Panasonic's impressive OLED television will disappear when it's not in use - making it almost undetectable

A new invention from tech giant Panasonic turns a standard TV screen into a transparent pane of glass at the flick of a switch.

The sci-fi style gogglebox was first revealed at the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show in January but has since been refined and updated.

Panasonic says it has swapped out the LED screen for a new OLED display that doesn't need a backlight to give it a picture.

Just to show off how impressive it was, the Japanese company embedded the screen into the front of a cabinet.

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It looks like an ordinary sheet of glass until it's turned on and the high definition picture shimmers into view.

According to tech site Engadget , the reason for changing the display was that Panasonic wasn't happy with the transparency of the previous screen.

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