Are you tired of being unable to see the sunset from your high-rise penthouse apartment through your massive TV screen? If you have $60,000 burning a hole in your pocket, you can now get your hands on the LG Signature OLED T, a fully wireless, transparent 77-inch OLED TV. The TV maker showed it off at CES earlier this year, but 12 months later, you can finally buy it if you’re willing to drop five figures on a single television.
Other than being see-through, the Signature OLED T (if you couldn’t guess, the “T” stands for “Transparent”) is a 4K, 120 HZ smart TV with a true wireless setup. It’s the kind of TV best for a home with floor-to-ceiling windows, where a television would obstruct your grand, expensive view. The TV also packs in a black curtain, giving the OLED TV a more traditional look. Pulling down the shade when the TV is off lets you see through it “like a window.”
There’s only one size, and it’s big at 77 inches. Anybody with the $60,000 would need the space to hook it up. The point is to give the illusion of extra floor space when you don’t have to stare at the massive television taking up half of your living room wall. Then again, you’re missing the point if you stick this in the corner of the den, away from the annoying light sources that reflect glare on your traditional panel.
The stand is also an intrinsic part of the TV, so unless you want to take it apart, you need to make sure your decor matches. The $60,000 TV comes with optional side shelves, wide enough to hold a potted plant, a PlayStation 5, or an Xbox standing upright, but not much else.
At least, LG packs a special edition of its usual Home screen called “T Home.” Viewers can still see through the TV, but the illusion takes a hit when you open up one of your apps to watch content. An additional “T Bar” floats at the bottom of the main menu, offering the time, weather, and a simple news slider. Best of all is the “T-Objet” always-on display mode that’s best for showing off pictures or art.
You hook it up to a special “Zero Connect Box” that streams everything to the television. That’s important since there’s no place on the television to plug in an HDMI or your smart TV dongles. The box should project the signal from 30 feet away. You could keep the box next to the TV or shove it in a nearby closet, so long as nothing messes with the signal.
LG’s Signature T transparent TV supports Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and the usual suspects of HDR10 and HLG. The panel still uses LG’s a11 AI Processor 4K, which comes with the company’s blend of AI upscaling tech. It also has an LG gaming bar and G-Sync, which is compatible with VRR for various consoles.
Even though you can see through the unit, the Signature T still includes regular TV speakers. We at Gizmodo didn’t spend too long in front of it, but we found the down-firing speakers sounded fine, though with a typical TV quality.
You can probably tell, but the Signature T is an ultra-expensive, luxury–brand television not made for regular folks. However, the special edition UI suggests that LG may want to expand the number of transparent offerings in the future, perhaps at a lower price point. LG’s OLEDs are already some of our favorite TVs of the year, though we were a little less pleased with the company’s QNEDs.
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