Well, here's a way to make those 3D tellies attractive -- slim them down to unreasonable proportions and kill as much of the bezel as you can. The newly announced LX9500 isn't quite as skinny as
the stuff we saw LG show off at CES, but at 22.3mm it still makes the majority of laptops look on in envy. Paired to a pleasingly minimal 16mm bezel, it makes for quite the gorgeous living room accessory, whether on or off (one more pic after the break). The new LED-backlit set will offer a full 1080p resolution and a 400Hz refresh rate, which is more than enough to make those active shutter glasses useful. A 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio is given, but that number wouldn't impress us even if it was the total US national debt to 1, we want real contrast numbers or nothing at all. Anyhow,
Reuters is reporting a 4.7 million Won ($4,134) launch price for the 47-inch model, which should go on sale a week from now in Korea. A 55-inch variant should also be available when these 3DTVs make the journey westwards in May.
posted March 25th 2010 7:49AM
Yes! The irradication of the bezel will clense our technological landscape of the huge ugly space wasting menace!
@Tommo Indeed. Eradication of Bezels FTW.
@Tommo /agree The appearance is much more modern without the bezel. I like it. Not sure if its just the room but there does seem to be quite a bit of reflection in the front which could be a downside.
@Tommo The main reason I care about removing the bezel is for putting several ones next to each other. Eyefinity comes to mind but multi-display has been around for ages.
I really would like to know what's under the bezel that makes it so hard to remove.
@Tommo
With 3D the whole world soon will be 4-eye nerds!
@Schmich
The bezel provides structural support -- similar to a window frame or a picture frame -- and carries the entire weight of the glass and internal components during shipping and handling. A completely frameless design would be more difficult to ship and install, and would be more expensive because of the higher likelihood of damage/failure.
i will buy those chicks
@kaasinees
You can't. The 2 guys in the picture bought them already from getanewkoreanwife.com
Haha.
@bitingback
lol +1
@bitingback
lol good one
@kaasinees ... what chicks ? .. There is only ONE chick. You need to put your 3D glasses on.
@kaasinees
Korean chicks are cool. Well, almost as cool as Korean tech.
I'm interested in the power consumption of 3D TVs compared to other plasma, LED, and DLP TVs of the same size and resolution. I suspect it is a bit higher because of the refresh rate and amount of data they are processing.
@gittenlucky
I highly doubt that it is more than a nominal amount.
The TV isn't processing much (more) of anything - it's just a video signal just like anything else. A higher refresh rate might have made a difference back in the CRT days, but an LCD's refresh rate is not the same as having an electronic beam race across the width of your screen.
I think you are confusing screen technology (LCD, LED and Plasma) with viewing technology like stereo 3D.
I'm sorry, I forgot to care about 3dtv's.
menage a troi....
Is it me or those guys look... flat?
@darkmax
When you said "guys", you meant "girls", right?
They should have had them really holding this thing up with no stand!
I doubt it, the majority of the power in any TV is used to power the pixels, that won't really change no matter how often they are refreshed or how much data its processing as the panel itself is a huge draw and the rest is next to nothing
LG & Samsung have've been selling 3D LED TV's for at least 2 months in Korea now. I look at them quite often thinking how I can barely justify the 2 million on LED 40-47 inch.
Wow! The price is actually really low.
All I can say is...Wow!
Those 3D glasses still put me off. I would readily buy the TV though for regular 2D eye candy!!
I still keep asking the question; how are people who wear glasses supposed to view these things without balancing another pair of specs on top - something that aint gonna work!!!!
(And its not as if people who wear glasses are in the minority!!!!)
@(Unverified) ... you just get bigger 3D glasses that cover your normal glasses. Mind blowing I know.
@taligent
Dur ... easily said ... but I haven't seen ANY on the market and even the large sunglasses type UCG Cinema's hand out aren't comfortable (forget the showcase ones!)
As daft as it sounds, you need some form of ski-mask type set-up to watch anything in 3D comfortably with glasses ... so the answer isn't so mind blowing after all clever clogs :o)
Full LED, as apposed to half LED?
@sebconn
hehe seriously... I hate them being called LED TVs when they're really LCD. Now I'm going to go hop in my halogen car and go make something in my fluorescent kitchen.
@sebconn
LG trademarked the term, "Full LED." I think they mean back-lit as opposed to edge-lit. The press release (linked above) states, "As the world’s first Full LED 3D TV, the LX9500 uses an innovative backlight structure to deliver spectacular pictures for the ultimate 3D experience. Illuminated by panels of LEDs directly behind the screen (the 55-inch model boasts 1,200 LEDs), the Full LED display provides images of exceptional brightness and clarify [sic] for unrivalled picture quality."
@nomo
Makes sense. I guess they had to come up with a term other than local dimming since presumably it doesn't support that despite having an array of LEDs.
Full LED, as opposed to half LED?
Don't drop it...
i fail to see the benefit of having as thin a tv as possible
@mrqs
Bragging rights. That's about it.
@mrqs
Visual appeal of a less obtrusive, wall-mounted display. Depending on how the display is mounted, it may not make a difference. Thickness is only relevant because of legacy technology. Narrow-depth displays will become standard as the industry transitions to LED.
10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast, i am pretty sure my TV at present is only 10,000:1......My VHS's will look great on this sucker.
I look forward to the day that TVs become so thin that it ends up accidentally slicing someone's hand off.
We are getting TV advertisements of this TV here in India. The product was never shown, but viewers were pleaded to await by Akshay Kumar. When will it launch here?
But I like these asian companies LG, Samsung. They release their products here pretty soon after their global launch, unlike other European and American counterparts who think India needs only reject or outdated technologies.
Finally, something we truly desire, now just have to wait 3-5 year for the price to come down to reality. Another few year for 3D programing and 3D gaming content, then I will open my wallet.
@ray000000001
To be honest I'm stilling waiting for 55 inch 3D OLED TV that doesn't break the bank. I think it is still at least 5 years away to be reality
The next step?
OLED, then Autostereoscopic 3D.
The irony that more and more displays are going 3D while their physical form factors are attempting to get as close to 2D as possible is not lost on me…
Clearly, this is supposed to be hung in a very narrow hallway. That is why they are so intent on making it as thin as possible.
Still waiting on Samsungs C9000 8mm Thick 3D LED 1080p Goodness :D
400Hz is not divisible by 24. So no judder-free movies.
Seems like a step backwards.
@spin cycle
The press release lists the display as 400Hz (480Hz). I suspect the 400Hz models are for markets using 50Hz, and 480Hz versions go to markets using 60Hz.
10,000,000:1 ahahahahahahahah what a joke
/squints
It doesn't look 3D to me. In fact, it looks a little flat.
I'm sure you mean eastward because I doubt that they are shipped from Korea across China, India, The middle east, Africa, and the Atlantic ocean instead of across the pacific
@roltzje
west refers to US and Europe, east = asia.
Im sure you already knew that though.