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Sony Unveils First Super-Thin OLED TV

by Terrence O'Brien on October 1, 2007 at 10:28 AM

Sony Unveils First OLED TV
We mentioned Sony's bad boy super-thin TV tech back in April -- the world's first OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) television. This next gen display technology offers several benefits over traditional LCDs and plasmas -- better color, better contrast (this guy features a 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratio -- that's about 1000 times better than your average budget LCD TV), lower power usage, better viewing angles, and smaller packaging (the screen is only 3mm thin).

Some details have changed since our first mention of what is now known as the Sony Drive XEL-1. For one, the design is drastically different, much more focused on maneuverability and showing off its super thin form factor. Also. the screen's resolution has changed. Originally, Sony was touting a 1024x600 resolution (near HD's 720 lines, but not quite) which would have been mind-numbingly crisp across its 11 tiny inches. The final resolution got bumped down to a still-respectable 960x540.

So now for the bad news. Like all new technology, the Sony Drive is quite expensive -- ¥200,000 or about $1,740, which wouldn't be too bad if it measured 37 inches as opposed to its 11. Also, for those who have the money to burn, the XEL-1 will be released on on December first as a Japan-only affair. There is no word about releases anywhere else in the world.

From Reuters and Engadget

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Tags: breaking+news, drive, oled, sony, top, tv, xel-1

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