Torben Rasmussen wrote:

LG has just released this -
“LG Display will introduce an 88-inch 8K Crystal Sound OLED (CSO) display with an advanced 3.2.2 channel sound
system embedded into the display. The sounds which emanate directly from the panel reach new audio heights, and
when combined with Dolby Atmos®, this acoustic innovation enables viewers to experience dynamic sound coming
from their top, bottom, left and right. This cutting-edge 8K display brings a whole new level of realism combined with
unrivaled picture quality to viewers.”

LG Electronics probably also supplies a LG TV with sound in floor Stand . Otherwise, it
may end up with the TV and surround receiver that provides individual replacement options.
Now HDMI 2.1 / eARC must be fully implemented in TV and receiver. It's about to happen.

HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) and eARC explained - Read

interesting;

https://www.techhive.com/article/3331246/ces/wisa-plans-to-make-some-noise-at-ces.html?fbclid=IwAR00hOalDRbAP4mfUN_9c_Y42-Wvp5ZiyvCqTfJpJTsmgpf_F6V-NtAP8iI

Kind of ‘old news’, but the WiSA Organisation of course is at CES to promote their solution (and the enabled products).

It is funny, though that this - which some see as a killer feature - hasn’t even been mentioned by LG, who is said to have WiSA Ready built in to their new tv’s.

Maybe they will save the goodies for later........or maybe they don’t pay as much attention to it, as B&O/BeoLab owners would wish for.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Kind of ‘old news’, but the WiSA Organisation of course is at CES to promote their solution (and the enabled products).

It is funny, though that this - which some see as a killer feature - hasn’t even been mentioned by LG, who is said to have WiSA Ready built in to their new tv’s.

Maybe they will save the goodies for later........or maybe they don’t pay as much attention to it, as B&O/BeoLab owners would wish for.

MM

 

Why can't both be true ?

I.e firstly, that it's not a killer feature, just a useful one, and secondly it's not a primary focus for the LG TV presentations.....

I just watched the LG CES presentation - man, it was amateur-ish, at least Apple know how to do these.

The rollable OLED is very cool - though not sure it suits every use case / environment. One aspect some may like - it rolls away into an enclosure, effectively leaving a sound bar. That's an interesting concept / prospect (all the more so now the sound bar is Airplay 2 as well).

Oh and the box / sound bar enclosure comes with Kvadrat covers! Laughed out loud when they mentioned this in the keynote....

Other take-away - TV's just becoming standalone hubs now, voice enabled themselves, with integrated GA / Alexa / AP2 (ok, not Siri). The dream of a dumb TV I well and truly dead now...

Sandyb wrote:

Other take-away - TV's just becoming standalone hubs now, voice enabled themselves, with integrated GA / Alexa / AP2 (ok, not Siri). The dream of a dumb TV I well and truly dead now...

That is the reason why people are waiting for eARC.

At least those who want a bit more sound than the tv can produce.....and therefore go for a soundbar.

Apple probably also realized the end of ‘dumb tv’s’, now that they are pushing iTunes/AP2 into the tv’s.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Sandyb wrote:

Other take-away - TV's just becoming standalone hubs now, voice enabled themselves, with integrated GA / Alexa / AP2 (ok, not Siri). The dream of a dumb TV I well and truly dead now...

That is the reason why people are waiting for eARC.

At least those who want a bit more sound than the tv can produce.....and therefore go for a soundbar.

Apple probably also realized the end of ‘dumb tv’s’, now that they are pushing iTunes/AP2 into the tv’s.

MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RwpFoxHPH4

This short summary from Digital Trends on LG's new TV's.

Section on WISA capability towards the end of the video.

I don't have any strong view on WISA, guess its a useful addition for some - but glad that some, inc this video, picked up the added capability.

I like the rollable one:

Thank ptrv, good link - What makes WiSA tick:

I understand people saying WiSA is not really showing anything new at CES2019, but what I do think is different this year is that they’re now working with a big player like LG. Hopefully, this will help gain traction for the system and B&O WiSA speakers in particular.