World’s Thinnest OLED TV for Its Size Receives Strong Accolades From Tech Crowd
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Liz Klimas
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On Tuesday at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics showed off a 55-inch TV. So, what’s so special about that? Well, it’s only 4 millimeters thick — one-sixth of an inch — making it the largest of the thinnest TVs in the world, according to Samsung.
Width of Samsung's "Super" OLED TV. (Photo: Engadget)
The TV uses organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), not the usual plasma or liquid crystals. Watch The Associated Press coverage of the unveiling:
A tech update for TV screens has been a long time coming and here is what some of the expert sites are saying about it:
- Digital Trends described the TV as “pretty impressive” at least from 75 feet away.
- David Katzmaier for CNE T said that it will outperform any other OLED TV on the market, which is an 11-inch one by Sony. At the Time of Sony’s 2007 introduction of the less-than-a-foot TV, Katzmaier described it as “delivered the deepest black levels I’ve seen to this day” but noted there were other color accuracy issues. He states he would need more face time with the Samsung version to confirm those same issues do not exist.
- Trusted Reviews also said the glimpse of the TV was brief, but from what they saw, it “immediately impressed.”
- Engadget states it is “pretty darn amazing to behold.”
Watch more of Engadget’s review from the show:
OLED technology is used in high-end smartphones, but it has been very difficult to make larger screens with consistent results. In 2007, Sony Corp. started selling an 11-inch OLED TV for about $2,500, but it never followed it up with a bigger model. Since then, LG and Samsung have shown prototype OLED TVs at the annual CES show, but hadn’t revealed any marketing plans until this week.
While Samsung and LG didn’t state a price for the TV that will be available sometime this year, expect the sets to cost more than $5,000 each. It’ll take at least a few years for prices to come down enough for most people.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (70)
CleanUpAisle2013
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:22amNow that you see how thin they are … enjoy watching this:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354456-71/the-smartest-flat-screen-thief-ever/?tag=mncol;1n
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:08pmFun commercial.
Report Post »At $5000, the OLED TV seems like it’s just a way overpriced, 55 inch iPad.
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:12pmYep, and it won’t fit in your Volt that costs 250,000 apiece to build. Now we know what they mean by “green”
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:54amWe still use an early 90′s 27″ Sony Trinitron. The thing won’t die. I feel mixed emotions about it. The picture quality still amazes me, and it is not as though I don‘t browse the banks of flatpanel TV’s at Best Buys from time-to-time. When (if) it finally does quit working, then it will take two strong guys to haul the thing out of here.
Report Post »wraith67
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:08pmI feel your pain. I have a big Toshiba HD tv I got in 2001, still going strong, great picture…but weighs probably close to 200lbs…wondering what I’m going to do with it when it eventually goes down…
Report Post »llotus
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 2:03pmRightthinkin1……….bite the bullet and get one. I`ve had mine since 1997……at least 500 lbs. Put it in the spare B.R. I love it. That Sony wont die. Lotus.
Report Post »Dan_o
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 4:38pmYeah, if they could make a CRT with the same resolution that didn’t way as much as a car, it would by far have the best picture quality.
Darn physics.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:40amBlaze, someone needs to redo their math. One inch equals 2.54 centimeters or 254 millimeters. One sixth of that is 42.33 millimeters. Therefore, if the TV is one sixth of an inch thick, then it is 42 millimeters thick, not 4 millimeters. Simple math!
Report Post »dbkid6
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:54amThe math is correct. There are 10 millimeters to a centimeter, not 100. 42 millimeters would be 1.65 inches.
Report Post »ghostrider99
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:57am1/6 of an inch does equal 4.23mm. 1/6=0.166 x 25.4 = 4.23. Simple math. 42mm equals 1 inch and 15/24′s
Report Post »aTrueAMERICAN27
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:00am1″ = 2.54cm = 25.4mm
Report Post »SShink
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:38amHow far is your foot into your mouth?
Report Post »Learn to use Google conversion.
chips1
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:20pmSo now we outsourced our measurements? If it isn’t in inches, I won’t buy it. Buy American. OOPS! I forgot. We don’t make products anymore. My bad!!!!
Report Post »theaveng
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 2:04pmIt’s always the “correctors” who end-up looking like the dumbasses.
See this video of Jennifer Garner telling Conan O’brien that “snuck” is not a word. That’s you Carboneyes
http://youtu.be/q51ld-scMI8
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Report Post »SenorStrange
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:33amTV tech is moving too fast. I’m still using a DLP.
