Though we’ve covered a lot of CES stuff, we still couldn’t publish everything at once because the show hadn’t ended when we went about preparing the CES issue. One of the things that we found interesting, but couldn’t cover, were two massive 55 inch OLED TVs from Samsung and LG.
OLEDs have become increasingly common these days, with companies like Samsung pushing out various flavours of the technology. The lighting on these displays comes from a layer of organic compounds that emit light when exposed to electricity. They’re amazingly energy efficient, and when used in displays, produce very high quality images. They can also be used to make flexible transparent displays.
Due to their cost, however, 55- inch OLED screens are very rare, which is what makes the two offered by the South Korean companies unique. Both displays are very thin (only 4mm!) and support a 100,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The bezel of the TV is virtually non-existent, and I must say, the TVs are beautiful. However, I don’t really know if they’ll ever become mainstream. I mean, a Full HD TV is only useful to normal people if it’s not going to sell at $8,000, right? We all know that 3D TVs have only had limited success thus far. Looks like OLED TVs are going the same way.
True, both products aren’t in the production stage, but they’re apparently slated for a late 2012 release, and no, I wasn’t joking about the price; though I may add that the estimate is based on market speculation and that neither companies said anything about it.
