An ominous sign of things to come?
Unfortunately, not all of the things at CES were to brag
about. LG showed an upscaling DVD player, and showed a side by
side comparison of a 480i DVD image vs a 1080p. As expected, the
1080p picture was smoother looking overall, but the horrendous
amount of video noise in the 1080p picture made the 480i image
look better overall!
The OLED (Organic LED) display was shown by Toshiba last year
and had a bunch of buzz surrounding it. I completely missed it
last year and got grief for it from fellow A/V enthusiasts.
Therefore, the first booth that I visited this year was Toshiba,
but they didn’t show any OLED, indicating to me that it’s not
ready for prime time yet. The sales rep at Toshiba wasn’t too
interested in talking about why it wasn’t at the show. Sony of
course did show OLED, but I missed the display. The best I can
therefore do is show the small 2” LG display of OLED. It was
VERY impressive looking. I can see even from the 2” screen what
the fuss is about.
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