[HINFO] LG will launch 55, 65 and 77 inch Ultra HD OLED TVs later this year

[To(V)bo Co(V)bo]

LG has shown various new televisions at CES in San Francisco. Three of the additions are OLED production models with a 4K Ultra HD resolution. These displays come in sizes of 55, 65 and 77-inch and have an RGBW pixel matrix. LG has also showcased a new 55-inch Full HD model and a prototype UHD OLED television with a flexible screen; users can decide whether to use it flat or curved.

LG will launch the 55EC9800, 65EC9800 en 77EC9800 4K Ultra HD OLED televisions later this year. The new TVs use WebOS and will support 4K streaming of video content through Netflix. It's expected that the monitors will first be available in Korea, either in the third or fourth quarter of this year. Available in the rest of the world hasn't been disclosed yet. The 77-inch top model is estimated to cost around $30.000.

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That is all the info they had, but sounds promising. Could make one hell of a PC monitor. No?

[STEvil]

If it performs well like OLED is supposed to, yeah..

[MaddMuppet]

Will be nice, but "BLOODY EXPENSIVE" still, I'd love one.

[kromosto]

why do they curve the screens?

[zalbard]

RGBW pixel matrix = awesome!

[Chrono Detector]

Don't see the point of making a curved screen and then charge premium price for it, what the hell.

[Heinz68]

That is all the info they had, but sounds promising. Could make one hell of a PC monitor. No?

Plenty of info about OLED around the net, good source is the AVS forum. OLED has the best IQ better than Plasma and LCD, but the production cost for now is very high to become mainstream.

The current models have documented burn in issue with static images retention, which makes it not suitable as PC monitor at present time.

At present only LG and Samsung are producing the OLED TV (two different technologies) and Samsung did not have any new model at CES 2014.

Panasonic and Sony got into partnership to produce OLED TV but ended it last year to concentrate on 4K UHD which will become mainstream in a year or two, much sooner than OLED if it ever makes it.

[Kallenator]

Why do people keep saying that OLED have "burn in", and better yet, why is it a big issue?

OLED do not "burn in", they "burn out", more specifically, blue will fade over time as this is currently the least resilient colour.

That does not mean it's not possible to calibrate for, given even wear on blue, one would just have to adjust blue accordingly, it would be incredibly simple to counter.
Given uneven wear, it gets a bit worse since every blue sub pixel would have to be adjusted independently, which would require some kind of specialized camera.

OLED is not perfect, but I would take it over an LCD any time of the week even with the short comings it currently has.

[Lightman]

I've seen curved LG 55' OLED UHD TV in action and it is something else even compared to my good old Sammy UE55ES8000 LED TV.
Simply you have no visible backlight spills (for obvious OLED reasons) and color looks stunning.

The only thing I would like from that TV was it being flat. I would like curved PC monitor but not curved living room TV as the best viewing experience in only while seating in the middle of it.

[miahallen]

That is all the info they had, but sounds promising. Could make one hell of a PC monitor. No?

No...not unless they are at least 60Hz at full resolution...

[Kallenator]

Well it could, and unlike LCD there aren't any major obstacles for very high refresh rates, so 60Hz is nothing but a cake walk for OLED. But hey, manufactures are capable of weird design choices!

[AliG]

Well it could, and unlike LCD there aren't any major obstacles for very high refresh rates, so 60Hz is nothing but a cake walk for OLED. But hey, manufactures are capable of weird design choices!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't OLED just an LCD panel with a considerably better backlight? How does that necessarily take care of the refresh rate if the LED TVs can't hit 60 hz?

[[XC] Lead Head]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't OLED just an LCD panel with a considerably better backlight? How does that necessarily take care of the refresh rate if the LED TVs can't hit 60 hz?

No. LED TVs do not use LED display technology. They're a normal LCD panel with the CCFL tubes replaced with strips of white (or RGB) LEDs. Some more advanced ones use a grid of LEDs in the back to allow for localized dimming to improve contrast.

OLED on the other hand uses a grid of RGB(W) OLEDs directly as the display cutting out the LCD middle man. There are questions about longevity, but you get near infinite contrast and beautiful colors. You basically get the contrast, color rendering accuracy, and response time of a CRT with LCD sharpness. OLED will hopefully be what SED TV's were supposed to be before they got killed in a huge mound of patent nonsense.

[Razmatazz]

I also don't get the curved screen style which I think will be coming on strong for a few different platforms over the next year.

[MaddMuppet]

I'm quite interested in viewing the curved screens. Will leave my judgement after seeing them in action. Also am very interested in OLED on the whole. Have read some great stuff over the years, it just never seem to eventuate. Hopefully this is it chance to shine, especially with the demise of Plasma.