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Another OLED TV review of the XEL-1’s alleged longevity problems. It should not affect the average user.

Sony’s first OLED TV, the XEL-1, has gotten loads of favorable reviews and hype (from us too). It does put out a hell of a picture, one that made our Wilson proclaim: “you’re essentially staring into what could very well be the perfect TV.” But Gary over at HDGuru isn’t so swoony, and his more rigid (and far HD geekier) tests show some serious (though not fatal) flaws you should definitely know about, if you’re thinking about dropping $2,500 or are just an HD freak. Like, for instance, that i

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Samsung has just raised the bar in the OLED TV competition:

At CES this year, Sony showed off their 1st OLED (Organic LED) TV that will go on sale, except it was a puny 11″ screen. It was a sweet looking TV though at 3mm thick and with a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1. But who wants 11″ of OLED when they can get 50″ of Plasma for the same price? Now Samsung just showed off an 82″ OLED with backlighting. We may even start seeing some more reasonably sized screens coming to stores soon as well. Essentially, it’s not a question of technology but of economic

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More good news for Sony. This may help all the bad press on the XEL-1 lifespan issue:

No one can deny OLED displays are superior in quality to LCD or Plasma screens. One problem which has been constraining the commercialization of large-size OLED TVs, however, is the high level of power consumption. On Monday however, Sony and Japanese chemical company Idemitsu announced they succeeded in increasing the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) in deep-blue fluorescent OLED devices to 28.5%. I know, right? Until today, 25% was believed to be the maximum level of luminous efficiency

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Great news for OLED TV competition as LG Display shows a15-inch XGA OLED TV at SID Display Week

LG Display one of the world’s leading TFT-LCD manufacturers, today announced its plans to showcase its latest next-generation displays at SID’s Display Week 2008 (May 18-23 in Los Angeles, Calif.) admin’s blog

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Sony responds to the organic OLED panel longevity claims:

Sony OLED TV longevity claim challenged Reg Hardware, UK -13 May 2008 By James Sherwood [More by this author] Sony has downplayed allegations that its state-of-the-art OLED TV, the XEL-1, has a fraction of the longevity the …

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Here’s the good news for OLED TV fans this week;

Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company and American chemical company DuPont will be putting their heads together in a joint effort to develop low cost manufacturing methods for producing large size OLED panels for next-gen flat-panel TV’s. Dainippon Screen claims it has developed a nozzle printing technology that’ll print OLED panels at very high speeds, and with DuPont’s help hopes to have a manufacturing process for 32-inch panels ready for launch in sometime in 2010. Via The Japan Times

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Well, according to DisplaySearch, the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV doesn’t live up to many of the claims that had it outperforming plasma and LCD TV’s. First there was the power consumption question, now it’s the actual lifetime of the OLED or Organic LED panel. I’m betting Sony will recover from this with a new panel design in the future. This certainly isn’t the end of OLED TV by any means.
Sony appeared to be on the verge of starting the next revolution in TV technology last year when it introduced its first OLED television, most notable for its paper-thin screen. The display, which uses bright and low-power organic light-emitting diodes, appeared so promising that the prospects for LCD and plasma TVs were soon called into question. (Credit: Sony) A new study, however, may cast that future in a different light. A research firm called DisplaySearch tested Sony’s XEL-1 TV a

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From Engadget, an overview of the XEL-1 OLED TV review from Consumer Reports:

“Whether you love ‘em, hate ‘em or qualify ‘em with statements like “great for vacuum cleaners; not so much for HDTVs,” you’ve got to respect that fact that Consumer Reports buys all the goodies it tests. Especially when the item in question is a $2500 Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. Overall, we came to the same conclusion as they did: incredible tech appeal, great picture quality, poor input options and “are you kidding me” size-to-dollar ratio. We’ll even overlo”

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From TVsnob, a good point. Can LG come out from behind and be the first medium sized OLED TV manufacturer? :

When we heard that LG Display had plans to start producing 32-inch OLED TV’s come 2011, we were excited, yet a little bit skeptical. With Sony still trying to work out the kinks to reach volume production for the 11-inch XEL-1, it’s tough to believe LG Display will be churning out OLED TV’s 3 times the size in just two and a half years. Maybe Sony or Samsung, maybe even Panasonic, but LG Display? They’re still miles behind in LCD panel manufacturing! But than again, focusing on OLED panels would

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