The $13K Curved TV?

[Trevor Hale]

Any of you guys up for a Couple of these bad boys?




Samsung Electronics announced the availability of a curved OLED TV at an event that it held in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung says that the new TV will deliver quality images from any angle or vantage point due to its unique curved design. The TV features thousands of self-emitting diodes promising to deliver richer and brighter images compared to current LCD TVs.

Samsung says that its manufacturing technology strives to eliminate the potential for any defective pixels while also providing a "flawless" image.

The TV also features compatibility with Samsung's Evolution Kit that allows users to upgrade the TV to support future advances. The TV will be offered in 55 and 65-inch screen sizes supporting ultra high definition image quality.

Samsung says that the TV will be available in Korea at major sellers starting at 15 million KRW or roughly $13,000 in the U.S. making it roughly the same price as competitor LG's curved OLED TV.

While Samsung says that the TVs are ready for purchase now, Reuters reports that Samsung is having some significant issues with production. According to Reuters, screens for these OLED TVs are coming from a small pilot line with an estimated yield of only 30%. The difficulty with production reportedly comes from problems in spreading the organic light emitting material evenly across such a large screen.

[Joe Lavery]

Scott just ordered 5... 

[XOrionFE]

LOL Joe

Actually I will pass as the bezel looks to wide!   

Scott

[HarryZ]

Can you imagine what the cost would be if they got to a tv that would give a 135 degree surround view for a sim?!!!!

[Trevor Hale]

LOL Harry...... (Call CAE at that point) LOL

[jackpilot]

Remember the first flat Lcd monitors at 1-2K$ ??

[ETomlin]

Yep, this is pretty cool stuff.

[Joe Lavery]

Have you guys seen the new flexible screen that Samsung have made for thier new phones? I know it's only a small screen at the moment but it has a very good field of view and as Jack said, they all start out horrendously expensive.

Not that long ago I bought an AMD Radeon 1950 XFX, it cost me over £300. They're selling them on eBay at the moment for between £10-£20.

We just have to wait a bit longer.... 

Joe

[HarryZ]

Have you guys seen the new flexible screen that Samsung have made for thier new phones? I know it's only a small screen at the moment but it has a very good field of view and as Jack said, they all start out horrendously expensive.

Not that long ago I bought an AMD Radeon 1950 XFX, it cost me over £300. They're selling them on eBay at the moment for between £10-£20.

We just have to wait a bit longer.... 

Joe

Saw that small flexible screen being demonstrated  in a news item on tv well over a year ago.  First reaction I had was...man, would that be great in a full size for a sim!

Haven't seen any applications for that screen since so don't know where it is in the development stage.

Harry

[Joe Lavery]

Harry, they announced some more on this a couple of days ago, they're calling the technology YOUM.

Have a look at this YouTube video.

Samsung Flexible Display at CES 2013: 'YOUM'

Joe

[HarryZ]

Harry, they announced some more on this a couple of days ago, they're calling the technology YOUM.

Joe,

Yep, that's the same type display as I saw last year when it was first announced.  I'm drooling at the thought of what kind of projector screen might come out of this!

But I'm sure it will be at least a few years before we see anything close to the size that would be needed.

Harry