All OLED TV Reviews

A very interesting OLED TV survey has been completed by Displaybank. Their research “is intended to gauge the potential of large-size OLED displays upon the opportunity of Sony’s launching of 11-inch OLED TV XEL1″.

With 709 respondents from an expert panel, the results are pretty much as we would anitcipate regarding future predictions for larger sized OLED TVs.

“Displaybank reports results from its “Large-Size OLED Display Recognition Survey” that includes:

- 50% of the expert panel agreed that attractive price points of OLED TV can be achieved if within 50% of LCD TV prices.
- 60% of the expert panel forecasted 40″ OLED TVs to be available in the marketplace in 2010-2012.
- 37% of the expert panel stated that attractive price points of OLED-based notebook PCs can be achieved if within 20% of LCD-based notebook PCs.”

Full story at Displaybank

From the Personal Tech Column of the Washington Post, here’s a quick question and answer  item on OLED TV;

Washington, D.C.: This month’s Consumer Reports has a little blurb about a new OLED TV. It’s something like $2,500 for an 11-inch screen, but it’s 1/8″ thick (ignoring the substantial base on which it sits) and apparently offers spectacular quality.

As someone who still watches TV on a tube (!), I’m curious — how long till OLED technology is mainstream and affordability? I’m not currently in the market to replace our tube TV anyway, but now I’m wondering if OLED gives me an excuse to hold off even longer. Thanks!

Rob Pegoraro: Don’t hold your breath. OLED is going to take a long time to become as affordable as LCD and plasma, especially at the bigger screen sizes we’re seeing now. 40 inches is apparently now considered “small,” in relative terms.
I agree as it appears to be at least two years until a larger sized OLED TV is available at any reasonable price.

A recent Sony XEL-1 OLED TV review from the folks at Digital Journal TV. They give a good look at the Sony XEL-1 and discuss the pros and cons of OLED TV technology.

On March 11th, GE made a major OLED TV related announcement that promises to radically reduce the price of OLED panel manufacturing:

NISKAYUNA — Officials at GE Global Research announced Tuesday that they have successfully demonstrated the world’s first “roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode,” a key breakthrough into commercializing that technology into a substitute for General Electric Co. founder Thomas Edison’s most famous invention, the light bulb.

Anil Duggal, manager of GE’s Advanced Technology Program in Organic Electronics, said research team of about 30 scientists in Niskayuna over the last four years developed the roll-to-roll process that allows the organic light-emitting diodes, known as OLEDs, to be printed onto thin film sheets, almost like a newspaper.

Be sure to read the full story at dailygazette.com

Well, after a few months of running this blog I’ve finally got a look at the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. There are currently dozens of OLED TV reviews out there on the XEL-1 ranging from praise to criticism. (More on these later). This is my first opinion.

It all depends on how you look at it.  I visited the Sony Store at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa, Canada. The XEL-1 display model is set up on top of a Blu-ray DVD player which is playing a demo disk. The XEL-1 is secured to the wall with a very heavy looking cable and is surrounded by signs and a spec sheet.

You may wonder why I just don’t post some photos and be done with it. Unfortunately I hiked down to the store and my camera crapped out. “Card Error” was all it said. I’ll have to head back later and try again. (more…)

Although this won’t have a real effect on Sony OLED TV production until 2009, it’s an indication of where Sony is heading:

Sony has announced plans to invest approximately 22 billion yen (US$204 million) to strengthen its OLED panel production technology. With the investment, Sony intends to accelerate the shift to medium- to large-size OLED panels.

Sony began researching OLED technology in 1994, and has since positioned OLED as a future-generation display technology. In December 2007, Sony launched the world’s first OLED TV, “XEL-1″ in Japan.

In order to advance the shift towards medium- to large-size OLED panels, Sony has decided to invest towards the further development of production technologies starting from the second half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Sony will reinforce its TFT and EL (electroluminescent) layer coating processing facilities at Sony Mobile Display’s Higashiura factory, and plans to implement this production technology during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.

We’re looking forward to OLED TV reviews on the larger sized Sony OLED TV’s in 2009.

From Digitimes

This story helps confirm Sony’s earlier statement about OLED TV manufacturing being a challenge. From Digitimes.com

by Greg Wu

In order to expand the OLED TV market, Sony, which released the world’s first OLED TV last year, is looking for strategic partners to cooperate in the production and sales of OLED panels, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

The report also cited Taiwan-based Topology Research Institute (TRI) as saying shipments of OLED TVs will rise from nearly 4,000 units in 2007 to 3.75 million units in 2012. While Digitimes Research recently estimated that shipments of OLED TVs will grow from 2,000 units in 2007 to 18,000 units in 2008, while further shooting up to 50,000 units in 2009 and 120,000 units in 2010.

Click link above for the full story. OLED TV Reviews.

Here are some of the latest OLED TV clips from CES 2008.

First, the Sony OLED TV display:

Next, Sony’s introduction to OLED TV at CES 2008 along with an good interview with a Samsung spokesperson:

Amazing video of the newly premiered 31″ Samsung OLED TV from Las Vegas. The OLED TV reviews from CES2008 have mainly been very positive. Check out Samsung’s latest model below.