Sony's 3.5- and 11-inch OLEDs are just 0.008- and 0.012-inches thin

Damn, sexy huh? That's Sony's 0.2-mm (0.0079-inch) thin OLED display. Granted, this 3.5-inch prototype is only capable of 320 x 220 pixels, just shy of a cellphone standard QVGA resolution. However, that panel's fracking impressive when compared to those relatively chubby 0.67-mm (and that's a world's slimmest), 320 x 240 pixel LCDs capable of just 2.2-inches of display. And just look at those blacks -- you can barely see the bezel.

Update: Oh my... we just noticed that Sony's also showing off a 0.3-mm thin, 11-inch OLED with 960 x 540 pixel resolution. That's 10x slimmer than Sony's XEL-1 OLED TV. See it pictured after the break.

[Tommo Posted Apr 16th 2008 8:19PM]

No!
When Samsung released their concept "flexible" LCD they said they could be made cheap & versatile enough to be put on cereal boxes (just an example)
Therefore, i will not buy another box of cereal until it has an ultra thin, flexible display on it showing me amazing videos.
THANK YOU!

[aughscreennames Posted Apr 16th 2008 10:50PM]

When LCD's become cheaper than cardboard then we'll see cereal boxes with LCD's. Until then cereal makers will be happy minimizing costs by using the cheapest materials possible, the future wont change that philosophy.

[fourblades Posted Apr 16th 2008 12:24PM]

Stop teasing us! whip it out! put them out for consumers already!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2008 12:38PM]

Now where are the post-next generation screens with negative thickness?

[Motoken Posted Apr 16th 2008 4:33PM]

holographic screens anyone?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2008 6:09PM]

I would like to be the first to take a $5K OLED TV and wall mount it with double-sided duct tape.

[ArfGraf Posted Apr 16th 2008 10:29PM]

Okay- this stuff is getting seriously thin. Where are the OLED lingerie and pantyhose;) It must be just around the corner;)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2008 10:42PM]

Yes, very thin screen, but what about its base stand? I've seen the XEL-1 in person and its screen is also very thin, but it's connected to relatively huge base stand. So even though the screen is incredibly thin, its footprint is actually relatively large.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 2:00AM]

In about ten years everyone will have televisions like this. Ten years -- mark my words.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 2:46AM]

wonderful!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:46AM]

This is the least aggressive set of comments on Engadget in a looong while. Good work =]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 17th 2008 4:03PM]

Dude! That's just nuts! This would be more practical for cellphones and PDAs. An actual set in the house means big "accident" magnet. Get rid of your kids and kick your pets out, and make damn sure the OLED tv is the only set in the room and encased in glass.