Sony had better have something spectacular to shove on its stand at CES in January, because Samsung’s about to steal its OLED crown with an ultra-skinny screen a whopping 50 inches across.
Not sure what we’re on about? OLED TVs are the future, it’s just nobody’s figured out how to make them in ‘proper’ sizes yet. Sony’s had a good stab, and now has its 11 inch version on sale. It’s ludicrously good looking, and just millimetres thick, with a picture better than any other screen around.
But 11 inches? That’s too small for anyone to consider useful. Enter Samsung, which has already shown off a 40 inch model, but now has a 50 inch OLED screen in the works too, and according to its vice president HS Kim, the company “may demonstrate” it at CES next month.
Don’t get too excited though. If Samsung put it on sale, Kim reckons it’d cost “ten times the price of current LCD TVs,” and as such predicts that “no-one would buy it.”
Still, if Samsung has the ability to make OLED TVs at useful sizes, it might spur other manufacturers on too. More competition means a concentrated effort from rivals, and a lower price. Eventually. Stay tuned for more as we hear it.
TBC | £TBC | Samsung (via OLED Display)
