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I can't imagine the peeps the cash to spend the bucks on an 11" desktop screen. The peeps with cash are mobile.]]>Aug 13th 2008 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
And it's not, "too late," Engadget, unless there's another 11"-or-bigger display available right now to consumers that I somehow missed. April 2009 is still 8 months away, and, if history is to be our teacher, that date will slip.]]>Aug 13th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
I'm curious... I thought if something is ready to be sold in one country, then technically speaking it would be ready for all countries. Just change the voltage and language...]]>Aug 13th 2008 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
Finally, they will often test the water by allowing limited release in one region or country. After evaluating sales/product costs, tweaking production processes and determining the best marketing strategies they can then decide how and when wider releases should be made.

No doubt there are a load of other things I don't know about, but be assured that an awful lot of thought has gone into the the products that you see for sale in your local Best Buy. ]]>Aug 13th 2008 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/]]>Aug 13th 2008 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
Although the LCD panel itself is thin, the light source required to illuminate it is not. That's why your TV is more than 3mm thick. An OLED's light source is integrated into the panel, which is why such a thin display is possible. To emphasise the thinness, Sony crammed the power conditioning and processing into a fat base.

The awesomeness comes primarily from the fact that backlighting is not required, which conveniently means that an obscenely high contrast ratio is achievable (because the light is produced at each pixel site, black pixels can produce no light rather than having to block the light from a backlight. This allows truly black blacks.)]]>Aug 13th 2008 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
Normal retail stores don't have it but Sony has no problem selling it in their own stores.]]>Aug 13th 2008 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/
The big thing about OLEDs for desktop monitors and TVs, if it ever happens, is that theoretically should be cheaper than LCDs. You can make them using inkjet printing and even screen printing techniques, and there's lower materials cost.

For mobile applications they are also thinner and use less power (no backlight needed)

And in all they have better color and contrast range, better viewing angles, better temperature range.

And they can be made transparent, where they are already used for things like aircraft HUDs.]]>Aug 13th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/Aug 13th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/sonys-xel-1-oled-tv-landing-in-europe-by-2009-too-little-too/http://students.washington.edu/notjoel/media/PICS-0040.jpg
(high-quality picture from my Samsung Blackjack)]]>Aug 13th 2008 11:58AM