LG unveils world’s ‘thinnest’ LCD TV

May 19, 2009 · Filed Under News by Purnima·

South Korean electronics company LG Display announced that the company has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil! The electronics giant is describing its latest development as the world’s slimmest LCD TV ever made!

According to the official statement from LG Display, the newly developed panel can be approximately 42 or 47 inches wide. It will be using an edge-lit light emitting diode (LED) backlight system that would allow it to be the thickest LCD television ever made, just 5.9mm (0.2 inches).

The famous electronics giant and world’s second biggest LCD maker has also revealed that the new TV would weigh only 6.1 kg (13.4 pounds) and 7.3 kg. This would be almost half the conventional panel.

The official statement said, “The displays can reproduce a rich range of natural-looking colors with a color saturation level of 80 per cent.”

The proud executive vice president of LG, Chung In-Jae, claims “the new products demonstrate our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs.”

the leaders in the global market, LG Display and leading rival Samsung Electronics have been competing for long to produce thinner panels for high-definition televisions.

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