Report Post »ImMadAsHell
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:03pmI agree, TV Tech moving too fast to keep up. Im still using my Zenith black & white. My remote is a bulb on a 10′ tube that changes channels when I squeeze the bulb. hahahahahahahahahahah Thats Y IMMADASHELL
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:58amgood i can break it over my leg when the vikings throw another pick-6.
Report Post »pickupyurcross
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:39amBetter buy 10. ;o)
Report Post »CPT_GCF
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:33amToo bad OLED has a MUCH shorter lifespan than LCD or Plasma.
Report Post »Cemetery
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:01amThese are old. =[
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:30amAgism is not OK.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:34amWHy do you say that? They have never been on the market before
Report Post »jerseyman44
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 10:52amMainly for RRFLYER, OLED tech is hardly new, I have some samples here I’ve been playing with for a few years already. The only thing new here is the size. The colors fade at different rates, blue being the fastest. Blue loses half it’s intensity in about 500 hours. That’s not a lot at all considering the cost of replacing the screen.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:31amI miss the black and white slow pan, back and forth across the round dials. Barometric pressure, temperature, time, wind speed and such. And all three channels were free. Soft glow behind the TV from the tubes. And the question whether you would receive the transmission at all.
Report Post »And if you didn’t, there were other more mindful things to do. Like reading a book. Playing a board game. Talking on the phone with a party line. Watching the stars slowly move across the black void.
Having the neighbors over for dominos, hearts. Ever play a game called “Exquisite Corpse” or “Consequences” ?
Christian Kalgaard
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:47amidiot you can still have those things
Report Post »stormerwasright
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:52amThanks for the memories….how about watching the little white dot until it faded away after we turned the set off? Caught by it many times too…parents would go out for the night and tell us to turn off the tv and be in bed by a certain time. We’d stay up and watch the tv until we saw the headlights in the driveway. We’d hurry up and turn off the set and run to the bedroom to act like we were asleep….only to be caught by the lingering dot sitting in the middle of the screen.
Report Post »Curtman41
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:34am@Rayblue Don’t forget outdoor plumbing, bias ply tires, the horse drawn carriage, lead paint, rotary phones, Polio, kerosene lamps, typhoid, dirt floors, silent movies, the dickey, the abacus, the milk man, sweat shops, no refrigerators or air conditioning, scarlet fever and horse drawn plows. You really need to get out of the nursing home more often..
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:35amI sure don’t miss that.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 11:06amAbout 20yrs-ago, I bought an old Fisher stereo-receiver, and because of the price($5.00), I was able to almost-compleatly reconstrruct the audio-section with ultra-hi-end parts and engineering-type circuits. The “hot”tubes now are running 75%cooler, and the sound is so good that the speaker-cones “dissappear” and the sound is “just there” without the usual paper/plastic sound-added which most hifi/stereos have unless you pay over $2000.00/channel…total cost including hand-matched tubes, was about $700.00 and my time to do the work. If the “old” tech hadnot been passed-up and the items had not become “cheep”, I would not have “Disney”sound in my livingroom for these many years. I can produce this sound with many different HiFi/stereo speaker-sets, because my amplifier stages have improved “control” over the many quirks that cones produce themselves. I am an old DeVry-engineer, without $15,000 to spend on equipment. So, I simply re-constructed my own ultra-fi with an old-fi as a starting point…only about 36watts/channel, but the SOUND!! OOOH-YaaH!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:28am.
Report Post »What if I want a Chubby TV?…….This is stright up RACIST…………..
GeneTracy
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:34amGood one!
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:22amis moosechelle behind this? did she or b. HUSSAIN o. tell the tv manufacturers? to make thin tvs?did moosecheelle cut down on the sweet tubes or transiters?just wondering
Report Post »GeneTracy
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:03amWhat’s that old saying?”You can never be too thin.”Apparently this applies to our TVs now.Is there a metaphor here?Just kidding,this technology is pretty cool.
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:01amThe geeks are rejoicing everywhere! Sound the trumpets!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:46amJust when you think you have the latest tech, they come out with new stuff. Every time electronics get cheap, they always come out with something new to keep you addicted to the tech world.
As for me, I’ll keep what I have and be satisfied. At some point the madness of going to the next level will pop.
But it is, for some, those consumers that are occupiers that are addicted to the new tech crap…they fight capitalism and buy the stuff they fight against. Weird and messed up people. Pretty sure they never took the higher level SOC classes. LOL and IMHO
But then again for the US, the commie recognized that they can take over the US and keep capitalism in place…They simply use it to herd the undereducated cattle. mooo
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:27pmMy VCR still blinks 12:00 and it’s just as bright as the day I bought it.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:20amNow if they would just produce decent shows again
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:50amEXACTLY !
