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Thinner than iPad TVs under development

12.03.2012

South Korean companies Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two of the largest players in the TV market, are developing TVs that will be "thinner than the iPad," according to Bloomberg. TVs will be equipped with OLED panels with a diagonal of 55 inches. At the same time, their thickness is expected to be 4 mm, and the image clarity will be 200 times higher than the clarity of modern LCD TVs. At the beginning of the year, Samsung and LG already demonstrated prototypes of ultra-thin OLED TVs. Samsung refused to report the thickness at that time, while LG called the figure the same 4 mm. A panel that does not provide for backlighting made it possible to create a TV so thin.

Vendors are counting on LED TVs to revive the declining global TV market. For this reason, for example, Philips, Europe's largest manufacturer of consumer electronics, decided to abandon the independent production of TVs. Its television division is currently in the process of being transferred to Hong Kong's TPV Technology. The agreement implies that the latter will continue to produce devices under the Dutch brand. Sony, in turn, has been losing money in its television business for 8 years in a row. In October last year, it became known that the company was considering the possibility of its restructuring. And in December, the corporation announced the sale of a stake in a joint venture with Samsung to produce LCD panels for $940 million to its partner. "OLED TVs could be a game-changer," said Hyun Park, an analyst at Korea's Tong Yang Securities. Moreover, in his opinion, this technology can further strengthen the market position of Korean manufacturers, as they are pioneers in this area.

Samsung and LG intend to start commercial sales of the first 55-inch OLED TVs this year. Earlier it was reported that the Samsung device will go on sale in the second half of the year, and LG - in the III quarter (the LG TV even has a marking - 55EM9600). According to IHS iSuppli forecast, together vendors in 2012 will be able to supply only about 34 OLED TVs to the world market, but by 2015 the volume of deliveries will increase to 2,1 million units. The devices are expected to support 3D and direct internet connectivity, features that were built into prototypes shown at CES in January. It is also reported that companies are going to use different panels in their devices, although they will be based on the same technology. Samsung plans to introduce red, green and blue OLEDs, which together will form individual pixels. In turn, LG plans to use white LEDs and a color filter.

Samsung's design, according to Paul Semenza, senior vice president of consulting company DisplaySearch, looks more efficient in terms of power consumption. However, it will be more difficult for Samsung to manufacture such panels, as they require higher precision. Both designs offer better color reproduction than LCD TVs and are no different to the naked eye, add analysts who got to see both samples.

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