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martyb
on Tuesday January 02 2018, @02:54PM
from the who-will-be-first-to-put-an-8K-display-in-a-cell-phone? dept.
from the who-will-be-first-to-put-an-8K-display-in-a-cell-phone? dept.
LG is showing off the world's largest and highest resolution OLED panel in an 88-inch TV at the Consumer Electronics Show:
Just as 4K and HDR are finally going mainstream, the ambitious folks at LG Display have also been busy pushing its OLED technology to 8K. Come CES, the Korean manufacturer will be letting attendees get up close with its new 88-inch [2.2 meter] 8K OLED display (can we just call it the "Triple 8?"), which is both the largest and the highest-resolution OLED panel to date. But as far as specs go, that's all we have for now.
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The worst part of valor is indiscretion.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by digitalaudiorock on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:12PM
I have an LG OLED55B6P that I bought last year. The picture quality of OLED really is second to none, primarily because of the true black. Black pixels are just like the TV being shut off. Can't say enough about it. It makes even the best plasma TVs look just OK.
HOWEVER: Since LG has decided their current corner on the OLED market means they can screw customers, I can't in good conscience recommend anything of theirs. Several months ago, the first major version update to WebOS 3 (from 4.x to 5.30.03) actually broke the main thing you're paying for...the true black [avsforum.com]. It's subtle enough that many have not noticed it, so LG has decided not to even acknowledge the problem let alone fix it. It's pretty much "sucks to be someone who noticed isn't it?". There's plenty about it on the owners thread here [avsforum.com].
LG offers no way to revert firmware to a version that actually works, so industrious users have figured out how to set up a dummy web server of your own to trick it into downgrading (noted in the above threads). I just did that yesterday myself yesterday, and blocked the LG update sites on my router, and everything's great again. In the process I also discovered that network issues using VUDU had nothing to do with VUDU or their app, but was also caused by this cluster fuck of LGs, and works perfectly with the old 4.31.20 LG firmware. They simply released a total lemon of an OS upgrade and aren't doing shit about it.
If this post prevents even one person from buying their shit, I'll be happy. Hit the bastards where it hurts.