Organic LED and the Future of Television

Sony has brought its first Organic LED (OLED) TV to market, and the product is stunning. The picture quality is also unmatched by today's standards. In this episode, we'll show you the 3-mm thin screen poised to one day replace plasmas and LCD TVs.

As DigitalJournal.com reported in early February, Sony is ushering in a new era in television with OLED TV.

OLED is comprised of small pieces of organic material that glow when an electrical current is applied (called electrophosphorescence). When used to create displays, OLED can produce self-luminous screens, meaning they do not require a source of light like LCD or DLP televisions.

Sony's first OLED is the XEL-1, and the picture quality is better than anything we've seen in today's current technology. The screen is 3-mm thin (the thickness of three credit cards); it consumes almost no power (as low as 35w); the picture quality is vivid and sharp; and the contrast ratio is an astounding 1,000,000:1, meaning its black levels are great.

In this episode of Digital Journal TV, we'll give you a first look at Sony's 11-inch XEL-1 and discuss the pros and cons of this emerging TV technology. There is a long list of benefits but we've also found a few setbacks, and we look into just how much Sony plans to invest in the future of television.

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[wetend123]

whats so amazing about this tv is that you can slide it up your ass and not feel a thing

[Puntaltenses]

LCD sucks bad and its is too expensive.

[rubikfan1]

lol at the ces 2012, lg came with a 55inch screan. so the one day they speak off is now!

[4urge]

Im sure everyone in the world would like to pay 2,000$ for an 11 inch screen

[alanplank87]

@Puntaltenses LED u retard nnot lcd

[billysandals]

so its been 2 years and they still only have that shitty 11" ? i went to best buy and thats all they have. they have the technology but they want to play out the lcd vs plasma vs dlp vs led backlit for money money money. then more money money money when the oleds come out.

[cyberhmoob]

Why bother with LCD. It's expensive for nothing. It can't do much. Plasma simply renders everything and anything including dark scenes flawlessly plus you can't play SQUISH the screen dot game with Plasma. Plasma Kid safe. Also LCD has Mercury. People will try and claim it's safe but COME ON. 50 inches of mercury? Umm.

[fthis12345]

@wetend123 HAHAHAHA....lmao.

[nicolaidna]

he he, how can you sell something you don't even believe in?? We are in 2010 nothing happened with the oled, They discovered by accident the 3d tv! :) sweet!

[johnathansantoni]

the one o the left is cute

[tito14elnene]

duraband is wort than coby lmao

[liberty211662]

that thing is small as hell and its 2500 dallors now even someone whos a billionare would say thats a waste of money.