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LG lowers the price of its new 8K OLED TV—to $13, 000

Enlarge / LG’s prior 8K OLED TV (pictured) started at $19, 999. 99. (credit: LG ) 8K TVs aren’t that popular yet. There’s limited content to watch on them, and it can be hard to tell the difference between 4K and 8K resolutions in a home theater setup. But perhaps the most obvious obstacle is […]

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Samsung’s QD-OLED TV challenges premium OLEDs with $2, 200 starting price

Enlarge / Samsung OLED (S95B) TV. (credit: Samsung) Samsung revealed new details for its highly anticipated QD-OLED TV on Thursday. The company’s first OLED TV in a decade costs $2, 200 for the 54. 6-inch model and $3, 000 for the 64. 5-inch model. Special hadn’t released an OLED TV since 2012 , but in […]

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Staggering Nintendo Switch OLED test: Safe from burn-in for over 3, 000 hours

Enlarge / Go on, leave your Switch OLED on nonstop for 3, 500 hours and more. It may not be the best idea, but at least one tester in the wild has found it takes that many hours before the screen is negatively impacted. (credit: Aurich Lawson) For many Nintendo fans, the launch of the […]

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First “OLED EX” TVs announced, promising brighter high-contrast picture

Enlarge / Philips OLED807. (credit: TPVision) Philips has revealed the first TVs to use LG’s new type of OLED panel, OLED EX. The Philips OLED807 line of 4K HDR TVs announced Thursday doesn’t have a price, but it will be released in Europe sometime this year. OLED EX promises to increase brightness “up to 30 percent […]

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3D printing could make OLED laptops, phones cheaper

Enlarge / This 64-pixel OLED panel was 3D printed. Laptops and phones with OLED displays boast rich colors at high contrasts—but they come in a premium price. Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN) say they’ve found a potential solution to that price barrier by using a THREE DIMENSIONAL printer that could eventually lead […]

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Asus takes a page from Lenovo with new “foldable PC”

Enlarge / The Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED can take many forms. (credit: Asus/YouTube ) When Intel unveiled its 12th-gen Intel Core mobile CPUs on Tuesday , the company pointed to the chip’s suitability for foldable PC designs by showing unidentified concept images. It didn’t take long to figure out what Intel was talking about. On Wednesday, […]

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Explaining QD-OLED, Samsung’s display tech that’s wowing CES

Samsung’s 65-inch QD-OLED TV should be available this year. (credit: Samsung/CES) CES, the country’s largest tech show, is filled with exciting new products and would-be products. But one of my favorite things about the show is the spotlight it puts on the emerging technologies driving these product launches. One piece of next-generation tech generating buzz […]

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LG’s new 2022 OLED TVs add new sizes and better peak brightness

Enlarge / An LG TV in a marketing lifestyle image. (credit: LG) LG’s OLED TVs have dominated the conversation among high-end TV enthusiasts for a few years now, but the past couple have finally brought at least some OLED TVs to prices that middle-class households could afford. And like clockwork each year, LG attends the […]

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Upcoming LG TVs will address one of OLED’s biggest flaws

Enlarge (credit: LG ) Ever wish display tech had longer acronyms? LG Display’s here to help. Today, it introduced LG OLED EX, a proprietary OLED technology that’s supposed to be brighter than standard OLED. As you may know already, OLED stands for organic light emitting diode. The EX part of OLED EX, according to the […]

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Asus preps affordable 13-inch laptop with detachable OLED screen

Enlarge / Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED. (credit: Asus) Asus has announced an upcoming laptop with a 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen that you can detach from the keyboard. OLED-equipped laptops are not unheard of, but the Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED stands out due to its form factor and price. Asus’ upcoming two-in-one has a stand you […]