Sony unveils 0.3mm thick OLED display

At D6 today Howard Stringer showed off a brand new "thinner than a credit card" 0.3mm thick OLED panel that Sony is working on. They're planning on a 27-inch version of the screen in the short term for the ultra-rich, but the obvious hope is to fight LCD for dominance in the home in the coming years. This could very well be that 11-inch 960 x 540 display we saw last month, but specs are slim at the moment. More shots after the break.

[Image courtesy of All Things Digital]

[justin @ May 28th 2008 1:05PM]

How Drudge Report of you, Engadget.

[IT-Accountant @ May 28th 2008 1:29PM]

I'm lost as to what that is supposed to mean.

[jP @ May 29th 2008 9:54PM]

@ IT-Accountant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report

I am not saying that is makes sense to me, I'm only trying to figure it out.

[mymaclife @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:38PM]

Not sure what language Justin is speaking, but it sounds like bollocks to me.

[nosrednAneB @ Jun 7th 2008 9:41PM]

Pretty sure he means that they are just linking to external sites with very little original content.

Pretty sure that's what Engadget does.

Pretty sure Engadget should do whatever they want, cause no matter what they do, there'll be someone to complain.

[Marcus @ May 28th 2008 1:06PM]

Could someone send 'em some coffee?

[Vidit Bhargava @ May 28th 2008 1:07PM]

0.3mm to 0.3 inch...never mind...OLED displays are gorgeous

[Joe @ May 28th 2008 1:08PM]

yay... more tech they havn't shipped yet.

.. up next, 0.001 fm thick OLEDKOPTER. This will change the world!

[Vidit Bhargava @ May 28th 2008 1:11PM]

hey Joe...did you read???
it clearly says "Sony is working on" do you want a prototype in the market???

[Joe @ May 28th 2008 1:28PM]

hey Vidit, have you been reading engadget for the past year??? Thiner is certainly better, but you need to ship before you can claim victory. Especially for those demo'ed behind glass. Protos are good, products are better.

[Fernando @ May 28th 2008 1:57PM]

Vivid I thought the PS3 was a Sony Market prototype ;)

[Mike @ May 28th 2008 2:21PM]

OLEDKOPTER

oh man sir, you surely win :)
if I see you in the internets, you win a beer :D

[SimbaDogg @ May 28th 2008 3:09PM]

Loser

[Ace b @ May 28th 2008 5:11PM]

@Fernando

I'm sorry,but did you say that the PS3 was a prototype?
It's a pretty damn good prototype if it last longer than a retail 360 AND doesn't let a little dust stop it from reading it's own disc like the Wii.

And yes,this is coming from someone who owns them all.

[Ellianth @ May 28th 2008 5:40PM]

something that's so thin would easily break in the hands of dumb fucks (some journalists). Why on earth would they not put such an expensive piece of equipment behind glass?

[Greg @ Jun 6th 2008 10:20PM]

Yeah great, let's only report on things that you can buy right now that every damn person already heard about/owns. That would be really exciting. Why would anybody want to hear about new technology? Gosh.

[sam @ May 28th 2008 1:14PM]

27" is crap, make a 42" then rich people will actually be able to see the benefits of 1080p on it.

[James Cameron @ May 28th 2008 1:17PM]

Crap for you but this will look nice as my desktop monitor.

[Shinigami @ May 28th 2008 1:26PM]

sam
Rich people will be more interested in 52-inch and 103-inch models instead, IMO.
James Cameron
Only if you can afford it, but still would be wiser to buy 10 LCD monitors and have money left ;)

[James Cameron @ May 28th 2008 1:15PM]

Ok it nice and all but I don't understand the need to be that thin. Chances are there will be alot of mishaps during the delivery with this product.

[Marcus @ May 28th 2008 1:19PM]

Sir, are you kidding?

[Mile @ May 28th 2008 1:40PM]

Thin is in! Thin is in!

[James Cameron @ May 28th 2008 2:41PM]

@Marcus

Thin is cool but imagine a 50" TV and how fragile it's going to be. Why did you think they encased that 0.3mm OLED inside a glass case? I guessed curiosity might cause people to touch the darn thing and shattered it.

[Ayman @ May 28th 2008 3:33PM]

They said it is the only one in the world and it is a prototype
Plus think in the future you have something that is thinner than a credit card
so you can place it in you wallet or laptops that are even thiner
one positive thing that comes to mind is that when they make screens they would take less space and most likely be lighter hence when traveling would weigh less and would be cheaper for travel

[David Z. @ May 29th 2008 8:43PM]

A TV thin enough to sit nearly flush on a wall like a picture frame would be nice, and thin screens would be even more helpful for mobile devices because it would reduce thickness and weight.

