Spy on the future of TV from CES2020


TVs and displays are one of the highlights of this year's CES, and almost all TV manufacturers will launch their flagship TVs next year. Most of these TV sets are ridiculously expensive, but don't forget that today's flagships may have a big sale on Black Friday. With the four major TV manufacturers-LG, Samsung, Sony and Panasonic-completing their unveiling, we can begin to understand the direction of the TV market in the coming years.

Pushing the limits of thinner and lighter

So far, LG's flagship product, the OLED TV, has been the highlight of the product. The 65-inch OLED TV is only 2.57 mm thin. Think about it, the iPhone 7 is 7.1 mm thick. LG's thickness is just a little more than the thickness of three credit cards. It's even more impressive to achieve this capability on a large 65-inch screen. It is fixed to the wall with magnets, giving the illusion of floating.

Of course, this does not mean that every TV in the market will suddenly become so thin in the next five years. A TV using an OLED (or organic light emitting diode) can provide a very good picture because it only lights (or stays dark) a single pixel. This also means that OLED TVs do not need a backlight like standard LED or LCD TVs, which allows LG to make such a thin and light product. Maybe in the next few years, watching TV with a wallpaper will not be surprised.

OLED screens may drop in price

If this thickness is to begin to dominate the market, more OLED screens need to be produced. For many years, LG has been the only manufacturer of this type of phone-Samsung stopped production in 2012, and Sony had produced several prototypes before giving up this technology in 2010.

But this year, Sony introduced another extremely thin and light OLED screen, the XBR-A1E Bravia. Although Sony chose to move some of the TV's internal components to the bracket on the back of the TV, it means you can't mount it on the wall. Panasonic also introduced its own OLED screen for the first time, and its EZ1002 screen promises to present a "Hollywood Tuning" picture with a technically designed audio track.

None of these TVs have announced their prices, but they are expected to be expensive-the cheapest LG OLED you can buy is $ 2,200, and the most expensive model currently is $ 20,000.

But if enough players start to enter the field, the change will be issued. At present, OLED manufacturing is very difficult, which is also one of the main bottlenecks for further promotion of OLED. More TVs and more OLED screens mean more demand-this may eventually force OLED screens to be more productive (with money, there is a way).

Second, although new entrants to the OLED market will initially compete on features such as dazzling graphics, some people will eventually decide to suppress other companies' prices. Either way, the era of OLED screens that cost less than $ 1,000 may not be too far off.

Your next TV may not have visual speakers

Finally, LG Display (LG Display is an independent company of TV maker LG) and Sony each introduced a TV without external visible speakers-but in the case of LG Display, the TV is a pure prototype. Both work the same way: the speakers are installed behind the TV screen. Both manufacturers have promised that even the largest bass will not shake the picture, and in fact allows the TV to produce better sound; the manufacturer will no longer need to plug a small speaker into the bottom of the TV panel, but can Use the entire screen. Likewise, it may take some time for technologies like this to penetrate our civilians-but if manufacturers can produce more televisions, eventually they will begin to enter the mass market.

Curved screens have nothing to attract us

No one is showing off curved TVs this year. Over the past year, curved TVs have tended to be cheaper than flat-screen TVs, suggesting that consumers are not interested in the revolution of curved TVs. Although some manufacturers say they still plan to bring some tablets to market, curved screens, like 3D TVs, will soon disappear.

Konka will release a variety of black and white products for overseas markets

Konka plans to launch a series of 4K UHD TVs and smart home products for overseas markets at CES 2020 on January 7. In terms of technology, in addition to the mini LED, OLED, quantum dot, 8K and 5G technology TVs, Konka will also highlight the Micro LED technology used in its commercial displays.

TCL's Mini-LED display technology

TCL announced that it will release the latest Mini-LED display technology at CES 2020. Mini-LED is a new backlight design LED technology that can improve the thickness of the backlight display, make it thinner and thinner, and provide the same as the OLED screen Benefits include good color gamut, high contrast and dynamic range, and HDR capability for local brightening and darkening.

Maybe the TV will look more like real furniture?

Samsung introduced its own impressive new screen technology and named it QLED (Q stands for "quantum dot"). From all the reports, it looks very good, although it remains to be seen whether it will really be better than OLED screens. But for now, the most interesting thing is Samsung's Lifestyle TV, which is more like a framed picture than a traditional TV. When it's on, it plays TV shows and movies like any other TV. But when it's closed, it shows a family photo or artwork (similar to the concept of EO2). Samsung has launched a TV set that is completely different from traditional TV design concepts-the Samsung Serif series in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), which looks more like a piece of modern furniture in the middle of the last century than a dominant market All black TV. Although most manufacturers are trying to make TVs disappear on the wall, it is interesting to see that Samsung's TVs have other praises besides having ultra-high-definition pictures.