Posted on 12/20/2024 8:36:56 AM PST by Red Badger
LG's new TV creates a nifty illusion of on-screen content floating in mid-air
After stealing the show at CES 2024 in January, LG's totally transparent TV is finally available to buy. The 77-inch Signature OLED T can be yours for an eye-watering US$60,000.
With that kind of scratch, you could buy three top-of-the-line 85-inch Samsung 'The Terrace' Full Sun Neo QLED 4K outdoor TVs designed to be used in direct sunlight – or a 2025 BMW 5-series car.
Anyway, you're here about the Signature OLED T. We're talking about a 4K 120 Hz OLED TV you can literally see through when it's displaying a picture on screen – creating the illusion of content floating in mid-air, and merging with its surroundings.
LG's new TV creates a nifty illusion of on-screen content floating in mid-airLG View 6 Images
View gallery - 6 images After stealing the show at CES 2024 in January, LG's totally transparent TV is finally available to buy. The 77-inch Signature OLED T can be yours for an eye-watering US$60,000.
With that kind of scratch, you could buy three top-of-the-line 85-inch Samsung 'The Terrace' Full Sun Neo QLED 4K outdoor TVs designed to be used in direct sunlight – or a 2025 BMW 5-series car.
Anyway, you're here about the Signature OLED T. We're talking about a 4K 120 Hz OLED TV you can literally see through when it's displaying a picture on screen – creating the illusion of content floating in mid-air, and merging with its surroundings.
Beyond all the shows and movies you'll stream, you can also enjoy the OLED T's transparent effect using specially developed screensaver content called T Objet, which features themes like nature and art.
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That’s a down payment on a nice little house; or even a couple of cars for some families.
Finally an amp that goes to 11!
Re: a $60,000 price point.
We upgraded to a 4k OLED a few years ago. Night and day difference for older eyes. The showroom had one tv, a large size, that put everything else to shame. It was an 8k OLED; I forget the price, but it was well over $20,000.
I was incredulous enough to inquire about it, starting with the obvious, “who buys something like this?”
The salespeople were quick to emphasize that they showed that model simply to demonstrate the technology. There was (is?) virtually no 8k content. The showroom model was playing a special demo disk also designed to show off the technology. 4k streaming isn’t yet the standard, and we’re along way from graduating to anything approaching the 8k standard being being commercially available except maybe in various hothouse applications. I wonder if directors and cinematographers are starting to play with it in the editing rooms, even if they release commercial content at lower resolutions.
What does a long time translate into nowadays in this sector? Five years? Ten years? Or will this simply be too much, an upgrade for which no one but the very wealthy will pay?
They had already gotten word, however, on next year’s model, which was expected to be $8-9,000 cheaper. I’ve not been back in a showroom since then.
Intersting, from a mechanical point of view, but very quickly would be nothing more than a distraction from the TV.
If I want to look through a window, I already have a wall full of windows here for the looking.
I can stare for free, longer than any Cat.
You can already do this for less than 300 dollars. You buy this screen film and use a projector. The black is the invisible you can see through.
No need to pay 60K for that effect. Just a couple of “magic” mushrooms is all ya need
And stolen at Wal Mart
Now we can see the tangled mess of cables for audio/video connections, HDMI, USB, behind the screen!
My first thought as well. Most people don't put their tvs in front of picture windows as shown in the example photos. Who wants to see their wall behind the screen?
It’s on sale at Sam’s Club.
(kidding)
This is stupid.
I don't need anything that's "see through"...or any other kind of gimmick. I'm thrilled just having the giraffes in my living room.
I have no idea why they developed this, there must be some ulterior benefit we aren’t seeing.........
I remember seeing flat screens TVs about 20 years ago in an electronics store near me. IIRC a 40” one was close to $20,000. Today that same set would sell for $200...or less.
Pass on it.
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RIGHT! I’d rather have one of the 85” Samsungs. I’ve had a 55” Samsung going on 9 years, and it’s still doing great.
20 years ago a 65 inch HD TV was over $40,000. This is normal for emerging technology. In 1993 I saw a ¥20,000 orange plasma 35 inch monitor at MacExpo in San Francisco. These things are real - more or less - as new tech that will come down to consumer level eventually if the market of buyers approves and demands it. I expect this one will make it.
Exactly—could be a nice toy for $500—a decade from now.
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