All OLED TV Reviews

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.

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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:

Now that the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV is available in the U.S. you think you could just tear over to SonyStyle.com and order one. Unfortunately not. You have to find your nearest SonyStyle retail store, check that the XEL-1 is in stock (probably not) and get over there quick. That is if you live anywhere near one. If like most of us you don’t have a store nearby, and can appreciate the rave OLED TV reviews why not bid on a brand new XEL-1 on eBay? The selection of XEL-1’s available below should change as more are added for sale. Check it out and let me know if you pick one up by leaving a comment below. Thanks.

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.

Samsung has debuted it’s 31″ OLED TV at CES2008. According to Joshua Shim at aving.net, it’s a spectacular piece of flat panel technology:

“OLED and quadruple full-HD technologies represent an entirely new paradigm in picture resolution technology,” said Dr. Jongwoo Park, president of Digital Media Business, Samsung Electronics. “This is a level of clarity that is in some cases four times beyond current industry standards yet retains the slim fits and light weight that have made our models preferred among consumers.”

OLED is seen as a powerful contender to be at the center of the future display market mainstream given its very high resolution, svelte profile and extremely light weight. Electronics manufacturers have already begun exhibiting these next-generation displays at major trade shows, but Samsung is going a step further at CES 2008. The OLED is being presented as a finished TV product that features an elegant, optimized design.

Further, Joshua provides a few tantalizing specs for OLED TV fans:

The chic, ultra-slim OLED TVs employ AM OLED panels developed by Samsung SDI, a Samsung affiliate dedicated to display production. The finished products weigh some 40 percent less than other LCD TVs of the same size while boasting a contrast ratio of 1 million to one, color gamut of 107% and brightness of 550nit. Samsung will begin commercial production of mid- to large-sized OLED TVs around 2010.

Engadget has posted a video clip of the Sony 27″ OLED TV prototype on display at CES2008 in Las Vegas.