Tag: hdtv
LG-Display to launch a 55 inch OLED TV in 2012 !
by admin on Jul.23, 2011, under High End Tech, Tech News
LG will launch a 55in OLED TV by the second half of next year.
That’s the surprise announcement from LG Display CEO Kwon Young-soo (left), speaking in Korea as the company announced its second quarter results.
Kwon told reporters he saw no point in continuing to concentrate efforts on small- and medium-sized OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display technology, mainly used for tablets and other mobile devices.
This, he says, ‘has more flaws than [our] current AH-IPS (Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching) LCD technology.
‘We will make no more investment in the sector, judging that the OLED business is relatively less profitable than other products in the mobile sector.’
Instead of investing in OLED displays for mobile applications, the company will now put all its efforts into large screen sizes for TVs: ‘LGD will launch a 55-inch OLED TV by the second half next year,’ Kwon says.
And while he admits that initial numbers will be small – at least by the standards of the massive output of the company – Kwon says LG Display is determined to make this a real-world product: ‘Initial production volume would be only tens of thousands of units due to limited production facilities, but we will expand them to a mass production system, observing market reactions.’
He was speaking as the company announced its results for the second quarter of this year, which saw operating losses reduced from almost KRW240bn (£140m) in the first quarter to less than KRW50bn (£28m), on sales of just over KRW6tn (£3.5bn), up 13%.
TV display panels currently account for just under half of LG Display’s sales, but there’s been intense pressure on prices of late, not least due to oversupply. Large-screen OLED models could give the company a useful premium product line to help restore profitability.
By What’s Hifi
LG Shows us TV with ‘Nano LED’ backlighting !
by admin on Aug.30, 2010, under Tech News
Now that LED backlighting has trickled down to nearly every HDTV lineup, it appears the big manufacturers will have to find new ways to differentiate their products, like LG’s upcoming LEX8 television. Set to debut at IFA in Berlin before going on sale in Germany and Korea next month (no word on the US), LG claims that thanks to a ‘thin film of miniscule dots positioned in front of a full array of LEDs’ its Nano Lighting technology — perhaps of the Nanosys variety it licensed earlier this year — makes for a clearer, smoother picture, with the slimmest and narrowest outline of any LED TV, ever, at just .88cm thick with a 1.25cm bezel. Of course LG’s NetCast widgets and Magic Motion remote are along for the ride as well, while we’ll have to wait until the show opens later this week to get our eyes on this beauty, check after the break for a few more pictures.
By Wall Street Journal
Samsung’s new plasmas will do 3D for much cheaper
by admin on Jul.21, 2010, under Tech News
Looks like Samsung’s 3D Blu-ray players aren’t the only ones coming in cheaper versions, as it’s unveiled the new 680 Series and 490 Series plasma HDTVs. Both were shown off in Korea yesterday, though the US website only features a product page for the 50-inch PN50C680 so far, showing off its 1080p specs and DLNA access. You will give up a few features from higher end plasmas, which add picture-in-picture, widgets, a higher contrast ratio and slimmer designs to the mix. The PN50C490’s situation is a bit murkier, but FlatpanelsHD reports it will be the first 720p 3DTV of the current generation. With current series 4 plasmas retailing for around $720, it could also be the first flat 3D set to crack (or at least approach) the $1,000 barrier — if you’re willing to miss out on the extra pixels.
Update: A listing on ABC Warehouse shows the PN50C490 with a few specs plus $1,099 MSRP, but already up for preorder for just $989. Perfect for some PS3 gaming or ESPN3D watching, right? Of course, as a few commenters have mentioned, you can get a 60-inch 1080p projection 3D capable HDTV from Mitsubishi for even less, so that’s hardly your only cheap 3D option. [Thanks, John Doe]
