Imagine being able to roll up your television like a poster for easy transport. LG says this could be a reality by 2017.

The company's display division on Thursday unveiled two new 18-inch OLED panels — one that's rollable and another that's transparent. According to LG, the flexible OLED panel has a high-definition class resolution of 1,200 by 810. It can be rolled up to a radius of 3 centimeters without affecting the function of the display.

"This proves that LG Display can bring rollable TVs of more than 50 inches to the market in the future," the company said in statement.

So how is it so bendy, exactly? LG says it used "high molecular substance-based polyimide film" as the backplane of the panel instead of traditional plastic. The polyimide film helped reduce the thickness of the panel to "significantly improve its flexibility."

As for the transparent panel (pictured below), it boasts a 30 percent transmittance, which refers to the amount of light that can pass through the screen. That's far better than the usual 10 percent transmittance of existing transparent LCD panels, meaning you'll be able to see objects behind the screen more clearly.

"We are confident that by 2017, we will successfully develop an Ultra HD flexible and transparent OLED panel of more than 60 inches," In-Byung Kang, senior vice president and head of the R&D center at LG Display, said in a statement.

Meanwhile, LG earlier this year launched a flexible smartphone, the G Flex, and a 77-inch flexible OLED TV.

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