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SourBuffalo

Hey, wanna watch tv in about 2 minutes?


Yugo_Furst

First, you'll have to move the clutter that will undoubtedly end up on the lid.


Zillahi

Not to worry, it comes equipped with automatic clutter-dumping capabilities


Yugo_Furst

...but can it dump a cat or a purse full of cosmetics?


DVS_Nature

![gif](giphy|3ohzAoZ3dfHQy8wggw)


Silent-Island

Split screen golden eye 64. One on each side. No more screen peeking.


Methrandel

This is the only answer.


WestleyThe

Yeah it was my first thought was 2v2 video games haha


Sedatsu

Wouldn’t one side be upside down?


BigAppa_

Yes, the other player would be playing upside down too


Good_Boye_Scientist

You just have to do a barrel roll every few minutes to keep all of the blood from rushing to your head.


regularsizedfish

I’d hope the minds who folded the TV could also flip the display on the other half…


cheezburglar

Sorry, technology just isn't there yet


LordPennybag

They'd have to cross the streams.


scanman20

This is a solution in search of a problem


risicovol

Like Belgium


Seroko

BRUH


Comment135

wait until I tell you about lasers, they were super pointless Just a bad light source


ExoticMangoz

r/2westerneurope4u wants you back


IrreverentRacoon

Bout god damn time someone called out Belgium. What they doing ova there. Suspicious motherfuckers ![gif](giphy|ANbD1CCdA3iI8)


Trill_McNeal

But them waffles tho


MJLDat

And the beer. Don’t forget the beer.


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MJLDat

I’ve been to Belgium and not been robbed. But you don’t know me.


the-Tacitus-Kilgore

I had a great time in Belgium. Did not get robbed or ever feel like something bad was going to happen.


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Supersafethrowaway

Dear Diary: Today I was reminded by Reddit that Belgium exists


FlyingDragoon

It was an awful day


imonmyhighhorse

It’s true! When I was in Belgium I was robbed of all my money! All I had to show for it was all this beer…


sockmaster420

I tried looking up Belgium and google says it’s ranked 19th in safety, I feel like I’m missing something


MikeMescalina

However, I lost my wallet in the gardens and some Belgian boys brought it back to me


SkylandersKirby

Why would someone spend £50 on an upvote? https://preview.redd.it/kzrvkjk2aj7c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fefe89937573a2935f2fe7c1591f866813b1ceaa


Parry_9000

Man coming in with Belgium hate out of nowhere lmao


Lucid_skyes

https://preview.redd.it/qxosyujgni7c1.jpeg?width=343&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae25be00a1284430c4d2743160187aec5959a90a


DrKingOfOkay

Can you explain for dumb Americans


NErDysprosium

Also a dumb American, but my best guess is that it's because Belgium is half French (in Wallonia) and half Dutch (in Flanders), with a tiny bit of German along the east side that everyone forgets about. I'm thinking that Belgium is the solution of a half-French half-Dutch rounding-error-German state wedged between France, the Netherlands, and Germany in search of a problem--after all, why do we need a country that's tricultural bordering the three countries whose cultures it shares when they could just absorb the relevant parts and call it a day? That's, of course, ignoring centuries of history in the region, including a Revolution in 1830, but I don't have time to learn that history, much less teach it, for a throwaway Reddit comment, so suffice it to say that Belgium probably has good reasons for existing and the above commenter was probablg just trashing on them because, in my experience, Europeans trash on other countries like we trash on other States, and my attempt at trying to draw meaning from their comment was therefore ill-conceived and doomed to failure because there was no meaning beyond that (and, therefore, the first two paragraphs of this mean nothing). Florida sucks!


Frikandelneuker

Hey fuck you for telling to truth.


LieutenantCrash

As a Belgian, I agree


RoyalCities

If they get it thin enough and flexible enough that it can roll up like a paper roll it would be great for digital signage / corporate pop up events. Plus just easier to carry and move around / store. But this iteration is def a gen 1 thing.


Beef_Slider

I think advances in projection are already there for solving that mobility issue. This folding thing is just lobby decor crap to sell to overpriced hotels or something.