Without some decent content, it is all for naught.
Report Post »At least we can use Roku to GBTV !
lvfreemontst
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:53amamen to thast brother!
Report Post »Your Name Here
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 6:18amHas anyone noticed that as televisions get better the things to watch on them get worse?
Report Post »There are so few shows that are worth watching that it is hard to justify buying a new TV.
NIPPOHIPS
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:03amYes, they’re only good for computer monitors and the occasional movie.
Report Post »Righteous Outlaw
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:26amAmen, Hollywood is an epic failure lately unless their ulterior motives were to attempt mind slavery then they on to something.
Report Post »MsCamelot
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:57amWOW!!! This is so totally cool. I have been waiting to be able to get just a regular flat screen TV. I am still using the same old dinosaur 27″ TV I bought in 1997, with no hook-ups for games, vcr’s or dvd players. It has a great picture for a tv of this kind.. so I will use it til it dies I guess. It would be great to have one of those OLED flat screens.. but 5K… really? As cool as this new product is… I can think of a lot better things to spend 5K on. I will say that Samsung is a great company too, they have good products.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 6:54amIf you can hold out for about three-five years, the new OLED will have flooded the market and not only will they cost about a quarter of the price, but you will also be able to choose from Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Magnavox, etc. Patience is not only a virtue, but a huge money saver. Besides, by that time Consumer Reports will have the skinny on the skinny.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:19amHow do you hang it on the wall? With Scotch tape? Is Scotch tape really from Scotland?
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:18amWell, the only thing left to do in television technology is to make a hologram type of one. I do miss the rabbit ears though. Me and my brother used to have sword fights with them.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:22amOur rabbit ears are now embedded in various Halloween costumes.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 7:27amDo you really miss them? Take a look at a football game in HD and then standard def. You‘ll feel like you’re losing youe eyesight! Not to mention audio recievers. You can buy 7.2 or 9.2 AVRs for under $500 that blow away the top of the line stuff from the ‘70’s that cost far more at the time. I know there are still plenty of vacuum tube afficianados that will argue that though.
Report Post »Societal Misfit
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 4:34amWell it’s about time! LOL Actually it looks pretty cool. Would love to have one, to bad it will be a while before I, and many others could afford it given the state of the current economy.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:32pmIf you can’t afford one, just hang around the mall and follow the flash mobs. Holder has your back!
Report Post »Mickeyd
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 2:58amCongratulations, Samsung & LG! We love corporate innovation! Obama does not appreciate this kind of thing; he’s too busy excoriating business almost all the time. Can’t wait to have a better president. But the rest of us appreciate the constant imrovement that business is trying to bring to us the consumers. Bravo!
Report Post »SekndAmendment
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 3:50amYeah…because it‘s Obama’s fault your tv sucks…
Report Post »GeddyWanaBe
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 2:27amThis is real Star Wars / Star Trek kind of stuff. Some of the expected extrem applications are transparent computer work stations like you saw in Minority Report. OLED can wrap around uneven surfaces like a column in a mall. Some have even said that you can apply it to paper with like an inkjet printer. Or it could be spray painted on a car so a reflective image can make the care disappear. These are just some of the extreme applications I’ve read about. The technology is still very much in its infancy. Very cool though.
Report Post »Runesinger
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:43amFinally! They are manufacturing OLED TV’s! Not only is the screen super-thin, the material is super energy-efficient – about 1/4 the power of the LED TV’s. Very, very cool!
Report Post »TyrannyNoMore
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:31amPretty cool technology ! You could put Velcro strips on the back of one of these and put it up anywhere in a snap. I remember unpacking my 58″ Samsung plasma several years ago. That damned thing was heavy, when trying to mount it on the wall.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:27amSend one out with each welfare check. It will keep the criminals off the streets for a while…
Report Post »ldaopines
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 3:14amThey get their own when there’s a flood…
Report Post »Witness1974
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:15amAll I can say is ever since I learned that HD means Hideous Detail, I have lost my enthusiasm for advances in television.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 12:52amI bet our beloved Fuhrer will look even better, when viewed on such a tv…..might even make his lies look and sound more believable.
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:00amLol. They found a “old French note in the dvd player”
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 1:35am@GOT2BRONI…..lol….I’m sure all the really old people out there got your reference……wait?…..that might mean I too am getting old……cr@p!!!
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