LG's wi-fi 4K OLED TV is formally the good TV at CES 2023

After debuting just a few new OLED TVs at CES 2023 yesterday, LG has saved its newest and biggest mannequin for final — a 97-inch wi-fi OLED TV that may transmit 4K/120Hz video throughout the room with out cables.

The TV’s official identify is the LG Signature Sequence M3 OLED and it makes use of a brand new proprietary expertise referred to as the Zero Join Field to beam video information from one facet of the room to the opposite.

Replace: The LG Signature Sequence M3 OLED is likely one of the merchandise we have included in our Better of CES 2023 Awards. Discover out what different gear made the reduce at this yr’s present.

In keeping with LG, the field may be positioned as much as 30 ft away from the TV with none sign degradation — so long as it has direct line-of-sight to the display screen.

So when can you purchase one? In keeping with LG, this mannequin remains to be within the works and sure received’t be obtainable till a lot later within the yr, but it surely says that the wi-fi expertise embedded within the OLED has confirmed to be steady in each surroundings it’s been examined in thus far.

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So what are you able to do with a wi-fi OLED?

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1 So what are you able to do with a wi-fi OLED?
2 Greater than an idea however not fairly prepared for manufacturing

The LG Signature Series M3 OLED at CES 2023.

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On the pre-production mannequin right here at CES, there are three HDMI 2.1 ports — just one lower than you’d discover on the brand new LG C3 OLED and LG G3 OLED — in addition to two USB ports, optical audio out, Ethernet and an antenna coaxial connector.

With these ports, you’d be capable of join each the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X, in addition to a streaming video participant or 4K Blu-ray participant on a shelf throughout the room from the TV. The TV wouldn’t have any cables operating to it — outdoors of an influence cable, after all — however would be capable of hook up with these gadgets as in the event that they have been instantly related to the TV.

The M3 additionally helps Dolby Atmos and Dolby Imaginative and prescient over the wi-fi connection and helps 4K/120 with HDR, the identical as any of the non-wireless OLED TVs its making.

When you’re frightened about latency — a possible problem for avid gamers who need the quickest, most responsive gameplay expertise — LG informed us that it will be “a lot decrease than 20ms” and “nearly imperceptible.” That’s to not say that there received’t be some latency in any respect, but it surely shouldn’t impression your viewing expertise.

Greater than an idea however not fairly prepared for manufacturing

The LG Signature Series M3 OLED at CES 2023.

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The one factor LG emphasised to us after we sat down to look at the M3 was that this was a pre-production mannequin. Closing specs may change earlier than launch and extra options may very well be made obtainable, although all the identical core specs like a 4K/120Hz panel would all keep the identical.

When requested the place this mannequin would sit within the lineup, LG stated that it’ll sit above the LG G3 OLED and the Z3 8K. That may imply this TV would be the costliest 4K OLED in LG’s lineup however hopefully a bit inexpensive than the top-of-the-line 8K fashions.

So far as different display screen sizes, there will probably be an 83-inch and 77-inch mannequin along with the 97-inch model proven at CES, however LG couldn’t say whether or not these fashions would include a stand or a proprietary wall-mount system just like the G3.

From the sounds of issues, all of the M3 fashions will include WebOS 23 and a 4.2-channel 60W speaker system, however these too may change when it goes into full manufacturing.

As for when that day will probably be, LG couldn’t precisely say, however did promise that it will be obtainable later this yr, probably after the launch of its different LG C3, G3 and Z3 OLED fashions.