LG has just unveiled a 55-inch OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV, which sets the record for rocking the world’s largest OLED TV screen. The particular set they’ve unveiled is just a prototype to show off what you can do with an oxide thin-film transistor instead of the usual polysilicon used on smaller OLED screens – basically, it’s LG’s way of upping the screen size without raising the price (or at least not too much).
We’re not sure exactly how big Twitter’s going to be on an HDTV, since its already on everywhere else from phones to laptops, but that’s the new thing over at Panasonic. Aside from featuring support for other common net-connected HDTV services such as Skype, YouTube, News and weather service updates, and Netflix and Pandora support, you can now view and post Tweets using a Viera CAST HDTV in your living room. In case you somehow lost your phone, can’t access Twitter using a computer, or don’t mind seeing your buddy’s “taking a dump” status message flash on your fancy big screen.
Last year, internet-connected sets with widget-based interfaces were the big thing on high-end HDTVs. This year 3D entertainment looks to be the buzz word. Samsung has unveiled three new high-end HDTVs that will be compatible with the Blu-ray 3D standard (which gives you a full, in-home 3D movie experience when paired up with a 3D Blu-ray player and digital 3D glasses).
