LG Launches World’s First Curved OLED TV

The first curved OLED TV set, announced by LG Electronics earlier this year, is already available for retail pre-order in South Korea and will be released on other markets over the net few months. The unique TV set is advertised as offering images that are more natural and vibrant than ever before.

The OLED technology allowed manufacturers LG to design an ultra-thin TV series, which includes the curved screen and a flat one as well. Unlike LCD TVs, OLED TVs can be a lot thinner because the technology consists of carbon-based materials converting electricity to light, and OLED screens do not require a separate light source to illuminate their crystals. This also makes it possible to include OLEDs in a flexible plastic layer instead of glass, thus making it easier to design and manufacture a curved screen.

Curved screen OLED TV models were presented by both LG and its rival Samsung at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in January, but LG was the first to actually release the product for purchase.

The 55 inch curved TV, also known as the 55AE9800 model, is 0.17in thin and weighs 37.5 pounds. Due to its curved shape and the LG color technologies it is equipped with, the TV set offers viewers an IMAX-like experience in their own home, as the entire surface of the screen is at equal distance from viewers’ eyes, which eliminates any problems with loss of detail and visual distortion on the edge of the screen, LG said.

The curved TV is currently available only in South Korea, for $13,500, but is likely to be released in the United States very soon. LG announced that pricing and release dates for other markets will be revealed in the next few months.

A couple of months ago, the South Korean electronics company released the first consumer big-screen OLED TV, sold for a retail price of $10,000. LG also announced recently plans to manufacture and sell a smartphone with a curved and flexible OLED display by the end of the year.

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Windows 8 Sales Boost Microsoft’s Profits

It is probable that most of what you have read or heard about Windows 8 is negative. Given the hype Microsoft built around the latest version of its reliable operating system, the end result wasn’t up to the mark, to say the least. Even the user adoption has been touted to be slow when compared with the previous OS releases, particularly Windows 7. All this makes one think that Windows 8 is a failure and that Microsoft has lost this gamble. However, the numbers point towards something different.

There is no doubt that the market for PCs is on the decline. The rise of smartphones and tablets has seen people making the transition from desktops and laptops to handhelds. So, this is something that is going against Windows 8 as well, along with the negative publicity it seems to hog at every juncture. Yet, the reports for the third quarter of Microsoft’s fiscal year have shown that Windows 8 is a hit. When keeping in mind the state of the PC market, the Windows 8 sales have been strong.

According to the reports revealed recently, the sales of Windows grew by 23% in the last quarter. That is something not many would have been expecting, given that PC makers in general have been struggling to sell. The striking part of this whole report is that the success of Microsoft during Q3 is being attributed to Windows 8. One should keep in mind that Windows 8 was launched at the back end of the previous quarter so its sales only materialized after 2012 ended.

The company’s profits have also increased considerably, rising 16% over the quarter. Needless to say, this is the kind of news Microsoft had been waiting to hear for a long time now. Even the shareholders were impressed by what they had seen and the share price of Microsoft increased by 2% just a few hours after the announcement was made. Microsoft also reported that Office 365 and Xbox have been performing strongly, with Xbox and Kinect sales having increased by more than 56% over the last year.

Critics of Microsoft are going to say that the sales figures have been boosted by the sales carried forward from the previous quarter. Even taking that into account shows that the performance has been positive and that Microsoft is bucking the trend when it comes to the PC market. How this impacts the future of Windows 8 in particular remains to be seen.

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