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like you to Squarespace for sending us to CES 2016 this year check out their link in the description down below which is squarespace.com slash Linus and use offer code Linus for 10% off so we're here in an LG suite actually prior to the opening of the main show to have a sneak peek at some of the stuff that they'll be showing off on the show floor so to my left we've got their new super UHD TVs which is UHD so 3840 by 2160 resolution but now with super so there's actually three lines within their LCD lineup of super UHD TVs and you get a variety of different features better contrast things like high dynamic range depending on which tier you spring for but this is the real star of the show so it's part of LG's new Signature Series concept which is supposed to be the best of what they can do in terms of design as well as performance and while some of the other products in the Signature Series are stuff that we don't generally cover like washing machines this is definitely right up our alley so this is the g6 series of OLED TVs and it builds on the previous generation flagship o LEDs from LG in a number of key ways so number one is that while you can't improve on perfect black that is to say the pixel being effectively off whenever there's black displayed on the screen you can improve the maximum brightness so it's still effectively infinite contrast but this allows it to achieve what LG is calling HDR pro so it's a level of high dynamic range image quality that you can't achieve unless you've made the tweaks that they've made to the pixels in the last year they've actually dramatically improved the color reproduction of them as well making these TVs capable of 99% of the DCI cinema color space much like those LG monitors that we use to produce our videos back at the studio which is all fine and good that covers the performance part of the Signature Series but I haven't talked anything about the design and it shouldn't come as any surprise that LG's come back this year with bigger and yes my friends the big trend thinner so this puppy right here is actually an astonishing 2.7 millimeters thick across pretty much the entirety of the back of the display okay yes there is a little bump in the back for some structural support as well as to attach to the base which cleverly by the way integrates a Harman Kardon collaborated 4.2 80 watt sound bar but the actual electronics have been moved outside of the TV something that I've been I've been saying someone's gonna do this eventually they're gonna have to build a thinner TV and they're gonna go okay well we've run out of room for HDMI ports even let's just take it completely outside of the box and they have effectively done it not only that but the OLED panel is now mounted on a gorgeous piece of glass giving it a very premium look and feel not to say that I'm recommending that you go and touch your TV all the time it's just that the image looks so unbelievable even here in the suite which is not necessarily ideal viewing conditions that you might actually be tempted to so thanks for checking out our coverage of the LG suite here just kind of in advance of the rest of the show at CES 2016 I want to take this time to give a huge shout out to Squarespace for allowing us to be down here at the show if you guys are looking to build a website if you want it to be simple and we're great across a variety of devices check out Squarespace and head over to squarespace.com slash Linus and use offer code Linus to save 10% on your new website