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.
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.
I made one first! (Score:3)
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?
Well well (Score:3)
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I thought, "Oh look, they invented a battery-powered TV..."
But no, it's just a TV with wifi built in (more or less).
The press of a what? (Score:1)
"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?
We don't need transparent TVs (Score:3)
We need transparent cats.
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That made my day :) Thanks you!
Where's my HUD? (Score:2)
Alpha 11 AI processor (Score:2)
Because everybody knows the one thing a fucking TV needs is an AI processor.
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My thought exactly.
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Your TV, now with lots of low precision multiplication cores!
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It'll be used to generate custom, on-the-fly personalized commercials just for you.
And you, and you, and you! Everybody gets custom personalized commercials! woo hoo
In other words (Score:2)
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.
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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.
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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.
Whats the point of 'transparent'? (Score:3)
Does it mean you won't see whats on the screen?
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Terrible (Score:2)
interesting (Score:3)
WHY. (Score:3)
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?
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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
Science fiction made real (Score:2)