Shadow Report: Really, Really Thin TVs

[Stuart Sweet]

A big feature of CES' many TV manufacturer booths is the really, really thin TV. LG showed a .85mm thin TV, and Panasonic had a production-ready HDTV that was also about 5mm thick.

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[Stuart Sweet]

I had to zip the movies because the file format is not recognized by vBulletin... sorry.

[SDizzle]

WOW!

[SDizzle]

Can it be mounted to the wall? That thin, is there enough depth to run a screw into a mounting bracket :confused:

[D*HR-20]

They seem to be moving towards a point where you would put your TV on the wall like wallpaper.

[BattleZone]

They seem to be moving towards a point where you would put your TV on the wall like wallpaper.

At some point in the not-to-distant future, you'll be able to do exactly that by applying an OLED film to the wall. It will be on a roll of plastic a little thinner than a credit card, and will be simply glued to the wall. Sony has already demonstrated examples.

Some video of some older, early examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bkmPjVF-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDyWGstZ-g

[Draconis]

I'd be afraid that someone would accidentally snap them in half.

[Scott Corbett]

LG showed a .85mm thin TV.

Is it really about 1/30 of an inch thick or is 0.85mm a typo?

[hdtvfan0001]

I saw the one thin TV at the CES that was called a "Mirror TV"...

It was kinda like the top half was a TV that looked like a sheet of glass perhaps 1/2" thick, which you could hang anywhere....

Also got a demo on another 1" thick LCD HDTV.

Those CES prototype thingys sure are neat....:D