Samsung To Ship Its First 55-Inch OLED HDTV Next Week

[gadgtfreek]

Since the introduction of Samsung’s OLED (organic light emitting diode) HDTV at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics (CES) we’ve been waiting for this exciting new large screen display technology to be offered for sale. After almost one and a half years, Samsung announced plans today to ship these wafer thin televisions next week into the Korean market.

What’s the price for this tech marvel? According to the Korean Yonhap News Agency the 55-inch KN55F9500 will be about $8780 US (10 Million Won). A Samsung spokesperson told HD Guru, the US version is expected to ship here in the second half of 2013.Yonhap also reported Samsung is planning to ship the curved version of its OLED, first shown at the 2013 CES. Read our take and more after the break.

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$8800 aint too bad for a 55" first run.

 

[navychop]

Same stuff, different day.

Too many shipping dates announced and missed. Lets see if they actually get a few hundred into homes etc and we get an independent hands on review.


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[gadgtfreek]

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/13/...utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

Any way you look at it, nine thousand dollars is a heck of a lot to spend on a television. But in the case of Samsung's 55-inch Curved OLED set, it's a fair share less than the $15,000 we heard quoted just last month. Just like LG's equivalent, the Samsung KN55S9C was designed with a curved profile in order to "envelope" viewers -- your viewing experience is improved, in theory, because you're more immersed in the display.

The set will be available tomorrow (August 14th) on Samsung.com.

 

[teachsac]

Yeah, at 55" if you're sitting 4 feet away from the screen.

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[gadgtfreek]

Hehe. Im not a fan of the curve.

 

[teachsac]

I love it with my projector screen. I wouldn't for a set that size or probably even 65" unless I was at an appropriate viewing distance.

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[mike123abc]

Hehe. Im not a fan of the curve.

Not for small screens, it is just a gimmick. I like curved screens in theaters, but the the screen is 40' wide...

 

[gadgtfreek]

Samsuck did a event for Cnet, whicn in turn allowed Cnet to deem this the best looking display they've ever seen. Then they go on about blacks, the whole time comparing its blacks to a 2013 F8500, which are a good clip off a VT60 or ZT60. But hey it's Samsung, and its not like I trust Cnet much anymore either.

These manufacturers still havent gotten plasma and LCD right, yet they just made the best tv ever with thier first for sale Oled, right... For the price, Im just not excited and probably wont be for several years, more interested in what 2160p has to offer.

 

[mike123abc]

OLED should have fantastic blacks since power is cut to the pixels that are black, so there is no light leakage...

 

[gadgtfreek]

I agree, but their comparison pictures werent even with a plasma that has the best black levels. At least they noted the VT's were better and would be closer. Im OK with the blacks on this set, I watch movies in a dark room. I do like OLED with have great brightness and should over excellent contrast ratio, just no way am I paying anywhere near those prices until we start seeing some 70+" 2160p sets.

 

[mike123abc]

My main worry with an OLED set is what happens after a few thousand hours of use, do some colors fade faster than others?

 

[gadgtfreek]

Last I read they do, and they were still working with it. I think blue was the problem color, which is why LG went with white OLED's and filters, instead of Samsungs colored OLED's. At least thats my opinion.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Sneak Peek: The Future of Television

If this same setup was done with even the best plasmas, you’d still see some light coming from the TV. Plasmas creating “black” still have some energy in their pixels. With OLED, the pixels can be true black: the absence of light. Well, OK, technically, they’re not the "absence" of light, but they’re just about as close as you’ll ever see.

Owners of most LED LCDs might be curious what the big deal is. After all, most LED LCDs cut to black when given a 0 IRE signal. This is true, but they’re cheating. They’re shutting off their LEDs. Put up any sort of image (even a tiny, low brightness test pattern), and the LEDs kick back on and the black level goes WAY up.

That’s not the case with OLED. The black level you see in this image is basically the exact same if you put any sort of image on screen. Black letterbox bars? This dark. The space between a shot of the stars? That dark. The contrast ratio is several orders of magnitude better than any display you’ve ever seen. Including CRT.

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[navychop]

That picture is worth a thousand words. And $15,000.

I follow the OLED thread at AVS carefully. Blue is still a problem. Yields are still a problem. Rumors that others have adequately addressed these problems are a problem/source of hope. Pick one. Change mind frequently. The LG "white" is made of colored OLED elements. Reviews give a distinct edge to the Samsung over the LG in PQ.

We MIGHT see some progress next year; more likely, 2015 for significant progress. Rumors abound that Panasonic has their own, better, OLED manufacturing process. If they do, and they can "spray" the OLED materials onto the substrate and achieve high yields and low costs, they will own the market. Even if their blue is only 15,000 hours to half intensity. That's about 5 years of common use.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Thats kinda where my thinking is. If anyone is going to do it reliably with top notch build quality, it will be the Sony/Panasonic venture. First isnt always best.

I can't wait until all of the big groups have oleds in production so we can start seeing how they shape out in the real world.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Sound and Vision found the on/off contrast ratio at about 457,000:1. I can live with that...

Also had a good little description of LG's WRGB vs Samsungs RGB.