Sony's 3-mm thin XEL-1 OLED TV makes video appearance

If all those pics and details of Sony's svelte new SonyDrive XEL-1 OLED TV we brought you earlier today weren't enough to whet your appetite, then perhaps NHK's video of the display will be more to your liking. While it offers little new information, it does show the display nearly performing a disappearing act as it makes its turn for the camera, thanks to its double-take-inducing 3 mm thinness. Impressive to be sure, although likely not quite impressive enough to make you forget about its $1,700+ price tag. Click on the image above or the read link below to check out the complete video

[William McGough @ Oct 1st 2007 3:57PM]

It is not called the "Sony Drive". Sony Drive is the name of the sony information site where the teaser ad for the device was shown. It is known "simply" as the XEL-1.
Sony Drive = the name of www.sony.co.jp

[William @ Oct 1st 2007 4:00PM]

It is not called the "Sony Drive". Sony Drive is the name of the sony information site where the teaser ad for the device was shown. It is known "simply" as the XEL-1.
Sony Drive = the name of www.sony.jp

[GoR @ Oct 1st 2007 4:04PM]

How much better is this screen compared to the razor thin, LED lit, 11.1 inch WXGA+ screen on my VAIO TZ... people see that and it floors them.

It may have better black levels..

[Mr Angry @ Oct 1st 2007 4:28PM]

You should have saved up and got the TZ model!

The technology was at CES in Vegas, and it's far far superior in terms of contrast, colors, clarity that the WXGA+ screens which are a little washed out in that line (I have that same laptop myself). Being OLED they don't require backlighting, and boast a million to 1 ratio.

I'm sure what they have here is a prototype version, as the technology is not scalable right now and the lifetime isn't amazing. It's something for the future to enhance existing products and make it easier on the eye and also on power consumption.

[david @ Oct 1st 2007 4:44PM]

I agree. I saw this at CES and it was by far the most talked about item in that bldg.

[eddy_88_nite @ Oct 1st 2007 4:04PM]

Isn't 3mm a bit flimsy? what is the backing made of....

[Brian McBride @ Oct 1st 2007 4:16PM]

I am pretty sure it is adamantium. Right?

[ethana2 @ Oct 1st 2007 8:25PM]

We won't have that element until we discover the second isle of stability in neutron/proton multiples...

Or is it an alloy?

[eddy_88_nite @ Oct 1st 2007 8:30PM]

ya or for the price maybe diamond and gold plated XD

[enzo @ Oct 1st 2007 4:11PM]

The guy in the video had a very interesting accent

[Orion @ Oct 1st 2007 6:17PM]

cockney accent?

[ilh @ Oct 1st 2007 6:20PM]

What kind of cockneys do you know?

Put the electronics in the base on the back of the screen and then we'll see how thin it is.

[John M @ Oct 1st 2007 4:42PM]

Man did that guy have a crazy accent....That TV would be cool if it were about a billion times bigger and if it didnt have that dumb ass swivel arm

[jLynx @ Oct 1st 2007 5:14PM]

What about the big chunky bottom?

[TIMMAH! @ Oct 1st 2007 5:15PM]

3mm probably has it's downsides... "I tried to pick it up and it snapped in half!"

[hn333 @ Oct 1st 2007 5:38PM]

Can't wait to see this on the the new 99 cent iPhone.

[John @ Oct 1st 2007 5:43PM]

makes me horny!

[LEXX911 @ Oct 2nd 2007 2:54AM]

I don't see any video but I found some old video on youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Ufs9Wx0VXQ&mode=related&search=

[ryan @ Oct 1st 2007 8:33PM]

i don't see how they fit all those people into such a tiny space!

[erich.strasser @ Oct 10th 2007 1:37PM]

Toshiba wants to roll out a OLED-TV with 30 inch in 2009! I think 2010 OLED can compete against LCD-TV
Oled Info site
http://www.oled-display.net