Sony: 1,000,000:1 OLED TV on sale in 2007

Sony is once again showing off their beautiful OLED TVs we first peeped at CES. No surprise there, after all, we love to gawk at that incredible 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio just as often as possible. The real news is that Sony is finally ready to move an OLED TV into production. Sorry, not that bad-azz 27-inch model capable of Full HD 1080p. Nope, instead they'll be pushing out the 11-inch pup sometime "within 2007." We're talking 1024 x 600 pixels slathered across that wee 1M:1 contrast panel capable of 8-bit RGB color and covering more than 100% of the NTSC color gamut. Oh, and the display itself measures just 3-mm thick. Hot-freakin'-tastic. Unfortunately, it will likely suffer from a high price tag and short display life. Still, you'll be tempted, especially after seeing the set's razor-thin display in a profile shot after the break -- yeah, dramatic viewing angles too. Oh, Sony, why must you taunt us.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 19th 2007 1:45AM]

looks like something in star wars with the white and the wacky really small displays

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2007 7:11PM]

Okay, the base isn't exactly BEAUTIFUL, but... Last time I checked, we bought HDTVs because the screen was good, not because of the base. If you guys are turned off solely because of the base, that's laaaame.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2007 5:00PM]

This is one of those instant 'buyer's remorse' items, it seems like... or would it be an 'early adopter's remorse'... time to wait on it, and it'll improve, and the price point will go down in time

[profquatermass Posted May 1st 2007 2:33PM]

OLED has a short life and is prone to damage due to water...

Ask Sony how long will their panels last for?

Last I heard was that 5000 hours is currently around the maximum life for the blue component part. At 10 hours a day, that's only 500 days...

BTW Julien Couvreur.
OLED is not backlit. It's LED for goodness sake so it lights itself... :-)

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2007 2:13PM]

I just wish they had started with the 27' model and made enough to bring the price down. They would have flown off the shelves of the retailers.

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2007 2:15PM]

I meant 27 " of course.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 18th 2007 3:25PM]

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but you'd all better look at Sony's press release, here: http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200409/04-048E/
Look specifically at the number of colors (262,144). Looks like a 6-bit display. I'm pretty disappointed. Also, what LCD are they using as a reference? It says "same" for number of colors. I don't recall seeing a 6-bit LCD for quite some time. Looks like we'll all be waiting a while longer for this technology to replace anything else.

[Shaner Posted Aug 8th 2007 9:49AM]

Sorry, but the sun is still shining on this parade. That press release you quoted was from September 2004. Doofus.

Also please note this is ACTIVE matrix OLED.

Did anyone else notice the monitor interface??? Is that DisplayPort 1.1?