Ovideon Aviah A slew of portable media players are now available, but the $599 Ovideon Aviah is the first I've seen to use an OLED screen. Unfortunately, on the late pre-production Aviah handheld audio-video recorder and player I tested, the OLED screen was the most distinguishing feature, by far.
OLED display technology promises better colors and smoother video than conventional LED screens. And it delivers: Videos in MPEG-4 format showed brilliant colors and appeared clear and sharp on the 2.2-inch, 521-by-218-pixel screen, with natural-looking colors and great dynamic range.
The screen also looked great in most lighting, with the exception of direct sunlight, where it was a little too pale to view comfortably (presumably because OLED screens use their own generated light instead of reflecting ambient light, as other types of LED display technologies do). The viewing angle is also much wider than on conventional LCD displays: I could see the image from most any vantage point.
My only complaint about the screen is that it's a tad small compared with the 3.5-inch and bigger screens we've seen on other players.
