If we look back only ten years ago, TVs were still real fat, while today they are just bones and skin. South Korea's LG Display went one step further, as their bendable OLED TV, the first curved OLED receiver in the world, is only 0.97 millimeters thick, i.e. less than a millimeter, and weighs only 1.9 kilograms. It's no wonder that it can only be attached to the wall with the help of magnets, and it can be removed as easily as removing a picture.
LG OLED TV with 55-inch screen (almost 140-centimeter diagonal) applies to the first curved OLED TV in the world. Although it is only a test of the concept, LG plans to produce it sometime this year 600 thousand copies of this futuristic TV, and already in 2016 the figure is expected to increase to one and a half million. It is definitely a TV that will not only revolutionize the way we watch TV or how we organize our living space, but will also raise the question of what will come after it. What, if anything, can go beyond flexible and wallpaper-thin television?
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LG's OLED TV does need a little extra help to function. He takes care of that outdoor unit, where the necessary electronics are hidden, which display transmits the image wirelessly. Samsung will throw itself into this type of series production in 2017, while Sony has decided to look for challenges elsewhere. Production is still extremely expensive, which is also recognized by LG. Theirs 65-inch 4K TV is currently sold at a price of 8,000 euros, and the reason for such a high price is mainly the fact that the production process is not always successful, which means that a lot of screens made don't work. But the South Koreans say that they have already made a big breakthrough in this area as well and that they have raised the efficiency of production on 80%, which means that the final price will also fall.
With OLED technology, we are moving towards the "anorexic" screens that will be possible attach to any surface. It's the same thing revolutionary transition as from a cathode ray tube to liquid crystals. But why is OLED technology labeled as technology of the future televisions? The answer lies in its acronym, "organic light-emitting diode", which means organic light emitting diodes. Unlike LED screens, this type of screen does not require special lighting from the background of the screen, as the diodes create this light themselves.
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