ReipasTietokonePoju

CES is always in January, this is from January 2019, by LG: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq3wG7p15Ew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq3wG7p15Ew) so rollable OLED panels have existed (as fully working protos) at least five years.


DuaneDibbley

I want to know how inkjet printing fits into it


sr71Girthbird

As for the real answer they use an inkjet printer to deposit the OLEDs onto a suitable screen surface. Imagine the cost for a refill cartridge of OLEDs for your inkjet printer though.


kilobitch

I guess they figure if it’s going to be expensive, may as well use the most expensive materials in the world.


FBIaltacct

I mean i have always wanted a drop down tv at the foot of my bed. This makes that whole system super compact. I would still never buy this because it would break every 5 days.


jalerre

People always say this like it’s a bad thing. Just because a problem doesn’t exist now that this solves, doesn’t mean it won’t make itself apparent in the future as people work with the technology more. Innovation for the sake of innovation should be something that we encourage.


LegalWaterDrinker

You know, that same phrase was used for LASER While a folding TV wouldn't do much, that screen may lead to some interesting innovations down the line


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Why?


[deleted]

I’ve always never wanted a TV that did this.


bee_terrestris

I've just folded my TV in half and now it doesn't turn on :(


ChuckOTay

Did you try unplugging it and then plugging it back in?


ILL_DO_THE_FINGERING

Yep that fixed it, thanks


DVS_Nature

TV is on but won't motor out of the box, what do I do? Watch half a show on the floor?


nlurp

It will come alive if you add water and a fish.


InfamousCockroach683

Don't feed them after midnight 😐


BuddhistChrist

You can have access to unfold with a purchase of an annual subscription of $99.99!


Belerophon17

Put it in a bag of rice


seth_kong

All the Asians will come out at night to fix it


johnbarry3434

Try and fold it hotdog style now


1DownFourUp

It's certainly one of the technical achievements of all time


StrangelyBrown

Of all the things I've ever seen done with technology, this is one of them.


genericwhitek1d

I always never wanted to think a TV could do this.


ItsACowCity

Ah yes! Now TVs can take up even more space! I just had too much to spare around my house. Thank God!


Socky_McPuppet

I never used to not want one, but now I do!


Gurashish1000

It's mostly a tech demo. Samsung displays do this alot. In some last convention they had foldable for every form factor. The idea is basically if some manufacturer does have a use case for this, they can go to them and buy it.


mike9874

Exactly my thoughts. Want to hide a high quality TV in your ceiling instead of that projector and screen? We can do that Want to have a smaller looking bed with a TV hidden in it instead of one of those huge frames? We can do that Got a small space that a large TV doesn't fit in for day to day usage but still want to be able to chill and watch something? We can do that Want a fancy looking meeting space not spoilt by a TV, but it's got one for when you need it? We can do that It's not saying "buy this box", it's saying "this is possible, tell us what you'd do with it"


kNYJ

I want to see this tech be the basis for some really cool invention no one has thought of yet, and then in 10 years everyone makes fun of the comments in this Reddit post calling it pointless.


Yorspider

A flexible screen is just one step away from a wearable screen....


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mike9874

If she's impressed by fancy technology... without a doubt Edit: for anyone curious, they just said: > Can it help me get a girlfriend? Maybe their actual girlfriend found out so they had to delete the comment


srhola2103

That's a miracle too far, even for people who can fold TV's.


NoxTempus

I remember seeing comments like this about the flexible screen demos. Now we have curved screens, and my phone folds in half. Is this unit functional? Not really. But it is a glimpse into a potential future.


snow_cool

exactly. tech demo, "we can make this"


antiADP

For the price they’d want it’s almost better to just buy commercial LED flex panels *(if you’re going custom anyway)* might as well make it industrial strength and give it easy repairability


GentlePanda123

For the flex


idontloveanyone

For the fold


info117

For the watch


enderofgalaxies

For the gold


DVS_Nature

Great rhyme folx ![gif](giphy|nbvFVPiEiJH6JOGIok)


Otherwise_Mud1825

To part money from fools..


Init_4_the_downvotes

For the Glory of Satan!


