Samsung’s 1cm-thick HDTV: Hot Stuff October 22, 2007
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Samsung has taken the wraps off an anorexic 40in LCD TV with a 1cm thin waistline at this week’s FPD International show Japan.
Just weeks after Sony kicked launched its first skinny OLED-based TV – just 3mm thin - Samsung is out to prove that existing LCD technology can be placed on an extreme diet too. This 10mm panel uses an LED backlight to provide what Samsung claims is 92% of the NTSC standard for colour saturation - almost as good as a CRT TV – but with a low power consumption of under 90W.
Unlike the Sony OLED panel, which is restricted to just 11in and is not HD-ready, Samsung’s super model is a HDTV, capable of displaying Full HD (1080p) video. When we will actually see them in shops is anyone's guess.
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Comments
Hmm.. suspiciously neither photo is directly from the side. Sure, it might be 1cm at the edges, but I'll be there's a big bulge on the middle of the back, so it won't sit flush to a wall.
As andy^ said u know that when we see the back of it ,it will be fat in the middle i hope not doe
yeah, but I guess the stand has to attach somewhere so there has to some bulge. I wonder how heavy this is?
it would also need a bulge to fit all your different connectors
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/24/fpd-international-yeah-were-there-with-samsungs-1-cm-thin-40/
Pics from engadget suggest it's as flat on the front as the back. I'd guess there's a big box of electronics in the wall.
Having used broadcast quality HD graphics supercomputer I am convinced that the screens are not showing the true pictures but rather a cut and pasted photos in perspective. And they say the camera never lies!