OLED TV

Sumitomo Chemical said that in 2009, it plans to launch the production and sales of large-screen OLED display panels for use in televisions of 40 inches or larger. They are also considering forming alliances for the development of the panels.

Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it plans to ship small-to-medium size organic light-emitting diode displays for mobile devices in the autumn, adding that it had postponed its launch of larger OLED TVs (originally planned for 2009)

In a new report released Wednesday on the characterization of AMOLED display technology, DisplaySearch addressed the Sony XEL-1 TV and the technology’s sub-pixel architecture, micro cavity, and compensation circuits.

LG Display has deployed into the development of AMOLED panels. Despite that AMOLED is mostly applied in small-size panels, LG Display said it would continue investing in the large-size segment, with volume production of 32-inch OLED TVs scheduled for 2011.

Samsung SDI says that large-size applications (OLED TVs, monitors, etc.) will adopt AMOLEDs in 2009, and flexible OLEDs will arrive in 2010. Samsung SDI is currently producing 1.5 million panels, and they will double that in 2009, and in 2010 double again to 6 million.  

Techon has posted an interesting discussion with Novaled's CEO.

Highlights:

Sony's 11" OLED TV (XEL-1) is now availble to purchase from Amazon. It costs 2,500$, and ships only to the US.

Samsung says they will show a 32" OLED TV at CeBit (4-9, March, 2008).

Read more here (The Earth Times) 

Panasonic has announced it will start construction of a new LCD television factory in August this year that will more than double their production capacity.

The factory would also produce OLED TVs, but only after the 2010 opening and once the LCD production lines are fully operational.

According to Reuters, Sony is planning to spend 200M$ (22 billion yen) to develop the production technology to make medium to large OLED panels,