Stack thirteen bank cards on top of each other and you have a rough sense of how thin LG’s newest flagship television for South Africa really is. There is no cable running to the screen, no visible port, and once it is mounted, barely a shadow between the panel and the wall behind it.
LG Electronics South Africa has confirmed the local launch of the OLED evo W6, the latest version of its Wallpaper TV line, in 77-inch and 83-inch sizes. Measured at 9.95mm in thickness, the panel sits flush against the wall rather than in front of it. Every cable, console and decoder is routed elsewhere in the room through a separate wireless box – the TV itself connects to nothing.
“South African lounges have spent years trying to hide the technology in them, not show it off,” says Carol Guedes, Consumer Electronics Sales Head at LG Electronics South Africa. “The W6 takes that further than we have before – the screen goes up, and the clutter that usually comes with it doesn’t.”
Where the cables actually go
The W6’s Zero Connect Box handles every connection a television would normally need directly: HDMI ports, decoders, game consoles and soundbars all plug into the box instead of the screen. From there, it transmits 4K video and audio wirelessly to the display, visually lossless, from up to 10 metres away. In practice, that means the box can sit inside a cabinet or in another room entirely, while the screen itself carries nothing but the picture.
Built for bright afternoons and dark evenings
The panel uses LG’s Hyper Radiant Color Technology, running on its Alpha 11 AI Processor Gen3, and is certified Reflection-Free Premium by Intertek – independent verification that picture quality holds up in a sunlit room as well as a dark one. It also supports 4K at up to 165Hz, with NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility and AMD FreeSync Premium, for households where the same screen needs to handle a rugby test on Saturday and a gaming session on Sunday night.
A smarter screen, within limits
Running LG’s latest webOS platform, the W6 uses Voice ID to recognise individual users and adjust recommendations accordingly, alongside AI features and an AI Concierge for content discovery. Google Gemini integration is also built in – subject to local availability at launch. The set is protected by LG Shield, which applies real-time scanning and automatic security updates for up to five years through LG’s Re:New upgrade programme.
The launch lands at a point where LG’s OLED TV business has led global unit sales for 13 consecutive years, according to market analyst Omdia, and where the W6 itself was named Best TV of CES 2026 by UK review outlet HDTVTest, citing its picture quality, design and innovation.
The LG OLED evo W6 will be available in South Africa in 77-inch and 83-inch sizes through selected LG retail partners and the LG Online Store.
