Something to look forward to: It'due south generally accepted that flat-screen TVs are the all-time option for watching shows and movies, while curved displays add a level of immersion to gaming. At CES side by side week, LG will show off a concept television that combines the best of both worlds, one that can switch from apartment to curved automatically.

Called the 'Bendable CSO (Cinematic Sound OLED) display,' the 48-inch 4K set'south "paper-sparse screen" tin can curve from flat to curved—with a radius of 1,000mm—at the press of a button.

LG has plenty of experience when information technology comes to anarchistic OLED TVs. The company'southward rollable television, the Signature OLED R, went on auction last October. The $87,000 display hides inside its stand up when non in use, unfurling into a full-size 4K screen when activated.

LG's rollable Signature OLED R

LG has shown off flat-to-curved TVs in the by, though the virtually recent 65-inch model was designed for kickoff-class cabins on planes. At that place was likewise a similar concept on show at CES 2022.

In addition to its bending abilities, the TV beingness shown off next week has some other play a joke on upward its sleeve: the entire screen doubles as a speaker. Vibrations produce sound in the panel itself—created by a 0.6mm-thick motion-picture show exciter underneath. This also helps keep the screen's thickness to a minimum.

The Bendable CSO display also has gaming credentials, with a response fourth dimension of 0.1ms and an adaptive refresh rate that varies from 40Hz upward to 120Hz, which should make information technology an appealing prospect for Xbox Serial X and PS5 owners.

The bendable TV is nonetheless a concept, and given the price of LG'southward rollable OLED, wait any final product to exist plush.