LG Display's best prototypes here at CES 2017 were
definitely its unusual 65-inch OLED Ultra HD panels with speakers integrated
right into the display itself. How does that work? It's all thanks to the
slender nature of OLED tech, meaning an organic LED screen can act as a
membrane for audio. A pair of tiny speaker drivers then deliver vibrations into
the huge OLED screen, producing sound. (The entire screen itself vibrates while
doing so.)
According to the company, these "Crystal Sound"
displays should make for a more immersive audio experience, with sound coming
directly from the image you're watching, not from the sides or from underneath.
In reality, the sound produced was a bit too tinny and weak; there's obviously
not much depth to work with when your speaker membrane is a very narrow OLED
screen. The effect of the sound coming directly from within the screen is a
cool one -- it just needs a bit more oomph. At least it's something for the
prototype engineers to work on in time for CES 2018.
Update: It looks like Sony had similar ideas.
Its new Bravia
OLED TV has a similar audio solution that it's calling "Acoustic
Surface." Great minds, eh?
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