LG's 15-inch 15EL9500 OLED TV sets sail for Europe, scheduled to arrive this May
By Vlad Savov 
posted February 28th 2010 1:06PM
posted February 28th 2010 1:06PM
posted February 28th 2010 1:06PM
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2 years to go from 11" to 15". At this rate, we will have a 60" by the time the continents smash back together to form Pangaea II.
@(Unverified)
On the bright side this screen is 768p vs 540p on the 11in Sony.
@Unverified User
15 inch? what's the point of that
@hbueain
Ask 'Andrews Username' ...
I'll see you in 10-15 years when my plasma gives out. By then maybe I can afford you.
@reallynotnick What is with this 768p nonsense? Why can't they just stick with 720p? All 768 does is insure that both 720 and 1080 content get scaled and that no content displays at the screen's native resolution. I don't understand why they do that.
@(Unverified)
best post of all time!
@Zweben It's a computer monitor, not a television monitor. Ever hear of 1024x768 resolution? It's called XGA. Trying to emulate it on a screen with 720 pixels vertical resolution would mean the loss of 8 scan lines, or wasting 312 lines. Stretching the 768 lines to 1080 lines would result in interpolation errors and an ugly, fuzzy picture.
DO WANT. If we get like 16 of these and put them in a square shape, we could get a massive and EPIC TV.
@(Unverified) with a fence of bezels in front of the super epic tv.. and 1 bank robbery to pay for it.
@gargle and whyy would someone buy this if they can get a big arse LED TV for the same price? Other than for gloating..
@(Unverified) Could you just buy me a Ferrari instead? The 458 Italia looks hot. Kthanxbye
My wife won't accept there is any difference between standard and HD so how the he'll am I going to justify a 40" one of these when they finally come out!
@skipstream just get a new wife.
@skipstream
Not being able to tell the difference between 480p and 720p (or 1080p) should be grounds for divorce.
@skipstream Is she visually impaired?
@broli
too expensive!!
@Valicore
she will grudgingly accept it with documentaries but thinks it's all a waste of money!
@skipstream
Take her to an optometrist.
@broli
well said
@skipstream It's that whole Venus and Mars thing.
Just accept what you are going to have to do is go out and buy one. Then when she doesn't understand it and gets angry, buy her what she wants. It may cost you twice as much, but at least you get your TV. As they say, it is always better to buy forgiveness than ask permission
A 15 inch screen that costs more than my 50 inch did...The thing better be able to resolve molecular levels of detail!
@Nitesh You're going to have to buy a 10k microscope to see all the detail this baby can show.
bah..ill just be patient and wait 5 years..should get a 42 inch for around 700 bucks.....what happened to SED btw?
@rony it's thicker than CCFL LCD's, that's what happened.
@(Unverified)
I don't get why everyone is so concerned about tv thickness. How many times do you look at your tv from the side?
1-2 times a week?
@Erb
I agree, anything less than 10 cm is fine with me.
3 mm thick is just overkill. Either make a normal TV that does not deal with the "thickness issue" at all or go all the way and make one thin enough to stick to my wall as a wallpaper.
@rony
Kodak invented this stuff back in 76'
over 30 years later its still VERY expensive! I say wait another 30 years?
@GenericMessage
whoah whoah by than I would be expecting holograms beamed into my brain.
Still born...
I'm writing this on a 15.6" laptop and thinking to myself, how annoying it would be to watch tv on a 15" television from any point in a room other than being directly infront of you on your lap like this laptop I'm typing on. Sorry a $2700 dollar 15" tv is not going to cut it - not even for the uber rich and dumb. Wake me up when this hits 32"+ and I'll start paying attention...
As much as i have heard about OLED screens i never really read an answer to why it costs so much at larger sizes, and what the roadblocks are in making larger OLED TV's. for instance, why is it that it took 2 years to go from 11 to 15inches? and should we expect another 2 years before we get 22inch TV's? or are they just slowing the release so they can charge more to early adopters, to make sure they make some of that development cost money back? and why is it that you can have quite a few devices on the market like the Zune HD with small OLED screens, but when it gets to TV sizes the price just seems to explode?
i cant wait for the day i can pick up an OLED TV thats about 46inches and only costs about $1500. but that seems like something that may just not happen.
@SmilinGoat
Mostly it's yield issues. A 15" panel can make one 15" TV or 25 3" Zune HD screens, the problem is most of the time only about 22 or 23 of the 3" panels are usable. Which is OK, you throw out the bad ones and sell the good ones. But if the same panel was going to be a TV the whole thing is useless.
So TVs can only be made with the perfect panels,
It's sort of like how Intel charges $1k for their extreme edition chips.
`Haha, "Cutting edge" - I geddit! :P
It's not a size matter, it's about cost. Sony and LG are making this screens as a technology showcase for marketing purposes.
15" is so 2002.
I'm guessing these tv's will be for small businesses, not for home use. Like a privately run fast food joint that decides to show the morning news or various sports events.
@Bud92
You're telling me a fast food joint is going to pay $2,700 for a 15in OLED screen to show the news? Pretty sure they are just going to go and pick up the cheapest Vizio or Insignia they can find.
Maybe it will be used in laptops.
@kobor42
I'd love to have a 13.3" OLED screen in an ultraportable, but as bad as LCDs in that size class are for contrast ratio and color gamut, I really can't see spending more than $100 or so for the upgrade to OLED, and at this point it would probably cost more like $2000.
It seems like OLED is stuck in this place where it needs more market penetration for the cost to come down, but it costs so much that hardly anyone is willing to buy it.
How difficult is it to make normal size televisions with an OLED display, SERIOUSLY?
@JustThatNerdyGuy
Really difficult, actually.
wow all of 15" for $3000. what market is this for?
@iPaul
The early adopter, who will overpay for new technology. btw, I'm downranking you for the i. Just thought I'd let you know.
@sweet greggo there is still no reason for adopting a 15" for $3000. it doesn't matter how earlier an adopter you are. ps i am downranking you as well for a pointless rebuttal.
@iPaul
For those with the means, this is well worth it. Superior display in a micro thin case. It's at the very least a discussion topic or blatant display of wealth. Either way it will impress those who see it.
Oh, I had to uprank myself to offset your downranking, and engadget's wonderful comment system allows me to downrank you once more just out of spite.
@sweet greggo ....lol .... "For those with the means, this is well worth it."
Well worth $3000....superior....lol
I paid considerably less for my Panny 58V10. seeya in 5-7 years on this. Hard.
this would be awesome on a laptop!
The price sucks though.
Does anyone know if OLED's can do 3D? I assume they would be able to, with such a low response time, but I've never seen anything on the subject....
They know that OLED displays make display geeks drool;) And they know that when they get around to making them like big decals that you just peel and stick to the wall they will have us lined up in walkers and wheelchairs ready for us to sign away our retirement funds to get one;)