Skinny LG OLED TV

Tomorrow’s LG conference will see us getting information on the release date of LG’s thinnest yet TVs.

Yes, about as thin as a £1 coin. 0.25cm thin to be exact.

Lots of people ‘in the know’ are already talking about the launch of LG’s 15″ OLED TV to be launched later this year, however I can reveal exclusivley that there may be a much bigger screen size OLED launching before 2011 too.

More tommorrow. But for those of you who want a bit of a break down of what OLED TVs are, here’s the crack:

Stands for: Organic Light Emitting Diode TV.

Translation: OLED works on a pixel matrix which means there is an LED light behind each pixel and they work independently of each other, so the colour contrast across the screen brings incredible clarity. (Normal LED is less good at contrasting light and dark due to all lights working together rather than independently.)

Reminder: A plasma TV emits its own light unlike LCD TVs. The picture is produced by thousands of pixels filled with a mixture of phosphor and gas so that when stimulated by electricity, it creates its own light. The depth of colour in Plasma is generally better, but LED’s are better for viewing in brightly lit environments, they are also more environmentally friendly and thinner.  (OLED is the thinnest.)

OLED:

4 x more energy efficient than LED & Plasma

Invented with an insight about how deep sea bioluminescent fish operate. (Emit “Cold Light” = less than 20% thermal radiation.)

LG OLED inspired by the way deep sea fish operate. (soure: google images)