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CES 2008: Sony OLED TV Interview
Posted By: Brian Leahy - Monday, January 21, 2008 12:00 PM

OLED technology is extremely interesting and produces the best picture we've seen yet in a commercially released device, but there are some doubts about its longevity, cost, and mass producability.

Sony's Jim Arvanitis was more than happy to talk about their support of OLED technology and tell us all about the 11" OLED HDTV that is currently available from SonyStyle.

 

 

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Posted by megamanxzxz - Monday, January 21, 2008 1:31 PM
cant wait til these become cheaper and larger i want them one now
Posted by DigimonMan - Monday, January 21, 2008 2:49 PM
1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.....wow....

well i just bought a pimpin new LCD tv so when that dies i think that is what i will get
Posted by TechnoPirate - Monday, January 21, 2008 3:21 PM
$2,500? Really? 11"? They must really be hoping that everybody falls into some(a lot) of cash. I don't have that kind of scratch but if some one wants to gimme some I'll get one of those.
Posted by Lavat - Monday, January 21, 2008 4:25 PM
The whole contrast thing has me going. And I have always been favorable of using a smaller screen to focus more when I am playing console games. But financially is not safe....For that price I would get a larger HDTV and stick it in my living room all nice and show offy like.
Posted by psychobaka - Monday, January 21, 2008 5:41 PM
OLED is pretty cool. There is no backlight (the carbon compound used in the display illuminates itself), so you can get extremely high contrast ratios at a fraction of the energy cost of LCD (a black image uses no energy).

Didn't I read on a previous G4TV article that OLED displays only last about 4 years right now? Correct me if I'm wrong, please...
Posted by milhouse91 - Monday, January 21, 2008 6:24 PM
Wow, I'm going to sell my 55" Mitsu right now to get an 11" Sony. And even better, it will look like a 4 inch screen in my spacious living room.
Posted by altizar - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:46 AM
All that money is going to pay for R&D, and R&D is very expensive. But that technology does sound to be pretty promising.
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Posted by Asrugan - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:05 AM
It's not just the contrast, in the long run OLED is able to display a broader color spectrum than anything else on the market, achieving a higher degree of realism. If I recall, current high end tv's display about 60% of what the human eye can take in color wise, while OLEDs approach closer to 80%.(don't quote me on that, I can't find the damn article atm about that)

When did you switch to High Def ?

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