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LG Unveils the World's First Wireless Transparent OLED TV (engadget.com) 26

At CES, LG on Monday unveiled the OLED T, or as the firm describes it, "the first wireless transparent OLED TV," with 4K resolution and LG's wireless transmission tech for audio and video. Engadget: The unit also features a contrast screen that rolls down into a box at its base that you can raise or lower with the press of a bottom. The OLED T is powered by LG's new Alpha 11 AI processor with four times the performance of the previous-gen chip. The extra power offers 70 percent greater graphics performance and 30 percent faster processing speeds, according to the company.

The OLED T model works with the company's Zero Connect Box that debuted on last year's M3 OLED that sends video and audio wirelessly to the TV. You connect all of your streaming devices and game consoles to that box rather than the television. The OLED T's base houses down-firing speakers, which sound surprisingly good, as well as some other components. There are backlights as well, but you can turn those on for a fully-transparent look. LG says the TV will come in standalone, against-the-wall and wall-mounted options.
No word on when the TV will go on sale, or how much it would cost.
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LG Unveils the World's First Wireless Transparent OLED TV

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  • by hawk ( 1151 ) <hawk@eyry.org> on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:31PM (#64141679) Journal

    30 feet diagonal.

    Not only can you see right through under all circumstances, you can her a whisper from the next room.

    On top of that, only the truly pure of heart can see or hear it!

    Now, would someone silence that pesky little boy?

  • by jjaa ( 2041170 ) on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:41PM (#64141705)
    Won't you look at that - a TV which receives audio and video wirelessly... and here i tought they got rid of powercord :D
  • "The unit also features a contrast screen that rolls down into a box at its base that you can raise or lower with the press of a bottom."

    Sure it's not an A-HOLED TV?

  • by zephvark ( 1812804 ) on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:05PM (#64141761)

    We need transparent cats.

  • Transparent TV is dumb but if they could print some simple symbology onto my goggles for a few bucks and then place it out at focal distance somehow that would be great.
  • Because everybody knows the one thing a fucking TV needs is an AI processor.

  • A worse signal. Can't wait for all the complaints about movies or shows having sudden bursts of pixelation or weird artifacts and sound.

    Wires exist for a reason. Trying to bypass them only leads to a less reliable signal.

    • A worse signal. Can't wait for all the complaints about movies or shows having sudden bursts of pixelation or weird artifacts and sound.

      Wires exist for a reason. Trying to bypass them only leads to a less reliable signal.

      That didn't stop most of humanity to accepting Bluetooth for audio. It's shitty, it's sub-par, it cuts out randomly because why not. But if you're one of the holdouts, like myself, you'll get told every time someone sees the chord that you're a backwards asshole that should get with the times.

      • When the sound is bad on the phone, or they have to try adjust something to get the sound better (I assume they were walking far from the phone and have to go closer, or they disconnected the BT and picked up the actual phone), I shame them for using wireless and waste my time.

  • by fredrated ( 639554 ) on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:02PM (#64141951) Journal

    Does it mean you won't see whats on the screen?

    • I was wondering that myself. I like my screens to *block* what's behind them; that way I can hide while playing TETRIS.
    • Rather than watching a movie, think of scenarios like Samsung frame, displaying moving art, really cool for a fish tank display, office glass walls or windows between rooms, quite a few scenarios that this could be pretty handy or at least artistic.
  • The background is very distracting for any actual viewing besides some novelties. These might make interesting displays for stores, but as a TV they are incapable of rendering black which is one of the main benefits of emitting displays like oled.
  • by bloodhawk ( 813939 ) on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:43PM (#64142123)
    Has a lot of potential for use in various glass wall areas.
  • by MachineShedFred ( 621896 ) on Monday January 08, 2024 @08:30PM (#64142609) Journal

    So it's a TV that you can choose to make the contrast ratio suck on, or press a button to make it about the same as a regular TV that costs a whole lot less? What purpose does this serve, other than showing off to dipshits that you have a TV that is clear when it's not turned on, rather than being a big black rectangle; but suffers performance-wise as a TV when turned on, for a low single-digit multiple on the price tag of a TV that just has decent contrast every time you look at it?

    What am I missing here?

    • You're missing a lot.

      1) Since it displays black it works just like a regular TV as you already noticed, but you're missing that not everyone buys the cheapest TV they can get. Some people like looks too, and this does look good.
      2) Not everyone buys a TV for its TV performance, and many people integrate TVs into their home design. E.g Samsung Frame - a slightly above average TV at high-end prices that is a widely successful seller because many people don't want a TV which looks like a TV. Or Bang and Olufsen

  • <sarcasm>Now the age of transparent computer displays—a staple of Hollywood movies for over a decade—can begin! Everyone will love them! I cant wait!</sarcasm>

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