LG will release first HDR OLED flat-screen TV – Mediasat

By the end of this month, LG plans to release to the markets of the US, UK, Germany and South Korea’s new HDR- flat-screen TV.

The line EF9500 includes two 4K-models that the Korean company launches through a new series of TVs with OLED-displays. In particular, the market can be seen in two models from LG – with a diagonal 55 and 65 inches.

The LG’s claim that the TV series EF9500 – is “the world’s first OLED-TVs that support high dynamic range (HDR) ».

Support for HDR new TVs is their ability to reproduce HDR-video from external devices, as well as streaming sources via HDR-compatible HDMI-port.

In LG also plans later this year to put the online firmware update for the previously released line of OLED TVs with a curved screen EG9600, which will provide an opportunity to look at them HDR-video, but without the ability to connect external sources HDR-content.

OLED-TV production of LG also give access to the webOS platform smart TV. Ruler 2015 release, according to information from LG, has an improved user interface is characterized by rapid loading and gives users the ability to personalize the boot menu. Among streaming platforms, which are partners of the company, – Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix, and YouTube.

The LG claim that these devices are currently available on the “more familiar to buyers of prices.” Modification EF9500 with a diagonal of 65 inches will be sold in the US at retail at the price of 6999 dollars, and the model with a diagonal of 55 inches – at the price of 5499 dollars.

The company LG also offers the market model EG9700, is a curved OLED 4K-TV.

«OLED TV – is not just a new TV, a brand new category of television, which gives us what the experts and consumers called the best in the history of picture quality, – says President and CEO of LG Electronics USA, William Cho. – The appearance on the market of new flat OLED 4K-TVs from LG offers to consumers new world of opportunities in which OLED TV can be purchased at a relatively low price, and also means that OLED technology has come here to stay ».