Kodak's 8-mm thin KTEL-30W 3-inch AMOLED TV

If you're fortunate enough to be living in Japan then this new Kodak ELiTe Vision KTEL-30W AMOLED TV can be yours sometime later this month. Measuring just 8-mm thick, this 3-inch 1Seg TV features a mono speaker, headphone jack (naturally), and a lithium polymer battery good for about 3.5 hours of continuous TV playback. Thing is, It'll cost you about ¥29,800 or about $287 for functionality already integrated into many Japanese phones.

Gallery: Kodak's 8-mm thin KTEL-30W 3-inch AMOLED TV

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[athousandleaves @ Mar 6th 2008 2:05AM]

wait... why?

[mushrooshi @ Mar 6th 2008 2:22AM]

Kodak is bringing Polaroid back... :/

[soviet_vexxer @ Mar 6th 2008 2:23AM]

how does something like this recieve a signal? never used a portable tv before. (keeping in mind everything is to go digital.)

[eearnhart @ Mar 12th 2008 10:28PM]

There are now several mobile digital TVs in Japan. They a radio modulation that carries both video and audio streams much like the ATSC system in the US. However in Japan the ISDB system has been configured such that 1 segment (1Seg) has been dedicated to low resolution mobile television for mass transit and emergency broadcasting. I have used a mobile TV in Japan on a bullet train moving at about 200 mph. Though on a bullet train tunnels and rapidly changing tower ranges become an annoyance. Supposedly Japan is rapidly trying to improve this situation. But in the mean time it works great in a taxi or above ground train around Tokyo.

[happy_penguin @ Mar 6th 2008 3:32AM]

Somebody is going to sit on that thing and then *CRUNCH*!

[silverblackvoid @ Mar 6th 2008 10:03AM]

why...kodak?

[karmaghost @ Mar 6th 2008 7:32PM]

Because, believe it or not, Kodak and its partners are actually one of the leaders in OLED research and development. It's odd that it's Kodak branded, but not so strange that it's developed by Kodak.

[karmaghost @ Mar 6th 2008 7:34PM]

Oh, sorry, I should have also added that OLED technology was first developed at Kodak hence the reason why it's one of the leaders in the field.