Sony's 0.3mm OLED gets all bent at CEATEC
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Sep 30th 2008 4:10AM
posted Sep 30th 2008 4:10AM
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You could cut yourself on that!
that's called cutting edge technology!!
Too bad they can't bend the price towards 'affordable'.
I wouldn't call it cutting edge, i say its beyond cutting edge, bleeding edge technology!
I'm sure in time that this will cut the cake for everyone!
Wait, so we are returning to the old-timey curved displays of years past?
So long flat screens, it's been nice knowing ya...
;)
Glue that screen on a CRT and fake your own Sony Trinitron. Just need to find a couple of thin wires...
@LondonConsultant: LOL, I wonder how many people are actually going to get that joke.
Trinitrons were nice, but those two wires...
I think they're going for the New Coke, Classic Coke strategy
or want to make your mug a TV
Don't you mean the New Slurm and Slurm Classic strategy? Your avatar say Groening, but your comment doesn't.
The two wires. Trust me anyone who owned one knows about it.
My Avatar is Simpsonian Not Futuramian
Yes, I can see retro deep boxes with curved screens in the years ahead. Enough with thin and flat!
the future is here already ? :)
Red planet comes to mind with those handhelds with a bendy screen that rolled out the side.
Could a Japanese reader translate the text in picture 4 for us?
here
translate: Even if bending uses thin glass substrate, high-resolution performance of the organic electroluminescence is shown.
Thank you rs!
Wow, 0.3 cm is thin, but 0.3 mm.... Wow!
0.3mm screen that needs a 0.5m case...
that's still as thin as the lead i'm using to do my multivar. holy crap.
Possibly it distorted during transport, and they decided to show it anyway :)
Laugh, the cabinet/base got even larger, and dull grey, stylish.
And the curve is clever too, it ensures that no matter where you sit you'll have glare on the screen.
No point! If we had to keep it in the thick 'n bold glass cube.
Is this similar to the transparent TV that Sony was pushing for?
The curve is actually to provide rigidity. If they kept the thing flat, it would buckle (or they would need to hang it). Thin is great, but it is sort of pointless, since the frame to support it will be thicker. Still, looks nice. Now if they could just ship the thing for something mildly approaching a decent price...
The curve is soo sexy though....isn't it?
They have been torturing us with the prospects of OLED for years!!!
Please actually start releasing products that have an OLED larger than 3-7"!
As far as I know the only one larger is the 11" Sony TV.
OLED monitors, laptop screens 15-25" TVs.... something... please!
A curved TV! What will they think of next?
Tubes?
Isn't a curved screen needed for the new style 3D movies that are coming out at the cinema?? Would be kewl to have Beowulf 3D in your living room.
To all you dumb asses who think the worst of the technology. This is purely a step beyond what people have seen in years. This technology can be put on walls as wall covering, art, windows and so on. I have seen it in action and is out of this world. And only Sony can and will provide the humans with out of this world technology.
PS if you don't like what you see go to Walmart and buy your piece of crap VIZIO.
Temper.
here is a mistake.
it is not 0.3mm
it is 0.3 cms (centimeters) or 3 mm (milimiters)
my english is bad, but hope you get it.
Adios!
if you remember last time we "saw" this screen it was flat, making it EXTREMELY hard to see in the press photos, many couldnt differentiate the screen from the glass housing. this was for press purposes, to enable the audience to see the "depth" which sony was able to achieve.
its similar to myspace angles for fat chicks. except the opposite!
buahahahaha exactly.
its .3 mm as in one millionth of a meter. you dont speak english but im sure you can read numbers.
Karn, .3mm is one ten thousanth of a meter.
you aren't helping our little math lesson much!
I'm confused, can you actually bend the screen to the way you want or is it set by sony??
Why are we going backwards? We just got away from curved screens, a curved 3D oLED 5-8 years from now will look weird and distorted.
Although the curve is nice in a way, it distorts the picture.
Anybody know? Can you bend the screen the way you want it? To me it looks as if it's set to a certain bend.