[John @ May 31st 2008 11:06AM]

It'd be nice having a TV so thin that you can embed it within drywall and have it sit flush with the wall

[Interpol @ May 28th 2008 1:28PM]

Keira Knightley is still thinner.

[swingin' dick hero @ May 28th 2008 2:13PM]

Well I have to disagree since you obviously have not seen the Macbook Air / Keira Knightley / Sony OLED display comparison. You just can't argue with facts http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2521/comparisonjm5.jpg

[EQC @ May 28th 2008 2:34PM]

Ah, but your comparison is flawed -- they measured Keira width-wise, while the others were measured edge on.

In a proper comparison (either with Keira edge-on, or with the other two measured across their screen width's), she's the winner I bet!

[Jerod @ May 28th 2008 1:33PM]

OLED is great, except that there are no connections in existence that small for video. All of those OLED TVs have awkward boxes attached.

[Joe @ May 28th 2008 1:50PM]

Wireless HDMI

[FairyGothmother @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:21PM]

Wireless would be the only way to keep it pretty. The frame would support that.... I can't wait... Just think of all the possibilities.. A car windshield, for instance, TV walls, Store fronts that advertise themselves.... Ever seen Minority report? Lamoid Tom Cruise pwns that terribly awesome screen to opera...Very similar....

[Engadgetluvsappl @ May 28th 2008 1:41PM]

*Raises hand*

[phanbouy @ May 28th 2008 1:45PM]

do you really have to ask this on every story now gabe? lameass

[initialxy @ May 28th 2008 1:47PM]

but does it cut bread?

[guerilla779 @ May 28th 2008 1:56PM]

go google Sony Vaio X505 ..........ull get to know what cuts bread.

[Ayman @ May 28th 2008 3:37PM]

Yes, one day you too can cut bread while watching your favorite shows
with the Sony Knife TV..........

[JAY JAY @ May 30th 2008 7:02PM]

ahh, but does it blend? lol.

[Marcys M. @ May 31st 2008 7:42PM]

But will it blend?

[kastonie @ Jun 5th 2008 8:35PM]

will it play doom?

[penguin2254 @ Jun 13th 2008 9:11AM]

lol...it probably does
heck...it could probably be used a weapon, only if it didn't shatter when you hit the dudes neck

[mistadabolina @ Jun 17th 2008 2:31PM]

but can it noclip?

[mistadabolina @ Jun 17th 2008 2:45PM]

Not so much books to PC as it is books to web 2.0 (did we hit web 3.0 yet?), but great point made, FairyGothMother. Personally I think nano-technology will end up being the final replacement of paper.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rpJQNMBNtOo

[V3LOCIP3D3 @ May 28th 2008 1:58PM]

Isn't there a point where thin crosses the barrier of flimsy? I'm pretty sure this breaks it. I, for one, don't want my monitors as thin as a sheet of paper, because there's a reason paper is thin----you can crumble it up, tear it . . it's disposable, very cheap and can be turned into magazines for 4 bucks a copy.

This is a high grade OLED monitor that might cost around 2,000 bucks . . . i want this to survive falling off my desk whenever i get pissed at my computer

[ddub @ May 28th 2008 2:05PM]

I don't think plastic crumples to easily, even though its thin. And usually a piece of paper can survive a fall from a desk pretty easily.

[FairyGothmother @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:34PM]

I do see your point but here you have contradicted yourself.... If it is akin to paper that can be made into magazines for $4 then that is a good thing... Once processing is finished and its been out for five or ten years it will slowly replace paper and that will help the environment. Plastic is recyclable, flexible and long lasting. Then it will be just as cheep as a magazine... It happens all the time.... Dollars to Credit cards.... Books to PC.... etc...

[mistadabolina @ Jun 17th 2008 3:30PM]

Not so much books to PC as it is books to web 2.0 (did we hit web 3.0 yet?), but great point made, FairyGothMother. Personally I think nano-technology will end up being the final replacement of paper.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rpJQNMBNtOo

[ipk2638 @ May 28th 2008 2:01PM]

and... this means "hey kids break me i'm so thin !"

[penguin2254 @ Jun 13th 2008 9:15AM]

Yes, it does.

uh-oh.........

[Nic @ Jun 18th 2008 3:42AM]

Another reason to starve your kids. You want them to break first.