At a CES 2016 press conference that was surprisingly light on details, Panasonic said it would have a 4K OLED TV this year, as well as its first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.
OLED TVs, short for Organic LED, are a newer TV technology that is able to present very deep blacks and accurate colors, with virtually unlimited viewing angles. One reason for the deep blacks is that each OLED pixel produces its own light, where LED LCD sets require a separate backlight.
No details were released about when either the 65-inch CZ950 OLED TV or the 4K Blu-ray player would be available, or how they'd be priced. Both products had been shown last year at a European trade show. Right now, LG is the only TV brand selling OLED sets in the U.S.
The company also said that its LCD-based DX900-series UHD TVs will be among the first to be certified as a Premium Ultra HD TV by the UHD Alliance. Earlier today, LG reported that its OLED TVs would also get that designation.
We'll try and find out more details about these products when we visit the Panasonic exhibit booth this week. And we'll be reporting separately on Panasonic's new Technics audio products, including two turntables, the Grand Class Technics SL-1200G and limited edition Grand Class SL-1200GAE, which are named for the classic SL-1200s loved by DJs.
