LG Electronics showcased two different but equally impressive new products at the Consumer Electronics Show Show. At 54.6 inches measured diagonally, LG's 55-inch-class OLED TV panel is tied for the world's biggest, with a model shown by a rival manufacturer also exhibiting at CES. The TV utilizes Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display technology, which in turn is powered by LG's TRIPLE XD Engine.
The proprietary TRIPLE XD Engine brings three core components. The Dynamic Color Enhancer provides superior color reproduction, while the Contrast Optimizer and the Resolution Upscaler fine tune the most minute image details. The superior clarity is particularly noteworthy during dark scenes.
The OLED TV panel promises striking picture quality with no after-image, as well as a high contrast ratio, over 100,000,000:1 according to LG, 50 times what was possible on LED/LCDs. But since this exceeds any known measurement tool, we should take that with a grain of salt. The color gamut is also jaw-droppingly wide. Because it does not require a special light source, relying largely on self-lighted organic pixels, the panel arrives in a previously unimaginable form factor, a mere four millimeters thin, and lighter in weight even than an a similarly-sized LCD panel at only about 16-and-a-half pounds. LG's Cinema Screen design is also distinguished by an ultra-slim bezel so it's practically all screen.
Picture quality is further enhanced by a response speed of under 0.1 microseconds, enabling the TV to render fast motion with virtually no blur or bleed. The panel adopts White OLED (WOLED) technology with an Oxide backplane, demonstrating the effective application of OLED technology to larger panel sizes with cost efficiency, addressing the prohibitive pricing that have thus far slowed the consumer availability of the next-generation display format. Colors are formed via a precisely aligned RGB filter array in front of the panel.
In addition, LG showed their 84-inch "Ultra Definition" (UD) 4K panel, believed to be the world's largest UD 3D TV. Combining LG's passive CINEMA 3D technology and Smart TV functions with UD technology, the 84-inch-class (84.04 inches measured diagonally) is going to look amazing in someone's 3D home theater.
LG's 3D UD TV boasts a total of 8 million pixels, four times the resolution of today's Full HD 1080p TV panels. The set's 3D Depth Control enables users to customize their 3D viewing extent of the effects. 3D Sound Zooming provides users with immersive audio to accompany the visuals.
The new TV also provides access to LG's Smart TV ecosystem, already up to over 1,200 apps and with a growing array of premium content services, including the 3D Zone, where users can select an increasing wealth of 3D movies. Embedded 2D to 3D conversion engine expands the availability of 3D content. The ergonomically-designed Magic Remote is pretty smart too, empowering futuristic control via voice recognition, a wheel, Magic Gesture and pointing.
Availability and pricing for these two have yet to be revealed.
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