Sony unveiled a new 21" OLED TV prototype today at CES.
Tomorrow Sony CEO Howard Stringe is giving a keynote, and Sony said that more OLED news will be announced. Perhaps the 27" OLED TV XEL-2?
We've got some more info on LG's 15" OLED TV, shown at CES. The screen is 1.4mm thick, and expected to go into production in June. The resolution is 1366x768, and the reported lifetime is 30,000 hours.
LG 15" AMOLED at CES 2009LG will not release this as a 'luxury' item (like Sony's XEL-1, priced at 2500$). They are waiting for customers to put this in laptops, and only then will they begin producing the displays. here's a short video showing this cool prototype.
The new Sony Walkman will be called Walkman NWZ-X1000. It includes indeed a 3" (432x240) touch AMOLED display, together with some hardware controls. It has noise cancelling - and Sony claims it's the best sounding walkman ever. It includes Wi-Fi and support for many music and video formats. Check out this small video 'preview':
Samsung Mobile Display shows OLED panels at CES, from 2.6 to 14.1 inches. Some panels are already in production, and some are just prototypes.
Samsung is also showing a 31" OLED TV.
Gizmodo reports that Sony is indeed releasing their OLED touchscreen walkman - the NWZ X1000. It has internet capabilities via Wi-Fi and comes in a 16GB or 32GB version.
Sony walkman NWZ X1000
Universal Display Corporation today announced that it will exhibit a novel, wrist-worn flexible OLED communication device prototype at a CES 2009 event. The prototype device, based on a four-inch flexible OLED display, was initially developed for military use through a program sponsored by the U.S. Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center (CERDEC). Universal Display fabricated this prototype in collaboration with LG Display and L-3 Display Systems, as a complement to the flexible display development work ongoing at the U.S. Army’s Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University, of which Universal Display is a founding member.
LGDisplay will show a 15" AMOLED, aimed for laptops and TVs at CES 2009.
They will also show 2.4" and 3" AMOLEDs for mobile devices.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the California Energy Commission is looking for ways to relieve the
strain on the power grid. They want to impose energy standards on TVs, starting in 2011.
The regulations are expected to pass in mid-2009, although there is opposition from the industry, of course.
Televisions account for about 10% of the average Californian's monthly household electricity bill.
Earlier this year we reported about similar regulations proposals in Australia.
I think the state should also encourage people to buy power-efficient TVs, not just discourage them from buying power-hungry ones. A tax credit for efficient TVs, for example, might be very effective. Anyway this might be good news for OLED TVs - they will be very efficient, when they finally arrive.
We're happy to launch the latest OLED-Info feature - video galleries. Pretty much self-explanatory, it's a gallery of OLED related videos including reviews, prototypes and more. It's available on our 'resources' panel on the side-bar to the right.
If you find any OLED related videos that we can add, please tell us!
Sony has published a web page dedicated to CES 2009, with their lineup of consumer electronics - TVs, phones, mobile players and more.
They show the XEL-1 OLED TV, but there's no sign of their next TV, the 27" one (The XEL-2?). There's also no mention of an OLED touchscreen walkman.
