LG SL95 Series: Ultrathin LCD TV with LED Backlight

October 8, 2009

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Diamond Glass LG‘s SL95 series is an ultra­thin (29.3mm or 1.15-inch) comes in two sizes: the 47-inch 47SL95QD and the 42-inch 42SL95QD. It has an edge-to-edge cover glass called Diamond Glass giv­ing it a borderless-looking smooth design. According to LG the Diamond Glass is rugged too, being able to with­stand nor­mal knocks on it. Here are the per­ti­nent hard­ware specs:

  • Display: 42-inch and 47-inch Anti-glare S-IPS TFT LCD with Edge-Lit LED Backlight
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • Contrast Ratio: 3,000,000:1 (dynamic)
  • Response Time: 1ms
  • Brightness: 500 cd/m2
  • Video Engine: Twin XD
  • Connectivity: USB 2.0 (Photo/Music), HDMI (4)
  • Price: KRW3,900,000 or about US$3,335 (47SL95Q), KRW3,100,000 or about US$2,650 (42SL95QD)

LED The SL95 series is just 29.3mm thick and has a bezel bor­der of just 30mm, much thin­ner that pre­vi­ous mod­els with a 50mm bezel. The bezel is hid­den behind the glass cover so can­not be seen eas­ily when turned off. Edge-lit LED back­light tech­nol­ogy is incor­po­rated to make the SL95 series extremely thin. I wouldn’t put too much cre­dence into the incred­i­bly high dynamic con­trast ratio.

Optimization LG eyeQ Green tech­nol­ogy uses an ambi­ent light sen­sor and mod­u­lates bright­ness, color tem­per­a­ture, con­trast, etc. for a total of 4096 adjust­ments to opti­mize the pic­ture qual­ity. It has been reported in many other blogs that this tech­nol­ogy is respon­si­ble for reduc­ing power but they are incor­rect: the Smart Energy Saving Plus fea­ture reduces power con­sump­tion, by up to 70%. There are four power sav­ing lev­els. Other notable fea­tures include:

  • Magic Motion Remote: The remote con­trol can be used like a mouse.
  • 3D GUI: The GUI is easy-to-use and received the 2009 Red dot award.
  • Multichannel Browser: You can see 54 chan­nels on one page and makes it easy to chan­nel surf.
  • FUN Games: There are built-in games you can use the Magic Motion Remote to play with.
  • Calendar: There’s even a calendar.
  • DivX HD / USB: Load your DivX movies into your USB stick and plug it into the SL95 series and watch them. Simple.

The SL95 series from LG looks absolutely won­der­ful with its sim­plic­ity but you’ll need to pay up, around two to three times as much as what the aver­age 47-inch and 42-inch LCD TVs cost.

Source: LGE (Korean)