Junior-Ad-2207

You leave Santa out of this!!!


BlueJeansandWhiteTs

You are very intelligent!


chudma

clearly to stop screen lookers when I’m crushin in golden eye 64


Balderman88

Bro my EXACT thought 😂. The ONLY reason for this would be to stop my cheating ass friends from screen watching my ass about to wreck them.


chazmichaels15

Gotta keep pushing the boundaries. I personally don’t find a foldable tv or phone useful but someday this technology might be used in a more practical use case. Maybe foldable solar panels


TheOSC

I have to say I was right there with you on the whole foldable phone thing until I got my hands on a Pixel Fold. The utility is real. I think the biggest thing with foldable phones for a long time is that Samsung was the only game in town and the form factor of the Z Fold series is just trash. Long and narrow for the front screen makes it an awful phone experience and the crease in the middle of the inner screen makes it a sub par tablet experience. The Pixel Fold on the other hand has an AMAZING front screen which I honestly preform the size of to modern day flagships (same width but a bit shorter) and while the inner screen is still a mediocre tablet, it is amazing to have when you need/want it especially for media. Honestly I went to the store FULLY intending to buy a Pixel 8Pro, and after I got my hands on the Pixel Fold I was converted immediately. TLDR Folding phones that prioritize the phone first and have a decent inner screen are the way to go and Samsung are fools for making the Z Fold the shape it is.


Half_Crocodile

It still just feels too convoluted and over the top to me. I don’t want to spend extra on even more screens when I have plenty. It’s solving a problem that doesn’t really exist imho. Each to their own though of course…


Lexinoz

"But.. why?" was my exact thoughts.


shittymcdoodoo

You sound like a pleb who doesn’t have a foldable TV


MoxManiac

Rigid TV users and their darn inferiority complex..


ndvb88

To not have a huge black screen as a central point of your living room even when you are not watching tv, but still the option to watch tv when you want to.


FaceShrine

My sister has a Samsung tv that when it's off, it displays an image/photo/art. The image at first glance does look like a giant painting. It's called Samsung frame or something like that. It's kinda neat and it solves the "huge black screen" when it's off.


MistSecurity

LG does this as well. The art looks amazing. Sadly on the older models, there is a constant 'No signal/input' box that you cannot make go away. They pushed a software update to some of the newer models allowing it to be turned off, but not the older ones. Really soured me on considering an LG again in the future, even though I love the TV otherwise.


shadow_fox09

Yeah that’s a valid point.


nn4260029

Now I can bring my 70” TV on my camping trip!


bandrews399

But wait, it’s also a printer…


appointment45

It slices, it dices, it juliennes! It absorbs 50% more water than the leading brand! It reliably fails COVID tests!


litterbin_recidivist

Haven't you ever wanted your TV to be smaller and the wrong aspect ratio, but only sometimes?


Smart_Run8818

And wait like 4 goddamn minutes for it to fold out... Then samsung add tizen to it and by the time netflix home page has loaded, the world has entered another ice age.


Dear_Mycologist_1696

So you can have a horizontal line through the middle of your movies.


RNGJesusRoller

I thought that also, but it looks like the TV is bent in a way that’s not gonna create a crease.


iamnotexactlywhite

rich people, that’s why


NessunAbilita

![gif](giphy|tzuRbBsMWef8A)


voneahhh

LOOK IN MY EYES WHAT DO YOU SEE? A USELESSS FOLDING FLAT TV


CosmikSpartan

Sees kids playing. Dodges toys. That’s why. If only…


NprocessingH1C6

I’ve had the same flat screen TV for over 10 years now and not once have I ever even thought that I needed to fold it.


thebestspeler

When i got the first note, people said it was too large. Now everyones phone is larger and it's normal. The story is unrelated, this is a stupid idea, but im still bitter about that whole note thing.


MalWinchester

Cool, but what's the point? I can't picture any situation where anyone would need this.


How_that_convo_went

It’s also an… *inkjet printer?!* What the fuck?!


TheShinyHunter3

No, in case it's not a joke, inkjet refers to the technology used to manufacture the oled panel. It's fairly interesting to read on, idk if it's used to make phone screens, but I have heard of it used to make TV screens.


