Wallpaper-thin television grabs the spotlight at CES

LG Electronics showed off a "wallpaper" thin television as TV makers vied for the spot-light ahead of the Las Vegas based international Consumer Electronics Show opening on Thursday.

As in years past, the South Korean company staked out the opening slot in a day rich with back-to-back press briefings by industry titans.

A surprise star of the presentation was a strikingly thin LG Signature OLED flat-screen television simply branded W.