It will be born soon.

9/29/2007 11:52:23 PM

Probably another piece of DRM-laden junk from a shitty company

9/30/2007 12:10:59 AM

It's an OLED TV with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The design looks like shit though.

10/1/2007 9:10:17 AM

Wow. what a disappointment.

And my expectations were already pretty damn low.

10/1/2007 3:38:39 PM

they announced this already and had pictures of it....weird.

And it's actually pretty damn cool. I dont think you guys understand how damn tiny this thing really is. Glad to see OLED finally make it out commercially. Next year we should see the first 20+ inch screens

10/1/2007 3:45:32 PM

The thinness is pretty cool.

10/1/2007 3:49:42 PM

i like that 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

10/1/2007 3:53:04 PM

oh wow, I didn't realize it was that thin.

I guess it's only a disappointment because I wasn't expecting something called a SonyDrive to be a tv. but as a product on it's own it looks pretty neat. I would have just been more interested in (and also much more likely to be able to afford) some of the other products that people were speculating the SonyDrive might be.

10/1/2007 3:54:14 PM

11" wow

10/1/2007 4:01:19 PM

but what about:

Quote :

"The biggest technical problem for OLEDs is the limited lifetime of the organic materials. In particular, blue OLEDs typically have lifetimes of around 5,000 hours when used for flat-panel displays, which is lower than typical lifetimes of LCD or Plasma technology – each currently rated for about 60,000 hours, depending on manufacturer and model. But recent experiments have shown that it is possible to swap the chemical component for a phosphorescent one, if the subtle differences in energy transitions are accounted for, resulting in lifetimes of up to 20,000 hours for blue PHOLEDs."

seems like unless that one's using PHOLEDs, it's pretty pointless (and even then, 1/3 lifetime of LCD is pushing it)

however,

Quote :

"The radically different manufacturing process of OLEDs lends itself to many advantages over flat-panel displays made with LCD technology. Since OLEDs can be printed onto any suitable substrate using inkjet printer or even screen printing technologies, they can theoretically have a significantly lower cost than LCDs or plasma displays. Printing OLEDs onto flexible substrates opens the door to new applications such as roll-up displays and displays embedded in clothing. OLEDs enable a greater range of colors, brightness, and viewing angle than LCDs, because OLED pixels directly emit light. OLED pixel colors appear correct and unshifted, even as the viewing angle approaches 90 degrees from normal. LCDs use a backlight and cannot show true black, while an "off" OLED element produces no light and consumes no power. Energy is also wasted in LCDs because they require polarizers which filter out about half of the light emitted by the backlight. Additionally, color filters in color LCDs filter out two-thirds of the light. OLEDs also have a faster response time than standard LCD screens. Whereas a standard LCD currently has an average of 8-12 millisecond response time, an OLED can have less than 0.01ms response time."

this is all kinda cool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_light-emitting_diode (it's pretty well documented, too)

[Edited on October 1, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : .]

10/1/2007 4:13:15 PM

^OLED panels are used in a LOT of digital cameras, digital watches and cell phones. The low life-span is not a big deal anymore, they are comparable to LCD/Plasma now.

And yes, once production is ramped up and scaled, OLED will be dramatically less expensive than LCD or Plasma. The problem with getting screens over ~4 inches for years has been yield. Since the "backlighting" is built into the display, it's much more prone to pixel defects.

But the technology has been on the cusp for at least 5 years now. I saw 1mm OLED flexible displays at the 2002 Comdex show working. It's all been an issue of yield and rampup.

10/1/2007 4:42:47 PM

w00t

10/1/2007 5:35:46 PM

welcome to the party OLED!!

another display technology, just what we all wanted!


i am a huge OLED fan

[Edited on October 1, 2007 at 8:52 PM. Reason : d]

10/1/2007 8:51:56 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/sony-3-mm-thin-xel-1-oled-tv-in-person-oh-and-its-fricking-th/

10/1/2007 11:34:19 PM