Sony Debuts OLED TVs
October 01, 2007 | by Nick Mokey
Sony's Japan-only XEL-1 will boast a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, an 11-inch screen, and the price of a TV three times its size.
While many still marvel over how thin plasma-screen televisions are, Sony has leapfrogged the competition with the introduction of an ultra-thin OLED television – the world’s first. Sony’s XEL-1 will be just 3mm thick, with an 11-inch screen size. Besides the thin factor, OLED screens should also possess superior brightness and dark levels, with a contrast ratio Sony claims is over 1,000,000:1. Color reproduction should also be better than on sets using other technologies, and without a high-voltage backlight to power, the TVs consume just 45 watts. There are caveats, though. The lifetime of an OLED screen will still be half that of its LCD counterpart, and a price of Y200,000 ($1,736 USD) would put the 11-inch XEL-1 in the same league as much larger plasma and LCD sets. Sony’s XEL-1 will go on sale in Japan only on December 1. Since its high price will make it off limits to most TV shoppers, Sony will produce only 2,000 units a month.
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Jason Howard on Oct 1st, 2007 at 8:40 AM:
Who's going to buy this? It's only 11-inches. Way to small for today's standards even for early adopters IMHO.
Andreas Holmberg on Oct 2nd, 2007 at 1:08 AM:
The information here is not correct. The screen size is 27 inches - not 11. Of course 27 is still a bit small but a very good start.
Ian Bell on Oct 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 AM:
It says 11-inch on Gizmodo too: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sony-xel_1/sonys-3mm-th...
and here: http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/sony_xel1_the_...
and here: http://techdigest.tv/2007/10/sony_xel1_world.html
steve on Oct 12th, 2007 at 1:42 AM:
Thats because every site steals each others news so they all put it was 11 inches when its really around 27.
look at that picture up at the top of this page thats way bigger than 11 inches.
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TechFreak on Oct 1st, 2007 at 8:39 AM:
I am blown away by how fast Sony is getting these out into the marketplace. Sure 11-inches is not huge by any means, but this could mean 32" or larger in a year or two.