Feb 28 OLED not dead yet. Europe gets a 15" LG version in May
Just when we were ready to pull plug on OLED LG goes ahead and announces a 15 inch model for sale in Europe. Here is what we can find from translating an Austrian press release. We include the translated press release. If you can read German the original can be found here.
Features:
- 3mm thin
- 15 inch diagonal
- 10 million to 1 contrast ratio
- 0.001 ms response time
- Low Power Consumption
- 720p
The OLED goes on sale in Europe in May and will cost 2,000 Euros ($2,725). According to oled-display.net it will be available in the US this Summer.
Thanks but I go with a 65 in Panasonic Plasma in its place!
Computer Translated Press Release
Vienna, 25 February 2010 - LG Electronics (LG), an offerer and a technology leader within the range entertainment electronics, leading world-wide, bring in Austria a television set to the newest generation on the market. Only the 3mm deep and 15 tariff large 15EL9500 is equipped with the newest OLED technology (Organic Light Emitting diode) and guarantees absolute television experience of the future. With a contrast sharpness of 10.000.000: 1, a response time of 0,001 ms and an extremely small current consumption, belongs the LG-OLED to one to that qualitatively and technologically high-quality television world-wide. The Design and the Hightech equipment come at the beginning of of May on the Austrian market. „
The OLED technology works with organic material, which can be laid on on very thin and even flexible surfaces. Therefore the 15EL9500 belongs to the slimmest televisions of our portfolio and is ideally for each trendsetter “, like that Reinhard Hübner, Retail marketing, LG Electronics Austria.
Elegant Hightech miracle
The 15EL9500 is stung HD Ready (1366x768 pixel) and convinced with sharp contrasts of 10.000.000: 1 - that is the highest value, which was ever reached with LG. Hightech does not close energy saving however out the equipment used up at a third less river than LCD televisions in the same dimension of picture area.
The TruMotion 100Hz technology as well as the response time of the 15EL9500 of 0,001ms offers a realistic reproduction of the picture without delay. With the organic light emitting diodes there is no more afterglow, therefore the LG-OLED television benefit guarantees purely. Over the USB 2,0 connection plays the TV DivX HP, MP3 and jpg data and becomes so completely simple the Multimedia equipment for each living room. The sound is also not to be underestimated: The sound system with CLEAR Voice2 provides for the optimal sound experience to the outstanding picture.
The LG 15EL9500 is LG´s of first OLED-TV and starting from at the beginning of of May in a size of 15 tariff to the UVP 1,999 euros in the Austrian trade available. Click to the download (300dpi) please the photos… Over LG Electronics: LG Electronics is world-wide an internationally leading enterprise and Technologieinnovator in the ranges entertainment electronics, mobile communication and household appliances, with more than 84,000 coworkers in 115 addresses, under it 84 subsidiaries. 2008 reached the enterprise a conversion at a value of 44,7 billion USD. LG is divided into five divisions - Home entertainment, mobile Communications, Home Appliance, air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is one the manufacturer of flat picture TV devices, audio and video products, mobile phone, air conditioning systems and washing machines, leading world-wide. LG signed a long-term contract, which makes the enterprise the official ‚global Partner' and ‚for Technology Partner' of the formula 1™. As part of this co-operation on highest level, LG has the exclusive designation and marketing rights as official cooperation partners in the entertainment electronics, mobile communication and data processing of this global Events. For further information you visit please our homepage www.lge.com.
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LG Electronics Home entertainment company a prominent player is global in the ranges of flat screens, audio players and video of products for the consumer and professional markets. The product spectrum contains among other things LCD and plasma TV of devices, home cinema systems, Blu ray Disc players, audio components and video of playing devices, and plasma screen of panels. The enterprise concentrates on the production of versatile devices, sets further on styleful Design and expanding the technological borders around the user experience further to improve.
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