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    OLED up against the wall

    Jun 09, 2017 6 minutes
    Source: Tot al pixel cont rol OLED offers pixel dimming which enables the screen to achieve deep black and ensures there’s no haloing or bloom around bright objectsTuner choice The W7 has both Freeview Play and Freesat TV tuners. That means all mainstream catch-up channels can be accessed from a roll-back TV guidePop -up soundbar spe akers Those funky speakers which rise from the Dolby Atmos soundbar aren’t Dolbyenabled upfirers and don’t deliver any extra height in the soundThe latest webOS allows you to watch 360 degree videos, using the Magic Remote to navigate

    Behold the wallpaper TV. As flat as day-old Cristal, and just as likely to grace Jay Z’s kitchen, the LG W7 is an OLED telly like no other that’s come before. B

    Given that LG has been curling OLED panels for years, albeit in the privacy of its own R&D labs, perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised by this remarkably flexible screen. But to experience it close up, to gingerly bend the 2.57mm panel ourselves and stick it flush on a wall using nothing but magnets is still a mind-bender. But is it really worth the best part of 8,000 smackers?

    A design statement

    The Signature W7 comprises a 65-inch UHD OLED panel with a separate soundbar/tuner hub. The two of these are linked by a thin flat ribbon cable which carries sound, vision and power.

    The TV mounts onto a matching wall plate using magnetic lugs, which snap perfectly together. Don’t think about mounting this set any other way, however. The panel doesn’t have the rigidity to stand upright on its own.

    The matching soundbar

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