Comments on: Still waiting for OLED TVs

The Sony XEL-1 has been on the market for a year and it still has no competitors. Why is that?

[Morisot]

Hey ! -- All I want is a good 13-15 inch flat screen DTV with a good tuner for my kitchen. I already returned one of the few I could find--it was awful. (And I don't want it to be a $2,500 OLED.)

M.

[jskrenes]

I've got friends in in the TV sales business, and they say most of their customers don't care if their TVs are six inches thick or two and a half or a half inch thick. Given that portable devices and laptops would benefit most from small, power-efficient, thin, possibly bendable screens, and people change out their mobiles devices (cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, etc.) more frequently, I suspect we'll see OLEDs penetrating the mobile device market much more quickly than the large screen market.

[littleM]

These must not be ready for volume production. They would be perfect for high-end notebook computers such as what Apple or Lenovo make. Especially since notebooks tend to have a shorter life than TVs, they ameliorate the OLED life issue. This is a proven strategy for cell phones, which have been using OLEDs for some time. Perhaps that when to make them big, you run into problems like dead pixels, which would be intolerable on a "top of the line" product. . Who knows?

[speedvillain]

Does anyone know that OLED's duration is not that impressive. They may be lighter and waste little power but pretty much they are not going to last long at all. .However you will be informed "OLED's longevity is questionable." Plasma tv's originated in 1995 they got off in mid 2000's and in the beginning they were very expensive and the duration was poor. Today they have plasmas that can do up to 100.000 hours. LCD's are up there as well. OLED'S may get better but by the time that happens something else will come out (3D tv I hope) Sounds familiar? If you look what material it takes to make OLED'S they are mostly plastic films. Now I can understand why OLED's are tossable.

[zachchen1996]

I think Organic Light Emitting Diode technology is great! We all just need to wait until someone releases a reasonable OLED TV. They also need to make it a reasonable price so people will actually buy the TV and make the screen big enough so you can see the stuff on the screen. I love the Samsung Omnia HD cellphone because it has a AMOLED 3.7 inch display.

[wiredchicken]

We already have 1080p lcds, why should we have to come out with something better? My questions is, are the oleds any better then the lcds/plasmas? Its not really that thin because the base of the tv is really the back of it!!!

[wrs388]

Were not seeing OLED out on the market is because it's simply not ready yet, it would be pathetic buisness move, especially when tech companies are still improving LCDs and Plasmas. How long did it take to improve CRT TVs? It's the same thing going on right now, although I expect tech companies to improve LCDs and Plasmas much faster.

[pentel13]

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