War Paint Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). said on Thursday it planned to start selling ultra-thin TVs using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology this year, aiming to become the first to market with a TV using the promising next-generation display. Several companies are investing in OLED technology because it can produce bright, colorful images and does not require a backlight as do liquid crystal displays (LCDs), allowing for a thinner panel. OLED panels are also said to be energy-efficient and good at reproducing fast-moving images. At a display forum in Tokyo, customers, suppliers and even rival TV makers turned their backs on 50-inch and bigger TVs to throng before Sony's tiny 11-inch OLED TVs. "LCD and plasma displays look faded in comparison," said a Denso Corp. employee who declined to be named, fighting to take a picture of the new TVs. OLED displays are already used in digital cameras, cellphones and other devices with relatively small panels. But cost and technology hurdles have so far prevented them from being mass produced for use in larger equipment such as TVs. The OLED TV to be launched this year will be made by ST Liquid Crystal Display Corp., a joint venture between Sony and Toyota Industries Corp., Sony spokesman Daiichi Yamafuji said, declining to give unit targets or a likely price. Sony has invested aggressively in LCD technology and is now the world's largest player in the LCD TV market. "It won't be easy for OLED TVs to replace LCD TVs, but we would like to turn OLED TVs into a big new business," Sony Executive Deputy President Katsumi Ihara said in a speech at the display forum. The Nikkei business daily reported earlier that Sony would begin by mass-producing about 1,000 of the 11-inch OLED sets a month -- a fraction of its LCD TV business -- and would aim to keep their price within a few times that of existing flat TVs. "OLED sets are very expensive, and we mean to begin first by marketing the TVs as a status symbol," said Sony's Kazuhiro Imai, a senior manager of the company's TV and Video business group. "We will see where the business goes from there." Ihara said Sony slightly exceeded its target of selling 6 million LCD TVs in the business year ended last month, and reiterated a target to sell 10 million units this year. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/sony_oel_tv_dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Meh, it will probably cost thousands for one of those...I'm happy with my Olevia.. -Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Incredible. The speed of technology advancement never ceases to blow my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorresA Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Hmmm I thought I read before it cost less to make OLED then Plasma and LED. But since it is new technology they charge a premium price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Any idea how much one will cost? And how big the screen will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 When I first saw the title it looke to me like: Sony to release new tv with OLD technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Sooner or later they'll have a paint type coating that will just go on your wall and *bam* you've got a huge tv. Really amazing stuff they're coming up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Sooner or later they'll have a paint type coating that will just go on your wall and *bam* you've got a huge tv. Really amazing stuff they're coming up with. its called a projector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Incredible. The speed of technology advancement never ceases to blow my mind. you need to update your sig we have 3 wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desioreo87 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Technology is the craziest thing, however im sure they ave tech thats 2 generations past this but they want to make as much money on the existing genereation first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurd Cudins Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Meh, it will probably cost thousands for one of those...I'm happy with my Olevia..-Grant I thought you weren't ahppy with it at all? Didn't you start a thread voicing your displeasure with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 I thought you weren't ahppy with it at all? Didn't you start a thread voicing your displeasure with it? Ok, a few weeks ago I bought an Olevia 32in HD and it was perfect. About a week ago I started to notice a light Fuzz/Static that was barely noticeable in HDMI mode. You can really see it when you closer to the TV, and its slightly more Noticeable during ESPN HD and live channels like MUSIC HD and INHD. It seems to cut down on the sharpness. To figure out whether it was Comcast HD or not, I switched the HDMI cable with my HD up conversion Home Theater system and it was still kind of noticeable. So I have come to the conclusion that it’s either the HDMI cable or TV itself. Has anyone had this problem? Are HDTV suppose to have slight fuzz when you set closer to the HDTV, or is this a figure of my imagination? http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3678989#post3678989 It was the HDMI cord, I just replaced it... -Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Paint Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 I can't wait for the technology where it allows me to actually help Indiana Jones lift up the Ark :laugh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 I can't wait for the technology where it allows me to actually help Indiana Jones lift up the Ark :laugh: . or the other things you could possibly do... :hump: :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurd Cudins Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3678989#post3678989It was the HDMI cord, I just replaced it... -Grant That's good to know. I had heard great things about them, but became a little skeptical after your original post. I'm probably going to get one soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyholetsgogrant Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 That's good to know. I had heard great things about them, but became a little skeptical after your original post. I'm probably going to get one soon. Consumer reports highly reccomended Olevia HDTV's in their latest HDTV testing done in Feb/March of this year. The picture is amazing for the amount of money you pay. If you buy a HDTV, buy one from either BJ's or Costco. I bought my 32in Olevia HDTV from BJ's Wholesale in Columbia, MD for $599.99, the picture is not far off, if not better than some $1000-$1500 sets....What a steal! -Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I read about this technology a while ago, I'll be interested to see how it does. Personally using LED technology seems like a step down but they know what they're doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Hmmm I thought I read before it cost less to make OLED then Plasma and LED. But since it is new technology they charge a premium price. The fact that its not in mass production and there hasn't been a market established for OLEDs yet means that the prices will be jacked up for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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