I saw LG's ultra-thin Wallpaper TV at CES 2026, and it made my OLED feel outdated

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I love my LG C5 OLED. It was heavily discounted last holiday season, delivers that inky-black contrast and surprisingly bright imagery, and has just enough performance features to keep things competitive when I occasionally pick up my Xbox controller.

But then I saw LG's Wallpaper TV at CES 2026, and my life hasn't been the same. Alright, that's a bit of an exaggeration -- everything kind of is when you're in Vegas, but just the thinness alone, 9mm to be exact, is enough to hook any passerby in and keep them there.

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The Wallpaper TV is effectively a comeback story for the Korean electronics maker, with the original debuting back in 2017. Since then, manufacturers, including LG, have focused more on the ...