's 39mm! :)
Each of those pencils is about 10mm wide.
Really? You routinely use pencils 1cm in diameter? They're right, it's 3.9mm... 39mm panels have been around for a while now... I have a 1.2" thick plasma hanging on my wall right now.
You're confusing depth of your overall TV with the thickness of the actual LCD panel, as did Samsung in the picture. Since you challenged me about the pencil size, I took out my Schaedler Precision Ruler and measured an Empire #2 pencil sold at Target and it was 7mm thick, which is pretty close to my eyeball measurement. Since the model holds up two of those that's 14mm, not 3.9mm.
Before you challenge someone, do your homework.
@ubercool
Umm... the panel is between the pencils. Look at the last picture on Akihabara's site where they have the close-ups of the pencils. 3.9 mm looks right.
What the fuck?
This is only my opinion, but I feel as though flat panel manufacturers are getting away from what they really should be focusing on... such as the quality of the image. I've got a 46" flat panel that is probably 3-4" thick and I can honestly say not one time in the history of ownership did I say to myself "Man, I wish this panel was thinner!"
I understand that thin televisions will ultimately be the norm, but I don't think it makes economic sense to pay for the novelty of a thin television when it's got only average specs.
There definitely is a utility in having an ultra-thin set when you care how it looks on your wall, or if the wall it's mounted on is seen end-on. The Samsung 860 plasma is very highly-rated as far as image quality, and it's as thin as the LED sets they're pushing.
Man do I agree with you! The iPhone is another good example in that it's so thin, that it can barely last 90-minutes when more than two features are activated.
Regards,
Dan
The problem with your theory is that the led thin panels have great picture quality. Since they have led lighting them. They also have power savings over other tv's. Plus if you live in california these might be the only big tv's that you can get.
I'd like to give her the world's thinnest.
I think it would be too easy to break this tv
Racism at it's finest, or should I say worst? GTFO.
the world's thinnest....hmmm, sounds familiar
...now i remember, that's what she said
I think Samsung has used this model before.
Is that a tatoo on her left wrist?
Or was she at a club last night?
So many mysteries... :)
That's a watermark from the Akihabara kink, and it's on her left wrist ;)
Honestly, I'd much rather have a slightly thicker TV with much better image quality than one that's 3.9mm thick and probably doesn't look as good as one that's (gasp!) 10mm thick.
When TVs get super thin, does that mean that all of the ports are going to have to move to the base like the Sony XEL-1? In any case, I bought my current HDTV last year (Samsung LN46A650). I think I'll just wait until OLED goes mass market in 2015-2016 before buying another one.
Watch South Park more.
Does anyone else think the screen images in the Akihabara kink look simulated? Or is it just me?
Just makes it easier for the person that breaks into your house to carry it out.
thank you macserv, at least some people still know quality television! :D