Samsung Curved UHD TV – TWFLD https://twfld.com The home of independent tech and motoring news and reviews in South Africa Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:49:11 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 LG’s 105-inch 21:9 curved UHD TV destined for SA https://twfld.com/lgs-105-inch-219-curved-uhd-tv-destined-sa/ https://twfld.com/lgs-105-inch-219-curved-uhd-tv-destined-sa/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:49:11 +0000 http://savibeza.co.za/?p=3958 LG already has a big 77-inch curved Ultra HD OLED TV, but why stop there? The Korean company has just announced that it will be making its 105-inch version — unveiled at CES earlier this year, but with a twist: this one uses LCD instead of the more expensive OLED, courtesy of improved TFT technology for an even backlighting across the curved surface — available to the South Afican riches later this year (sans mid-October). Furthermore, this 105UB9 model has a wider-than-usual 21:9 “CinemaScope” aspect ratio, thus providing a 5,120 x 2,160 UHD resolution (but technically not 5K). While we likely won’t find out about the pricing of this monstrosity until the product reaches our shores, this milestone for LG Display’s LCD technology could signify a wave of more affordable curved TVs next year — much like what Sony’s attempting with its S990A.

Stay tuned for our report-back as soon as its available here, given LG grants us.

]]> https://twfld.com/lgs-105-inch-219-curved-uhd-tv-destined-sa/feed/ 0 3958 Samsung Curved UHD TV launched https://twfld.com/samsung-curved-uhd-tv-launched/ https://twfld.com/samsung-curved-uhd-tv-launched/#respond Sun, 25 May 2014 15:39:11 +0000 http://savibeza.co.za/?p=3303 Admit it: if you had the means (and the space) you’d absolutely want to own Samsung’s 105-inch curved 4K TV set. Unfortunately, the vast majority of our readers can meet neither of the aforementioned criteria, which is why you must live vicariously through us. We’re happy to provide this much-needed public service. Thank me now.

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What’s it like? Well, the mammoth set is impressive to behold, and as you would expect, it delivers Samsung’s hallmark saturated colors and crisp picture… for the most part. Regardless, that 5,120 x 2,160 resolution is truly stunning, even if its 21:9 aspect ratio makes it a bit of an oddball — which is why we only got to see panoramic shots of cities, landscapes and its official ad (set to air from this Sunday) instead of regular movie or TV programming. Still, after this, getting home to our meager 30-inch set was tough.

If you dig the TV sets Samsung debuted this week, we have good news. They’re both already in  retail stores. If you were expecting pricing info, well, you’re going to have to sit down a little because its all a shocker (not that we weren’t expecting it). The 65-inch will set you back R70 000 while the 78’er will cost you R150 000.

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