If you are looking for a top-of-the-line HDTV, the new Samsung ES9000 first unveiled back in February at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is definitely worth the spotlight. With a whopping 75-inch screen, the Samsung ES9000 is the world's largest super OLED TV, and is made from a single pane of glass, offering incredible contrast ratios.
The 75-inch Smart TV has arrived in South Korea this week with quite a steep price tag: about $17,500. It is, however, the world's largest super OLED TV and sports a gorgeous 7.9mm-thick bezel, while its 1GHz dual-core processor allows it to run multiple Smart TV application simultaneously.
"The ES900 is the world's largest super OLED TV to be produced from a single pane of glass and showcases the ultimate in picture quality by featuring unmatched vivid and true-to-life picture quality in both 2D and 3D," Samsung said in a press release. "In comparison to even the best LED TVs, it offers virtually unlimited contrast ratios and near perfect color accuracy through several technological advancements." In addition to Samsung's new 1GHz dual-core chipset, the ES9000 also introduces voice control, facial recognition, as well as an intuitive new gesture control user-interface.
"Samsung's ES9000 also represents the culmination of Samsung's latest design and engineering technologies, and marks a new era of minimalistic design," added the company. "Because Super OLED technology features self-emitting RGS sub-pixels which do not require a backlight, the TV weighs 30 percent less than a standard LED TV, and sports a sleek design thinner than 0.3 inches - one quarter of the thickness of a conventional LED TV."
The ES9000 series sports impressive Smart TV functionality. The latest apps for the UK market, for instance, include Netflix, BBC Sport, and BBC iPlayer. The pop-up webcam that appears from the top edge of the bezel allows for video calls, gesture control and face recognition, while the Wi-Fi onboard allows it to wirelessly hook up to speaker systems and home networks. This way, users can stream video, music, and photos from their phone, and enjoy incredible picture quality with practically 180-degrees viewing angles. Meanwhile, Samsung's Diamond Black Panel should deliver significant improvements in clearness, contrast and brightness.
Top quality, however, does not come cheap, and the hefty price tag is bound to burn a hole in your wallet. Moreover, Samsung recently enforced minimum pricing on its TVs, which means it will likely not be much cheaper even if it does eventually get a worldwide release.
