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Samsung Bringing 55-Inch OLED TV to Europe

BERLIN - Samsung today launched its 55-inch OLED TV for the first time in Europe.

August 30, 2012

BERLIN — Samsung today launched its 55-inch OLED TV for the first time in Europe.

To drive home the point, the company's booth here at IFA will feature 25 of these 55-inch OLED TVs, nine of which will be suspended from the ceiling and rotating around.

Samsung said its ES9500 OLED TV includes self-emitting sub pixels that can reproduce life-like colors and create a more immersive viewing experience. OLED technology can pick out different degrees of black, allowing for "unparalleled detail" with shadows, shapes, and colors, Samsung said. The company also promised faster response time and no motion blur, which is ideal for action scenes and sporting events.

The ES9500 includes a super-slim bezel and a design that gets slimmer at the edges of its metallic frame. A small camera is embedded in the device; it pops up when in use and then disappears into the set when not needed.

During a morning press conference here, Samsung touted its Multi View, which lets two people watch two different shows at the same time on the same screen, thanks to Samsung Multi View 3D glasses with integrated earphones. For when you really want to hang out with someone but not interact at all, I suppose. During its press event, Samsung showed off the feature with an exec watching sports while a spokesmodel watched the movie Mirror, Mirror.

These 55-inch OLED devices first made their debut in the U.S. earlier this year at CES, with and both showing off their OLED sets.

Also at IFA, Samsung is showing off its premium 75-inch LED Smart TVs, as well as app integrations like Angry Birds.

For more from IFA, see the photo blog below.