This year's contests include the largest-ever plasma screen (150 inches), the largest Organic Light-Emitting Diode TV (a new bright and energy-efficient screen), the first functioning laser television and the first TVs that receive high-quality wireless streaming from a high-definition signal.

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The IceTouch (YP-H1), featuring the world's first 2-inch, full color, transparent Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) touch-screen display, functions as a DVD-quality video player, studio quality audio player, an ultra-portable photo album, an FM radio and even a portable storage device.

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As a result devices that use them need fewer LEDs (light-emitting diodes) to provide backlighting, allowing the screen to take up less room and use less power.

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