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Sam's club is selling Sony's XEL-1 OLED TV for only 1,748$

oled — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:24:50 -0400

Sony is selling their OLED TV (XEL-1) for 2,500$, but Engadget reports that Sam's club is selling the same TV for only 1,748$. It's still not clear if this is just one store or whether it's in several US stores... and still the price is very high of course for a 11" TV.

Japanese government and companies team up to develop OLED tech

oled — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:12:08 -0400

The Japanese government will team up with several Japanese companies to develop key-technologies for producing large-size OLED panels. The aim is to cut the development cost for the Japanese companies, to be better able to compete against Samsung and LG, and the Japanese government will pitch in around 32$M.

Sony - we are "awfully" close to selling 27" OLED TVs

oled — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:10:44 -0400

Stan Glasgow (president and COO of Sony Electronics) says that Sony is making progress on moving to larger OLED screen sizes. At the moment, Sony sells an 11-inch OLED TV for $2,500, which means it is hardly a mass market product. The next step, he says, will be a 27-inch version, followed by a 40-inch version. He says they are “awfully close” to selling a 27-inch OLED version commercially. The key for Sony is to find ways to automate the production of the OLED screens, which right now require significant amounts of labor.

Sony is preparing to mass-produce FED TVs

oled — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:08:41 -0400

Field Emission Technologies (of which Sony owns 37%) plans to mass-produce FED TVs in 2009. FED (Field Emission Displays) offers better picture quality than LCDs, and require half the energy (as they do not required backlighting). At first the TVs will be 26" in size, and later on they plan to produce 60" TVs.

Kodak OLED Systems Information and Interview

oled — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:17:11 -0400

I recently had the chance to interview Mr. Corey Hewitt and Dr. James Buntaine from Kodak OLED Systems. Kodak is where OLEDs were first discovered, and they are still in the fore-front of the technology. This is going to be a long article - these guys have given me a lot of background info, even before answering my questions. But first let's introduce Corey and James:

LGDisplay plans to invest more in their AMOLED business

oled — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:24:00 -0400

According to Korea times, LG Display are planning to invest more in their AMOLED business. They are obviously trying to catch up with Sony and Samsung. Sony have plans to invest over 200M$ in AMOLED production, and Samsung is planning to combine SDI's and Samsung Elec's OLED divisions.

UDC Reviews Company and OLED Industry Progress

oled — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:55:00 -0400

At their yearly share holder meeting, UDC reviewed their company's and the OLED industry's progress. UDC also highlights continued adoption of its energy-efficient PHOLED technology in commercial displays and advances in its flexible OLED, white OLED lighting, and printable, phosphorescent P(2)OLED(TM) technologies.

Sony: We'll Deliver 27" OLED TV within the next 12 months

oled — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:49:02 -0400

Demonstrating an OLED TV just 0.3mm thick at the D: All Things Digital event, Stringer said: “it’s a glass, we can produce this in plastic and you can wrap it around your arm, we’re not quite sure why you would want to. We’re looking for applications for the next generation of the plastic version but this will come out in a 27-inch version fairly soon. Within the next 12 months, we haven’t given a date.”

Dell's CEO hints at OLED displays this year...

oled — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:54:01 -0400

Dell's CEO is speaking to WSJ's Mossberg, and he hints about using Sony's OLED displays this year -

Mossberg: Former Dell CEO has said that R&D is a waste. That still true?
Dell: No. There's tens of billions of dollars spent in the industry and while we definitely see value here, we're also into leveraging the tech from other partners. For example, the 0.3mm OLED that Sony showed.
Mossberg: You going to use those?
Dell, teasingly, says "You'll see some great stuff from us this year...

Sony: OLED are more efficient than LCD over most TV programs

oled — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:38:49 -0400

Sony has given an interesting presentation at SID. It seems like that the power efficiency depends on the TV program. In most programs OLED fares better than LCDs. (see the slide photo to the right)