Television, despite what the manufacturers are saying, is in a pretty boring place at the moment. The jump to color from black and white, to high definition from standard—even the unmitigated failure that was 3D—those were moments in TV history. What we’ve currently got is gentle, natural leaps in picture quality:…
Already on sale in its native Korea, LG's 15-inch EL9500 OLED TV (the ultra-styled origami-like set) has been listed on Amazon UK for £1,970—or $2,966.
Both 15 and 19-inchers have been shown off by LG, but they want to add another inch before mass-producing their OLED range this year. Next year they'll raise the bar again with 30-inch panels, and in 2012, a 40-inch OLED.
Have you seen Sony's 11-inch OLED TV in person? The screen is fine and everything, but its design is awkward—as if vomited up by an engineer and never reassessed. LG's 15-inch OLED, however, is at least trying.
