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I just tried LG's $100,000 rollable OLED Tv set — here'southward what it's like

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This week I visited the LG Exploratorium, a state-of-the-art space filled with all sorts of interactive tech experiences located in the company'south New Bailiwick of jersey campus. On display, and the real reason for my drop-in at the Exploratorium, was the LG Signature OLED R. You lot might know it meliorate every bit the $100,000 magical rolling TV.

Tom's Guide has seen versions of this supple set before, well-nigh recently during CES 2019. Only this is the get-go time I witnessed it in action, and amongst the first times the LG Signature OLED R has been demonstrated as a completed product available to purchase.

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finally checking out the LG Signature OLED R — aka the rolling Goggle box — in person. can someone lend me $100,000? @LGUS pic.twitter.com/MJl9s08s5vAugust 5, 2021

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Who exactly is willing to spend vi figures on a TV still remains to be seen. When I told her what the Tv does and how much it costs, my mom suggested J.Lo might desire one. I reckoned Richard Branson can buy almost two rolling OLEDs for everyone ane person that buys a ticket for Virgin Atlantic'southward space flight.

Don't get me incorrect. If I had that kind of money laying around, I would absolutely invest in the LG Signature OLED R. I don't think I'd ever get tired of watching the 65-inch screen roll right out of thin air, just with the press of a push button. If you've ever idea of your Television receiver as an eyesore, this prepare gives you the option to only tuck information technology away.

At outset, I felt hesitant to agree the TV'south remote and commandeer the roll command. Just subsequently a few unfurls, I fell into a rhythm.

LG Signature OLED R: What do you get for $100,000?

Neither flexible OLED displays nor motorized lifting TVs are a new thing, but LG'south OLED R rolls into a compact compartment that'due south made to look like decor I'd actually desire in my home. The compartment also packs a virtual Dolby Atmos sound arrangement, which ways y'all'll exist able to salve a trivial dough on a soundbar if the $100,000 prepare you dorsum too far. Luckily the complete HDMI 2.ane array and latest webOS software don't cost extra, either.

Navigating the interface felt familiar, equally I tested the LG G1 OLED Telly with OLED evo only a few months back. I still adopt the older version of webOS, which let yous scan apps without interfering with whatever'due south currently on. But the LG Signature OLED R's line view — a neat setting in which the brandish is only uncurling partially to reveal an input tool bar, photograph gallery or uncomplicated clock — offered redemption.

Although we don't accept proprietary lab examination results on the rolling OLED, it looked competitive from anecdotal viewing. LG said the performance is similar to latest C-series set up, the LG C1 OLED Tv. With a retail price of $2,499 (opens in new tab), the 65-inch C1 OLED is 1/40th the toll of the rolling wonder. The picture on the OLED R meliorate be at least equally good as the company's most pop set to justify the cost.

Price jokes aside, I bet yous're wondering about durability. The screen curling and unfurling, again and again, would seemingly stress the glass bonded to the OLED layer. At that place are several points of failure, between moving parts that stop moving smoothly, or showtime showing impairment from the stresses of daily utilise.

Nonetheless, the OLED R is rated for 100,000 unfurls, which LG estimates is twenty times a twenty-four hour period for 20 years. For what it's worth, I haven't witnessed myself whatsoever reason to be concerned in the latest hands-on session. It rolled smoothly many times, and it was never less astounding to watch.

LG Signature OLED R: Outlook

For now, the LG signature OLED R is available to order for $100,000 (opens in new tab). It merely comes in the 65-inch version with no hope yet on more sizes. LG wouldn't comment on how many of these TVs it expects to sell either, but did say the rollable OLEDs are being built on an exclusive line with exclusive materials.

For at present, it'southward a revelation to run across the cutting-border engineering fully functional. I'm not going to lodge the LG Signature OLED R (unless someone has $100,000 to loan me, preferably without interest,) simply as we've observed with flexible phones and even other TV engineering that's now mainstream, information technology'south expensive at the start until manufacturing becomes more efficient and then, who knows? Perchance us common-folk will all take rolling TVs in our living rooms.

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Kate Kozuch is an editor at Tom'southward Guide covering smartwatches, TVs and everything smart-home related. Kate likewise appears on Fox News to talk tech trends and runs the Tom'southward Guide TikTok account (opens in new tab), which you should be post-obit. When she'due south not filming tech videos, you can detect her on an practise bike, mastering the NYT Crossword or channeling her inner glory chef.