LG Display has presented a 48-inch OLED display that is bendable. It likewise has built-in sound. The display is the first of its sort, the organization said.

In front of CES 2021, LG Display has reported its ‘Bendable Sound OLED display’. It is a bendable version of the 48-inch OLED panel that was presented a year ago, optimised for gaming.

• “The 48-inch Bendable CSO display utilizes OLED’s advantages as its paper-thin screen bends and unfolds with a curvature radius of up to 1,000R, meaning that it can be made to bend up to a radius of 1,000mm without affecting the function of the display. It can therefore be turned into a flat screen while watching TV and used as a curved screen while gaming. The curved display offers a uniform viewing distance from the middle of the screen to its edge, maximizing the visual immersion that is popular among gamers,” the company said

The OLED display is equipped with the organization’s CSO (Crystal Sound OLED) technology that can make sound without the use of any speakers. It uses a thin exciter, presently with diminished thickness from 9mm to 0.6mm, to vibrate the screen to make sound – much like Sony’s OLED TVs.

The organization added that the board has fast response time of 0.1 ms, a refresh rate of 120Hz, and VRR support (40-120Hz). It didn’t indicate the resolution however the current 48-inch OLED panel offers 4K resolution so it appear liable to likewise be the situation here.

• “LG Display’s 48-inch Bendable CSO display is optimized for gaming as it maximizes the use of advanced technology that produces another level in terms of providing an immersive experience. In other words, it offers the very best gaming environment to gamers,” said Dr. Chang-ho Oh, Head of TV Business Unit, LG Display.

LG Display is LG’s division for screen research and manufacturing. It supplies OLED panels to LG Electronics, Sony, Panasonic, Philips/TV Vision, Vizio, and others. The bendable 48-inch OLED panel is authoritatively presented at CES 2021 yet it is muddled if any purchaser products will utilize it this year.