LG OLED Concepts Plus 360-Degree Foldable Laptop

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LG Display showed off some awesome OLED concepts at CES 2023, including a 17-inch foldable laptop with no crease, a 360-degree foldable phone and a swivel display that doubles as a lamp. Plus, the brightest OLED TVs ever, thanks to Meta technology.

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00:00 (gentle music)

00:01 What's the future of OLED technology?

00:04 Today we're here with LG Display at CES 2023,

00:07 and we're taking a look at third-gen metatechnology

00:10 for the brightest picture we've ever seen from an OLED TV,

00:13 as well as all sorts of new sizes,

00:16 including a 17-inch foldable that doesn't have a crease,

00:19 down to 0.4 inches for VR headsets.

00:22 Let's go take a look.

00:23 (upbeat music)

00:29 (upbeat music)

00:31 Look, Ma, no crease.

00:32 That's the main highlight

00:33 for LG Display's 17-inch foldable OLED.

00:35 This panel offers 400 nits of brightness

00:37 and supports finger and pen input.

00:39 But the coolest thing about this panel

00:40 is that LG Display says that the crease is not noticeable.

00:44 Upon close inspection, it was actually quite difficult

00:46 to make out the seam with the panel fully open,

00:49 which is pretty impressive.

00:50 The bad news is that LG Display's

00:53 eight-inch 360-degree foldable OLED

00:55 was not far along enough for us to play with it,

00:57 but we got a sense of how this versatile panel

00:58 might work through a quick demo.

01:00 The gist is that this eight-inch panel can fold both ways,

01:03 giving users more flexibility

01:04 in terms of how they use a mobile device.

01:07 The modular structure is durable enough

01:09 to withstand being folded more than 200,000 times,

01:11 and LG Display claims that the folding mechanism

01:14 minimizes wrinkles along the folding areas.

01:16 File this one under weird but intriguing.

01:18 The OLED Glow is a 27-inch OLED concept

01:21 that's both height and angle adjustable,

01:23 and it features touch technology.

01:26 Let's not forget about OLED TVs.

01:28 LG unveiled its third-generation OLED TV panel,

01:31 which promises up to 60% more brightness

01:33 than the previous EX panels and 30% wider viewing angles.

01:37 LG Display's new Meta technology

01:38 leverages an array of micro lenses

01:40 that maximizes light emission from the OLED panel

01:43 and a MetaBooster brightness-enhancing algorithm.

01:46 The result is a rated 2100 at brightness,

01:49 which would be the highest in the industry.

01:51 I saw plenty of other cool stuff

01:54 including a 45-inch OLED gaming monitor

01:57 with an 800R curve.

01:58 This tech is already making its way

02:00 into products from LG Electronics, Asus, and Corsair.

02:04 I also got up close with an ultra-small 0.42-inch OLED

02:08 that will be coming to VR and mixed-reality headsets,

02:11 and saw a very weird OLED concept

02:13 with speakers that move behind and in front of a 42-inch TV.

02:17 Overall, it's an exciting glimpse

02:19 into the displays of tomorrow.

02:20 I'm especially looking forward

02:22 to seeing whether smartphone makers adopt

02:24 that 360-degree OLED.

02:26 (gentle music)

02:29 (whooshing)

02:31 (gentle music)

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