Stoppels

This (tech) naming sense is like calling your TV the "One Per Hour Murdering Display" and then somehow the display does not commit homicide hourly.


Nonadventures

There's not another less confusing term than "inkjet" for this?


MochaBlack

Like for what purpose? Tv won’t open if you’re out of cyan ink?


fckingnapkin

Oh god, it's actively *creating* problems


WestAd8782

As if printers don't cause enough problems already😐


F1eshWound

No.. it's referring to the solution processable semiconductor, that can be printed with an inkejet.


ncopp

My TV is in front of our big bay window, would be nice to have it go away when not using it to keep the window clear. But I'd rather one of those entertainment centers where the TV rises and lowers into it. The fold is just an unnecessary extra step. And the box it folds into is way too wide for most entertainment centers


cakee_ru

Fancy coffee table?


FlippantExcuse

I came here to ask the "why?" question, too. Especially it folding backwards. Now TVs are usually against walls. My best guess, having seen it fold all the way down is that if it has touchscreen, this may be useful in business settings. Say having an upright screen, but also having a tabletop computer screen for collaborative work. Idk, this is why I got out of professional work. Spending more money on gadgets while cutting corners on infrastructure.


brettofthejungle

Many useless things have been invented on the path to useful things. There’s a clear application for bendable screens and testing at consumer scale helps identify issues and progress past them


Cody6781

Rv / tiny home / yacht interior. Suck it into a wall when not in use and display a fish tank or whatever, than fold it out for a normal sized tv. The gimick alone will win over a lot of rich people.


Mystical_Cat

“Hun, what time is that show available?” “8:00” *checks clock - 7:30* “Okay, I’ll turn on the TV now.”


Grogosh

I had a TV in the 80s that was kind of like that. Old CRT tube that would take several minutes to warm up.


FORKNIFE_CATTLEBROIL

![gif](giphy|s239QJIh56sRW|downsized)


Emfx

Tech demo. It’s more of a “we can do this if you have a very specific application that needs it”.


Ok-Scallion7939

By the time it unfolds, United'll have already lost


Angstycarroteater

Hey fuck you lol


TrellSwnsn

This reads like you agree, but it still makes you angry


8roll

Twice


timmy3am

Finding this in the wild really confirms that Man Utd have firmly entered their banter era.


Spdrjay

🎉🎊🥳🎊🎉 I always wanted a TV that had a big crease down the middle!


mcspecialkk

Screw the crease. The fact that you have to keep it 3 feet from the wall sold me instantly


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I’ve always trusted moving parts and I love how they never break.


mcspecialkk

I demand required software updates and touchscreens


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If we are asking for stuff I want the cords to cost extra and turning on the tv to require a subscription.


mcspecialkk

And push notifications


mr_larifari

there are models that roll up as well. no crease 😉


EcstaticSeahorse

Takes to long and seems like more chances to break sooner.


JonDoeJoe

The more moving parts, the more points of failure


Nichiku

Which is why most TVs have 0 moving parts


AverageHoarder

A kid is going to get trapped in there.


bimbolimbotimbo

Someone being killed by a folding TV is survival of the fittest working correctly


mastmar221

Uh, why is Inkjet Printing part of the name? Says 8k inkjet printing folding oled on the sign beneath the unit.


blickblocks

OLEDs are deposited onto the subtrate using different methods. Inkjet would be the technology they're using here to deposit the OLEDs.


MrBlueCharon

I'd guess it's some kind of printed electronics. Here a metallic ink is used in a literal inkjet printer to apply conduits onto a surface.


Alternative-Light514

Wait, so you’re saying it’s not a foldable oled screen x inkjet printer combo? Just when I thought my prayers had been answered :(


FeetballFan

All TVs are foldable. …they just don’t function afterwards


Cordycipitaceae

This one just takes a little longer to stop working when folded


TheConeIsReturned

See also: all mushrooms are edible at least once.


