LG OLED Flex TV launched with a 42-inch panel that curves: Here’s how it works

LG Electronics on Wednesday launched the world’s first TV with a bendable 42-inch OLED display screen and the show can go from utterly flat to spectacularly curved, letting customers select from 20 ranges of curvature for extra immersive gaming experiences.

Additionally, the display screen of LG OLED Flex TV may be tilted towards as much as 10 levels or away as much as 5 levels from the consumer and has a height-adjustable stand — up or down by 140 millimeters — for an ergonomic consolation, the corporate stated in a assertion.

The LG OLED Flex house owners can mechanically bend and regulate the TV into its curved mode utilizing a devoted button on the distant.

The game-changing type issue is made doable by LG’s backlight-free, self-lit OLED expertise.

“Whether flat or curved, the LG OLED evo technology-equipped LX3 delivers the identical distinctive image high quality and efficiency that have made LG OLED the selection of discerning customers the world over,” stated the corporate.

The firm hasn’t launched pricing for its new TV which might be on show on the IFA occasion in Germany.

The TV comes with unique options and features that give customers higher management over their gaming expertise.

For instance, they will regulate the scale of the onscreen picture in keeping with their particular person preferences or the style of sport they’re enjoying.

Fans of function enjoying video games (RPGs), racing video games or platformers will seemingly wish to use all 42 inches of the display screen, whereas actual time technique (RTS) or first-person shooter (FPS) avid gamers would possibly choose a 32- or 27-inch picture that permits them to see every thing occurring within the game-environment at a look.

The new Game app helps customized screensavers, provides shortcuts to widespread apps, reminiscent of Twitch and YouTube, and gives a checklist of linked exterior enter gadgets, all on the identical display screen.

Gamers can even respect the ‘Multi View’ mode, which permits them to view content material from two totally different sources concurrently and choose which audio they wish to hear.

This means they will play a PC or a console sport whereas watching YouTube movies streamed from their smartphone on the identical time.

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