DisplaySearch has come up with some interesting numbers that reflect badly on the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. In the most negative OLED TV review so far, they state that Sony’s lifetime claims for the OLED panel are far too high.
According to EETimes.com, the RGB architecture is very sensitive to the image, and has a 5,000-hour lifetime for white and a 17,000-hour lifetime for a typical video image–these numbers are well below the specifications published by Sony.
The panel also suffers from differential aging. This has been a worry in the past but Sony was thought to have fixed this problem. Apparently not because after 1000 hours the blue luminance degraded by 12 percent, the red luminance by 7 percent and the green luminance by 8 percent.
Sony will have a bit of work to do to recover from this problem, but I’m sure they will. Remember however, the XEL-1 is the first model in the first generation of OLED TV’s. I still give them credit for bringing out the first OLED TV.
From the fine folks at Techonline.com comes an interesting video where they tear down a Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. This type of OLED TV review is a bit over the top, but since the XEL-1 is such a ground-breaking model, why not check out it’s insides and see how that little thing works.
According to a story at Digitimes.com Samsung will be mass producing AMOLED panels for OLED TV and other medium to large sized applications by 2009.
“While active matrix (AM) OLED panels are currently implemented mostly in small- to medium-size display applications, more medium and large-size applications – such as for monitor, notebook and TV – will adopt AMOLED panels in 2009, and in 2010, flexible display applications will also adopt AMOLED panels as well, according to Woo-Jong Lee, vice president, mobile display marketing team, Samsung SDI.”
This is good news for those of us looking at larger OLED TV’s. A 40″ OLED TV would actually be something practical, however, the price range has yet to be announced. Large OLED TV reviews coming next year!
Digital Journal has produced a thorough review of the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. This 11″ wonder has received lots of press lately as the world’s first commercially available OLED TV. It does have a couple of minor flaws though, including higher than predicted power consumption. The video covers the pros and cons of this new display technology.
GE made a major announcement on Tuesday March 11. They have successfully demonstrated a roll-like process for manufacturing OLED material that could be used for lighting and “paper-thin” OLED TV’s. The estimated cost using this process compared to current OLED panel manufacturing is at least 1000 times less. Very good news from GE. This process could certainly revolutionize the entire OLED industry.
“According to GE officials the roll-to-roll OLED demonstration project was made possible by the successful completion of a four-year, $13 million research collaboration among GE Global Research, Energy Conversion Devices Inc. and the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The goal of the collaboration was to demonstrate a cost-effective system for the mass production of organic electronics products such as flexible electronic paper displays, portable TV screens as thin as paper posters, solar powered cells and high-efficiency lighting devices.”
Sony has announced plans to invest over $200 million in production facilities for medium and large sized OLED TV’s. We can look forward to larger OLED TV reviews starting in about 2010 as the new line starts pumping out panels that are more appropriate for home use than the 11″ wonder, the Sony XEL-1.
Sony has announced that the XEL-1 OLED TV will be available in Canada starting February 29, 2008. I’m anticipating being able to provide a thorough OLED TV review as soon as I can see one of these in stores. Check back here for pricing and availability.
Fresh from CES 2008 is a new video clip of the 31″Samsung OLED TV. All observers have provided very positive OLED TV reviews from CES2008 in Las Vegas. Although it’s not the same as being there in person, it gives an idea of what we can expect in 2010 when Samsung plans to release a line of mid-sized OLED TV models.
Leave it to Engadget to get the goods on all the latest flat panel technology. They’ve justed posted a video showing Sony’s 27″ OLED TV on display at CES2008 in Las Vegas. No plans yet to release this mid sized TV, nor is there any announcement regarding future pricing.
Samsung’s new 31″ OLED TV has been unveiled at CES2008 in Las Vegas. Among the amazing specs are a contrast ratio of 1,000,000 to 1, an amazing color gamut of 107% and brightness of 550nit.
The 31″ Samsung OLED TV has the look of a finished product, however, Samsung is sticking with their previously announced release date of 2009-2010 for larger sized OLED TV’s.
The lineup at the Samsung booth will include two (14.1” and 31”) organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs in addition to an ultra-slim 52” LCD TV and quadruple full-HD LCD TV. Each reflects Samsung’s proficiency at combining high resolution images with sleek design.
“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.”
Thanks to aving.net Check out the full story there.
