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at the link below so we are here in the

LG secret meeting room whatever it is

this was the only place that we could

actually get close to this thing and it

might not look like much we got a

speaker bar thing here we got some art

here and then two clicks of this button

and bam we've got the rollable TV so

this is their OLED TV R which is short

for revolution but we really think they

should call it the Rho LED nothing

nothing nothing

alright so there's a few different ways

you can use it you can use it completely

unrolled you can use it up partially and

there's kind of some smart applications

you can see the time you can check the

weather that kind of stuff or you can

close it down entirely oh I believe the

halfway up also has music support

there's a there's a gallery thing that

you can do you can even start your music

playing roll the whole thing down and

then you've just got this discreet

looking speaker that blends in with

pretty much anything not that of course

you'd want to just use it as a speaker

because this thing is one heck of a TV

now you guys are probably thinking

there's got to be some kind of

compromise to the image quality because

of making it rollable but in actuality

this is exactly the same tech that we've

all we've already seen I mean LG's been

showing us their OLED panel technology

and all kinds of different form factors

for years now this is just the first

time aside from that short-lived sort of

curved TV thing that we saw for a bit

there this is the first time that we've

actually seen dynamic rolling in a

consumer product and the way that

they've done it is really cool so on the

show floor we got a lot of b-roll of

this thing but we weren't actually able

to get that close to it well here we can

so it's actually got these arms at the

back that I'm gonna go ahead and I'm

gonna lower it you can see what they're

gonna do is they're gonna kind of fold

onto themselves and then we can't really

see exactly what's in here we know that

there's a four point 200 watt speaker

setup we know all the i/o and all the

power for it is in here but we can't see

exactly

how tight the TV rolls up but we have to

assume that it's going to be I guess as

loosely as they can now there's a couple

things about the mechanism that we do

know we know that it's rated for 50,000

rolls and unrolls so that would be four

times a day for 32 years and we also

know that it's extremely quiet that was

a big question mark for us down on the

show floor we weren't sure but yeah it's

actually really impressive how quiet it

is now back to things we don't know when

they're gonna ship this thing how much

it's gonna cost

we could make some guesses given that

this is their signature line and these

are generally kind of supposed to be eye

dropping as oh my goodness as opposed to

a great bang for the buck but frankly

I'm not even gonna bother I'm just gonna

sit here and admire the cool tech now

we're about to head downstairs and check

out the 8k displays that are supposed to

come on sale later this year but first

let's look at something that's really

not ready for primetime it is a great

demo so this is their 88 inch crystal

sound OLED demo and behind the panel are

five of what LG is calling exciters it

seems to be working basically there's

three that are handling the mid-range on

the bottom part of the panel and then

two that are handling the highs and

they're claiming that they're able to

get 82 I believe 140 kilohertz frequency

response out of this thing but honestly

that's not what really blew me away what

blew me away was the positionality of

the audio so whether it's for watching

movies or games they've got some really

great demos where you can really like

you can like feel the UFO moving across

the screen and then somehow from bottom

to top though I'm not sure exactly how

they did that last part hopefully we're

gonna see this coming soon because then

we can do away entirely with the

speakers and and all that other stuff I

mean okay you'll still need to put your

game console and like maybe your

computer and your set-top okay okay

we're not doing away with all this other

stuff but but no speakers now we're down

on the floor and this is the Z series

yes the entire Z series is one SKU an 88

inch 8k OLED TV that has a number of

kind of unique characteristics so number

one is that it actually comes with this

kind of artsy looking sort of frame

style stand but you

actually have to use it so we initially

looked around the back of this thing and

we were like oh that's kind of that kind

of sucks because there's no vase amount

there's no way to like really do cable

management in a in a meaningful way and

what if this height isn't right for you

what if you want like a shorter or or or

a taller stand so as it turns out the

way that it actually works is you can

take the whole thing off of the stand

and it's got these kind of downward

firing speakers and reflectors so you

can just run it as a standalone TV if

you want or you can put it on the stand

now there's not a ton that we really

know about it's got their new alpha 9

Gen 2 processor which helps with 4k to

8k upscaling as well as it uses AI to

like do better noise reduction and all

that kind of stuff and we don't really

know when it's going to be available and

we don't know pricing oh hi sorry I mean

hey guys you know you're not gonna be

able to get away from that until you

stop saying it out - - kind of I'm

just gonna like jump laughs again he's

got an lg ground with his notes right

beside the camera right now QT show I'm

not even hiding it 5 seconds to memorize

my nose that's not memorized

that's checking your phone every 5

seconds so the launch is supposed to be

sometime in q2 we have no price and it's

got Google assistant and Alexa mmm-hmm

so here's a bit of a better look at the

fancy stand so that panel in the middle

seems like it comes off for a vase

amount and in that panel gives us the

i/o we don't really know how this like

cable management they've got going on

here works but that's all kind of TBD

what has a more basic stand is there

nano cell 8k TV so just like that one

the entire lineup here is one model a 75

inch model that's 8k nano cell equipped

with the same alpha 9 gen 2 processor

and their local dimming Pro which has

twice as many dimming zones as their non

pro but we don't know how many of the

non Pro has so it's not that meaningful

we have no brightness numbers on this

but same thing should be available later

this year

what's not available later this year cuz

it's available now is the d-brane grip

the D brand grip is the super lifeproof

case from d brent it's precision cut so

it's got cutouts for your camera

fingerprint sensor whatever else you

need it's got their trademark super

clicky buttons and of course it's deep

brand so you can customize it with one

of their true textured 3m vinyl skins in

whatever look suits you best

the really cool thing that's totally

unlike anything they've done before

though is their prism screen protectors

these things are kind of unbelievable

they've got this really neat applicator

that makes it so you can put it on

perfect every time and the impact

resistance that this adds to your

display absolutely blew me away nothing

in the demo is staged you put it on you

hammer a nail in with it you take the

thing off and your screen is still

pristine underneath I mean obviously

there are limitations if you were to you

know hit it with a sledge hammer yes you

would you would shatter your entire

phone not just the screen but and I've

never seen anything quite like this in

terms of just a slap on screen

protection product so check it out at

the link in the video description guys

don't miss any of our CES 2019 coverage

probably the rest of it that you see

will be after the show actually opens

and there's not like sky jacks all over

the place but that who knows