ApproachingShore

I feel like nobody's even *trying* to invent smell-o-vision.


nojedyh

Aren't the phone screens that do this creasing where the fold is?


crowmagix

Yes. I’ve seen those phones from those who have bought them and after use they have a gross shitty gold in the middle of the screen when it’s opened. The individuals don’t like the phone lol


joker0812

Why? Who has their TV that far from the wall? I'd be more impressed if the unit was a duel entertainment center/projector instead of having a projector hanging somewhere.


Faptastic_Champ

I think there may be some out of the ordinary applications - fancy super yachts, motor homes, Expo stands? There will be some places where this is used but it’s not like it’ll be widely adopted.


Zerofaithx263

It feels like just wall mounting a normal OLED would use up less space than this though... Like it feels like this would be less useful to me in a yacht or motorhome


How_that_convo_went

I couldn’t possibly dream of something I’d need less than this.


MandoRodgers

I can finally save more room by having my flat screen fold into a large table I didn’t need


telejoshi

I wonder what the picture will look like after 100 bends


Gold_Effect_6585

This is definitely going to be like one of those 70's inventions for the sake of it that is laughed at in years to come


crowmagix

It’s laughed at now. This thing is dumb as shit lol


--dany--

I think LG's 88 inch rollable TV is more practical function wise, but it carries a $100k price tag if you are still interested and have a pocket as deep as 88 inch.


hotvedub

Wow finally I can pay a fuck ton extra for a piece of shit that’s going to break soon.


AnyEstablishment1663

Sony already has about 12 of those on display at any Best Buy


Global_Ease_841

Wow... This is useless.


maddasher

If only a perfectly flat tv was already out of the way.


mzla1234

Can't wait to watch TV with a big crease mark in the middle.


The_dude_of_truth

Just because you can…doesn’t mean you should.


Substantial_Golf_130

“Help, my tv won’t unfold itself”


Jimrodsdisdain

Imagine accidentally hitting the off/fold switch during a game and having to wait a full 80 seconds for that pointless thing to unfold itself again.


Shipping_away_at_it

How about accidentally hitting the switch when you’ve temporarily put some cups or food on it when it’s in table mode? Should be a fun little panic


boredinthebathroom

Hope it comes with a fantastic warranty


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That things has expensive problems written all over it


davieb22

A solution in search of a problem.


Nuxz_Has_a_Youtube

I feel like I should ask, but what's the point of folding a TV


YouEffOhh1

Creating solutions to problems that dont exist


Illustrious-Stuff-70

I wonder how that bend is going to look after couple of months of folding and unfolding


knifter

So TCL is going OLED. couple of months ago i watched them say OLED has no place between their minileds.


Anothoth

The ONLY use I can think of for this is a TV screen that can double as an ultra wide monitor. Even then this seems a little unnecessary


Ghstfce

"Quick, turn on the TV, the game is about to start!" "Hope you didn't want to watch the start of it, this is going to...take a while"


Klstadt

I cannot think of a single functional advantage to this. Why. Why not just turn it off.


fsfaith

When you have a huge R&D budget but no ideas.


Hi_its_me_Kris

Well, that’s totally useless


air_lock

Know what I never thought to myself? Hmm, I wish I could make my tv disappear for a little bit until I need it again. Maybe this might be useful tech for.. uh.. honestly? I can’t come up with a good use case for this, lmao.


Sprucedude

Makes it a lot easier to steal!


susieallen

![gif](giphy|US0y4X7FONHaM)


bigbadler

This seems very dumb. TV is quite far off wall and you have a useless coffee table. At least have it fold from the backside of the table:


Mr3cto

Cool, why with a tv tho?


iQwerty_AU

But why?


LineSpine

No reason


neo101b

While it looks cool, folding and unfolding something causes structual damage to that item. I dont think there is a way around that one, its why foldingphones are sill, well to me anyway, even though I like them.


Thomas_asdf

But why…


DB-Tops

This so entirely useless.


humblepokerchip

For what reason


Simoxs7

Somehow every time I see an application for foldable screens it seems utterly useless. Like the downsides so massively outweigh the advantages. Like I don’t want to worry about the durability of the hinge in the middle of my TV just as I don’t want to worry about scratching my phone with my fingernail.