These days at CES, the world’s largest tradeshow for consumer technology, one may see the tomorrow of the domestic appliances, home entertainment, computer and phone devices and much more. The biggest ground-breaking innovation in the field of home entertainment is probably the new generation of OLED TVs—curved and super-thin, with deeper, richer colors and stunning contrast,—unveiled by two rivals, Samsung Electronics Co and LG Electronics.

Photo: A curved-screen OLED TV from LG, bits.blogs.nytimes.com (click to enlarge)

The 55-inch OLED TVs were unveiled by the manufacturers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a year ago, but it’s the first time they introduce a curved panel, which takes the product to a new, advanced level, allowing the distance between a user and the screen to always be the same from any angle. “Considered the future of consumer electronics displays, the OLED technology is more energy-efficient and offers higher-contrast images than liquid crystal display, and is so thin that future mobile devices will be able to fold like paper,” writes Reuters. The new TVs are quite expensive, and “due to high production costs, OLED TV is expected to take a fraction of the global TV market for the next two to three years,” reports the source. The OLED TVs with curved screens may be even more costly.

Photo: Samsung curved OLED TV, Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times / January 8, 2013 (click to enlarge)

While Samsung has not set the release date and the pricing of the flat and curved OLED TVs, LG has already announced that the 55-inch OLED model (still, with a flat, not curved screen) will be sold $10,300 in South Korea next month—the deliveries of these TV are to start in February, the pre-orders are already being accepted. LG, which turns to be the sole seller of the OLED TVs now, is explaining the OLED technology with a breath-taking visual tour on its website.