#CES | 2,57 mm LG TV is almost 20 thousand dollars

The price is unbelievably thin 4K TVs OLED line Signature W presented by LG at CES 2017. The thickness of these TVs is incredibly small and measures just 2.57 mm, which cannot be said about their prices. 65-inch model W 7996 U.S. dollars, while the price is 77 inch super-slim TV is 19 996 USD. Large screens with almost imperceptible thickness become reality.

Televisions are so thin that the supporting components are placed in Soundbar Dolby Atmos included with them. Of the characteristics line W of note is the support for these TVs all standards HDR (HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and Advanced HDR from Technicolor).

They Work under the operating system WebOS 3.5.

It Should be noted that while the TVs were presented at the already-concluded consumer electronics show, during the announcement, LG has not announced the prices for them, which became known only recently.

So thin televisions have become possible thanks to OLED technology screens, which does not require additional illumination, the components of which occupy space, as is typical for LCD-TVs.

Components as noted above, are located in the — Soundbar connected to a TV screen via a proprietary cable. This TV cannot be put on the table. The only way to find him — mount it on the wall like a picture.

These TVs is notable for the fact that give an idea of the capabilities of modern technology and show what could be the future of televisions.

First became popular thin smart phones. The thickness of these devices has become one of the main factors of their evaluation by users. But in the end it became impossible for the battery corresponding to the power consumption of devices with large, bright screens, high resolution. And users have to charge their phones daily or even more frequently, although it is possible to complete significantly more capacious battery.

Nevertheless, the design was and remains what most users pay attention in the first place. The technical characteristics, expressed in figures and indicators is not evident.

A Thin modern smartphone user hard to surprise. Therefore, the trend of CES 2017 steel super-thin TVs that are even thinner than today's smartphones. They provided not only by LG.

One of the clearest announcements of the last in early January of this year consumer electronics show steel TV TV Mi 4 from Xiaomi . Their minimum thickness is somewhat larger than the thin models of home leisure line W from LG, and is 4.9 mm. Thus, these TVs thinner iPhone.

Mi TV 4 differs from the LG TV operating system also. They are based on the Patch ON the Wall from Xiaomi. This software is a wrapper around the most popular mobile operating system Android.

Is the minimum thickness of the device one of its most attractive qualities?

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