What the Tech? CES: The transparent television


A long week of consumer electronics in Las Vegas has wrapped up with companies from all over the world unveiling new inventions and products that are drawings “ooohs” and “ahhs” from everyone.

Televisions have been a star at CES from the very beginning. It’s where we first saw OLED, 4K, and 8K TVs. But we’ve never seen anything like this. A transparent television from LG.

This is the LG Signature OLED T for transparent. Easily one of the most photographed products at CES. When the TV is off.

“Everything that would typically be dark is basically transparent and see through. But when you turn it on to watch something, the transparent screen disappears to display a brilliant television picture.

With transparent I can see the slated wood or the amazing wallpaper that they’ve got there on the wall when the TV disappears and goes transparent.

How do they do it?

“There is a contrast filter which is a black screen that mechanically moves up across the transparent OLED, and in that state it gives you the performance comparable to LG’s traditional OLED television.”

And that isn’t the only great feature. It’s basically wireless, needing only a power cable.

What are you going to do with all of the cable boxes and the other stuff you’d typically attach to it? You connect to LG’s zero connect box.

Wires from cable boxes, gaming systems, streaming boxes all connect to a separate box that can be in a closet, which connects to the TV over WiFi. Making the TV something you only notice, when you’re watching TV.

It is about the most insane tv we’ve ever seen at CES.

Your next question is, ‘when is this thing going to be for sale? LG says it’ll go on sale sometime later this year. And no, no price has been set just yet. 


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