CES 2024

[Simmz]

Kicks off today, so let's see what new technology comes along.

This is pretty wild:

LG Transparent OLED Turns From TV Into Animated Art

CNET's David Katzmaier checks out LG's OLED Transparent TV at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.Subscribe to CNET: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNETTVNever miss a deal a...

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[the shadow]

 

[XeNoNF50]

Top end Panasonic OLED sounds good. 144hz too and moving away from their awful smart TV interface in favour of Fire OS. Looking forward to seeing it in person at some stage.

 

[Simmz]

Top end Panasonic OLED sounds good. 144hz too and moving away from their awful smart TV interface in favour of Fire OS. Looking forward to seeing it in person at some stage.

Didn't mind their interface to be honest. Least it's not full of adverts and even after x amount of years it never slows down.

 

[Cryfreeman]

Another Vote for Panasonics OLED OS being decent, hardly any clutter, simple and just works

 

[XeNoNF50]

Didn't mind their interface to be honest. Least it's not full of adverts and even after x amount of years it never slows down.

Fair enough. For me it is mostly about the apps missing and functionality of those apps vs other fully featured smart TV platforms. Not that it overly matters once you add in an apple TV 4k box or similar I guess.

 

[Cryfreeman]

I think Panasonic are one of the few that frame match internal App’s which is a bonus.

 

[Ev0]

Fair enough. For me it is mostly about the apps missing and functionality of those apps vs other fully featured smart TV platforms. Not that it overly matters once you add in an apple TV 4k box or similar I guess.

Yup, I don't rely on the TV inbuilt stuff as at some point it'll go out of date, stop getting updates etc.

I use them when I can, else an external device steps in and fills any gaps.

 

[HighlandeR]

Nice improvements but I would have liked it if LG put their MLA panel tech into the C4 series, instead it appears they have made the C4s more brighter via the booster feature. Lets see if their Ai and upscaling is really worth it also.

Samsung 42" and 48" TVs finally but again they are using the older LG OLED panels apparently, so what happen to all the QD-OLED hype, Samsung should be rolling those smaller screens out pronto its a great market for gamers and bedroom TV fans.

 

[XeNoNF50]

Nice improvements but I would have liked it if LG put their MLA panel tech into the C4 series, instead it appears they have made the C4s more brighter via the booster feature. Lets see if their Ai and upscaling is really worth it also.

Samsung 42" and 48" TVs finally but again they are using the older LG OLED panels apparently, so what happen to all the QD-OLED hype, Samsung should be rolling those smaller screens out pronto its a great market for gamers and bedroom TV fans.

Their top panel tech will never go into the C series I suspect.

 

[HighlandeR]

Their top panel tech will never go into the C series I suspect.

Yeah it may not early on, but we did get the Evo or WBE panels in the LG C2 series a year after they went in the G series, keeping fingers crossed.

Also we are seeing QD-OLED 3rd gen improving picture quality (text) and more pixels in smaller size panels, from sounds of things its coming to the QD-OLED monitors and bigger QD-OLED TVs
but id rather see it in the 42/48" size.

Some good info on Samsung improving smaller size panels here

 

[kona786]

Yup, I don't rely on the TV inbuilt stuff as at some point it'll go out of date, stop getting updates etc.

I use them when I can, else an external device steps in and fills any gaps.

My LG C9 is over 4 years old now and the UI is still fast and apps still updated. I love just having one remote for everything. It also plays everything I want over the USB ports.

 

[Ev0]

My LG C9 is over 4 years old now and the UI is still fast and apps still updated. I love just having one remote for everything. It also plays everything I want over the USB ports.

4/5 years is still ‘new’ to me so would expect it all to still work

 

[RoyMi6]

Still frustrates me that there's not a truely innovative TV design for commercial buyers… one without smart crap and speakers

Give me a screen, and I’ll do the rest damit!

 

[kona786]

4/5 years is still ‘new’ to me so would expect it all to still work

What's expected is often very different to what is delivered.

Hat's off to LG for the software support.