Sumitomo set to produce 40-inch OLED panels in 2009

Not that there was any doubt that OLED is on its way to larger sizes (hasn't it been since like 2005?), but Japanese firm Sumitomo Chemical announced its plans to produce 40-inch OLED panels for HDTVs some time in 2009, meaning Sumitomo-based TVs could hit the market in 2009 or 2010. Samsung's old-skool 40-inch OLED HDTV prototype shown above for scale.

[Via OLED-Info]

[Ali @ May 11th 2008 5:10PM]

Small typo Ryan: "...could hit the market could hit in..."

[jitty @ May 11th 2008 5:42PM]

But will the picture quality still be as good as the XEL-1's?

[David @ May 11th 2008 5:54PM]

probably not, but I'm betting it'll still look fantastic

[Chuckles McGee @ May 11th 2008 9:43PM]

If they can do a 1080p resolution, it probably will.

[NG @ May 11th 2008 5:59PM]

And thats what i call a "fake" smile

[Aguiluz @ May 11th 2008 6:12PM]

Plasticky.

[Juan @ May 11th 2008 8:27PM]

Japan robot craze has finally gone too far.

[linuxamp @ May 12th 2008 12:26AM]

Japanese (like me) have only learned to smile in the past 5 years. It'll take another decade or so until we can do it naturally.

[Kaminix @ May 12th 2008 6:18AM]

'Samsung's old-skool 40-inch OLED HDTV prototype shown above for scale.'

As you can see on the bottom of the TV, it's a Samsung TV and not the Sumitomo TV. Samsung is not Japanese.

[andres @ May 11th 2008 6:04PM]

oh, id let her produce my 40-inch OLED panels in 2009...

[ag @ May 11th 2008 6:11PM]

About time.

[OziD @ May 11th 2008 6:17PM]

"Sumitomo tires and they gotta be run flat. TV where the horn goes, boy can you top that" - Manny Fresh

Now they can make the TV's, too.

[b10hazard @ May 11th 2008 11:49PM]

Companies in japan make almost everything. For example, Mitsubishi, cars, fork lifts, TVs, aircraft, ect.

So, ya, the tires and the TV too.
(note, NEC is part of sumitomo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo )

[Hooterman @ May 12th 2008 10:06AM]

lol, I mentally sang that exact lyric in my head when I read this headline.

rep'd

[slyd3z @ May 12th 2008 1:20PM]

@b10hazard

Good point. Don't forget Daewoo, Hitachi, and Fuji (whose 'Heavy Industries' division makes Subaru) as well.

[Twitchy @ May 11th 2008 7:39PM]

Wait, what? This Sumitomo? http://www.vertikal.net/images/stories/003804.jpg

[phanbouy @ May 11th 2008 8:36PM]

life-sized porcelain doll not included

[Tim @ May 11th 2008 9:46PM]

For the curious, Sumitomo Chemical bought Cambridge Display Technology last year. Been kinda waiting to see what they'd do with it.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201202050

[Greg Mcp @ May 11th 2008 11:48PM]

That TV and table looks like they are pushed up fairly close to the wall.
I think there is only the head and shoulders, and some fake fingers.
I don't think there is a body or legs at all.

I keep coming back to this picture. It's freaking me out.

[whatsdamattau @ May 12th 2008 12:22AM]

Yay! I'm in line!

[boe @ May 12th 2008 1:07AM]

What year are they going to make some big enough for other rooms of the house besides the bathroom?

[Josh @ May 12th 2008 1:37AM]

Does it come with that freakishly creepy girl?

[Zzephyr @ May 12th 2008 1:56AM]

Hmm, nothing freakish or creepy about that young lady. She's looks mighty fine to me.

[DiscoCat5 @ May 12th 2008 2:37AM]

is it just me or does that tv not look 16:9?

[Silverfrog @ May 12th 2008 10:40AM]

As long as these things are competitvely priced, I'd buy one.

[blueeyesm @ May 12th 2008 1:48PM]

Can you change the image to one of an x-rayed body posing vertically?

[Zinger314 @ May 31st 2008 5:21PM]

She looks like Chucky's Asian sister.