LG to Launch Rollable Television this Year in South Korea
The technology is kind of cool, but I am not sure why someone would need a rollable television?:
LG Electronics unveiled the world’s first “rollable” television at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 that launched in Las Vegas, United States, on Tuesday.
Joong Ang Ilbo
Last year, its affiliate LG Display unveiled a prototype of a 65-inch rollable OLED display panel at the same event. Dubbed the LG Signature OLED TV R9, it uses the same technology, only it comes with an aluminium case at the screen’s bottom that looks like a long tissue box.
A rolling OLED display was possible because unlike TV panels of the past, OLED screens don’t need backlight to show color, but have molecules that let out light on their own.
The panel can roll itself up and down from the case so that the television set looks more like a long, rectangular table once the screen is completely inserted. LG boasts that the screen can maintain its color definition even as it rolls itself. R9 won the CES 2019 Innovation Awards in the video display sector.
LG plans to launch global sales of R9 this year, starting from Korea. Its price was not disclosed, but it will be among LG’s premium television lineups.
Why does this sound like the old projector screens from decades ago?
“Why does this sound like the old projector screens from decades ago?”
But a projector screen without the projector!
We live in the future!
What next?
Trucks without truckers?
Planes without pilots?
Smart phones without smart people?
Ain’t technology grand?
Another must have that nobody will want. Who’s ready to replace the 3D TV they bought three years ago to replace their 80 inch HDTV?
What!!! Nobody bought a 3D TV either?
Remember how everyone used to have a home stereo? Now everyone has a phone and earphones.
The next evolution in TVs is not bigger and grander. It is smaller and more personalized. The future is cheap, portable, high-res headsets that fill the field of view while incorporating VR and AR, not expensive clunkers hanging on walls or filling up boxes.
Or, instead of a big screen on the wall, just hold your phone closer and pretend.