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Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as just 6.5-millimeters at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it said Sunday.
The TV set, few details of which were immediately available, is between 6.5mm and 7mm across its width and has an LED backlight.
The backlight sits behind the LCD panel and generates the light that shines through it to allow the image to be seen. Most LCD panels use thicker backlights that make use of fluorescent lights but LEDs are fast finding favor with TV makers for their thinness and better overall light.
The Samsung TV stands at present to be the thinnest LCD TV yet demonstrated.
Until now that record was held by Europe's Philips, which unveiled an 8mm prototype LCD television at the IFA electronics show in Berlin last year. At the same event Sony took the wraps off a 9.9mm set that has already gone on sale and is the thinnest LCD TV available in retail stores.
CES begins on Thursday. Samsung has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at which the TV set is expected to be first shown.
Even thinner TVs based on a newer screen technology called organic light emitting diode (OLED) are also expected to be on show at CES. Sony used last year's CES to launch the first commercial OLED TV into the U.S. market and no manufacturer has yet to follow-up the 11-inch XEL-1 with a competitor. With Sony and Samsung both busy developing OLED TVs and other companies on their research heels the show may see even thinner TVs.
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Comments (7)
WidthBy Gareth Powell on January 4, 2009, 5:31 pmYou, and everyone else, refer to it as being 7mm thick. Which would make it 0.28 inches thick. Which is wrapping paper. Is someone confusing cm with mm?
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re:widthBy Anonymous on January 4, 2009, 7:12 pmYou are confused. 0.28" is more than 1/4". Not sure how thick wrapping paper is...
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bong leach says...its the same thickness as an ipod videoBy Anonymous on January 5, 2009, 11:17 amhttp://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/ht_nano_071031_mn.jpg
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you must use some really thick wrapping paper...By Anonymous on January 5, 2009, 1:03 pmyou must use some really thick wrapping paper. I think YOU are confused
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re: widthBy Anonymous on January 5, 2009, 2:07 pmMr. Powell if you are using wrapping paper that is over 1/4 inch thick i would like to see it. That is thicker than your beer case cardboard. One centimeter is about...
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re: widthBy Anonymous on January 5, 2009, 3:42 pmthe guy is probably talking about bubble wrap with the small bubbles if not i would be completely lost as to what he means
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