Ultra-thin, high-def TVs battle for CES crown

Las Vegas

A BATTLE for the title of best new television opened on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with LG unveiling a new model no thicker than four stacked credit cards.

The South Korean consumer electronics colossus opened a packed day of press conferences at the annual tech extravaganza in Las Vegas with a line-up that included an OLED Signature panel touted as "quite literally, a picture on glass". The television measures an unprecedented 2.57 mm, LG Electronics US marketing vice-president David VanderWaal said during an on-stage presentation.

"Our passion and commitment for OLED has never been stronger," Mr VanderWaal said.

"OLED TV is already recognised as the best TV ever." OLED displays have pixels that emit their own light, whi…