Sony XBR12 OLED TV Will Be 21'', Debute At CES 2010

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Don't lie; if you had thousands of dollars of expendable income to burn through, you'd buy one. OLED TVs are too hot for any geek to not want, and too expensive for most of us to even consider. While we don't have too long to wait before OLED becomes cheaper than LCD, it's still a few years off. This year at CES 2010 we'll get a chance to see a major step forward in this technology.

Currently, LG's 15" TV is the largest commercially available OLED TV. However, Electronista has heard word that Sony is about to bring out an OLED TV that beats LGs by 10". The XBR11 will be a 21" HD OLEDTV with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a greater than 720p resolution.

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Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:28:16 CST | by Robert Evans

LG 15-Inch OLED TV Now Largest Commercially Available OLED TV

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LG unveiled a sexy 15-inch OLED TV at the IFA 2009 in August. This week the LG OLED TV is on sale in South Korea according to the Korea Times (via Oled-display).
The LG OLED TV is now the world's largest commercially available OLED TV. Sony was the first to offer an OLED TV with the XEL-1. The Sony OLED only has an 11-inch screen. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:07:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung UN55B8500 LED HDTV Is The New Ultimate LED TV

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In May we highlighted the top of the line Samsung LED HDTV. Back then the Samsung UN55B8000 was the ultimate LED TV from Samsung. Now a new model in the Samsung 8 Series LED TVs is the top dog: The Samsung UN55B8500.
The Samsung 55-inch UN55B8500 (46-inch UN46B8500 is also available) offers a higher Dynamic contrast ratio of 7,000,000:1 compared to the 5,000,000:1 the UN55B8000 series offers.
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Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Samsung 3.9mm LED TV Panel Is World's Thinnest

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Samsung unveiled a 3.9mm ultra-thin LED LCD TV panel. Samsung calls this 40-inch ultra-thin LED panel "Needle Slim".
Well, a needle is still way thinner unless Samsung means a knitting needle. Anyway, this ultra-thin LED has full HD resolution, 120Hz and 5,000:1 contrast ratio. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Ultimate LED TV Samsung UN55B8000 Is Already Heavily Discounted

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The 55 inch Samsung UN55B8000 is the top of the line LED TV Samsung is offering this year. The 240Hz LED backlit LCD HDTV is only 1.2-inch thin and packed with features including Internet@TV.
The MSRP of the UN55B8000 is actually $3,899.99. When we first featured the Samsung UN55B8000 back in May the best price was $3,599.99. Today you can buy this 55-inch LED HDTV for $2,899 on Amazon.com.
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Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG: 32" OLED TV in 2010, 15" OLED TV in December

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OLED screens are one of the coolest technologies in development. We're just now reaching the point where they're starting to be feasible for smaller screens on media players and smartphones. A few monitors, including a 15" one from LG, have been released, but the cost of those is a little panic-inducing. The high expense of the technology lead us to believe that LG would be holding off from releasing any larger OLED products for a while.

According to techradar though, that simply isn't true. At the IFA conference today an LG spokesman confirmed that a 32" OLED TV would debut in 2010. Apparently the electronics manufacturer is very close to putting their 32" TV into production. It will go on sale first in Europe.

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Posted on Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:11:02 CDT | by Robert Evans

LG 15-inch AM OLED TV Debuts at IFA 2009

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The word about the new LG 15" OLED TV already appeared on Saturday. Now LG officially announced this new largest OLED TV that will be commercially available. LG will debut the 15-inch OLED TV at the IFA 2009 later this week.
LG also announced to start selling the 15 inch OLED TV starting in November in Korea. Next year LG also plans to offer their first OLED TV in other markets. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:20:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Announces Price and Launch Date for LED TVs

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Back at CES 2009 in January Toshiba unveiled its new line of HDTV sets including the slick SV670 LED HDTV. The LED set features new tech from Toshiba including FocaLight LED backlight with local dimming, ClearScan 240 motion enhancement, and PixelPure5G 14-bit video processing.

The new Regza sets also have lots of connectivity with four HDMI pots, USB, SD card slot and more. The new line also features Dolby Volume to level the sound out and prevent commercials being much louder than the show you are watching. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Panasonic to make Super-Thin OLED TVs with new Partner

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Panasonic partners with Sumitomo Chemical to develop super-thin OLED TV panels.
According to Nikkei News, Panasonic and Sumitomo aim to develop 40 inch OLED TVs by 2010.
OLED TV development is a drag apparently. The 11-inch Sony OLED TV XEL-1 is still the only commercially available OLED TV and it is just too small and too expensive to be taken seriously. Sony is rumored to unveil a 21 or 27 inch OLED TV XEL-2 at the IFA 2009. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 May 2009 01:42:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The ultimate LED TV: Samsung LED TV UN55B8000

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Samsung unveiled three LED TV Series at the CES 2009 earlier this year with the Series 6, Series 7, and Series 8. If you want it all, the Samsung LED TV Series 8 is for you.
The 55 inch Samsung UN55B8000 is the top of the line LED TV Samsung is offering and it is supposed to ship soon. The Samsung UN55B8000 carries an MSRP of $3,999.99, but you get a ton of features for that money besides the new 240Hz LED backlit display panel. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 May 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony rumored to show XEL-2 OLED TV at IFA 2009

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Sony was the first company to offer a commercially available OLED TV with the XEL-1 back in October 2007. The Sony XEL-1 only has a screen-size of 11 inches and is more or less just an expensive executive desk decoration ($2,499 on Amazon).

OLED-Info picked up a short mentioning of Sony and Samsung unveiling larger OLED TVs at the IFA 2009 in September in Berlin in an article on The Korea Times. Sony is possibly unveiling a 21 or 27 inch XEL-2 OLED TV. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009 Video: Samsung LED TVs and more Highlights

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Samsung is pushing heavily new lines of LED backlight HDTVs with some of them being very thin.
We just published a video that highlights new Samsung LED TVs and other products from the Samsung press conference and from the Samsung booth.
The video features also some sound bites from Samsung representatives. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009: Samsung touts new low impact Wall Mounting for their ultra-thin LED TV

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As reported Samsung announced a new 6.5mm thin LED TV panel for the CES 2009. Today the company also reveals the fitting wall mounting system for these new generation of ultra-thin LED backlit LCD HDTVs which really start to look like a normal picture frames when hung on a wall.

Samsung promises to reduce wall damage considerably with the new mounting system. As Plasma and LCD TVs are very heavy in sizes above 40 inches the wall mounting brackets require big screws. Removing a wall mount usually requires some serious renovating of the wall. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:51:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung shows 6.5mm thin LED TV at CES 2009

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Samsung is set to unveil a 6.5mm thin LED backlit TV panel at the CES 2009 this week. LG will show the LH95 LED TV with 24.8mm thickness that they called the world's thinnest LED TV. 6.5mm sounds to me far thinner.
The new ultra-thin Samsung LED TV panel also is up to snuff when it comes to display technology. The new panel supports a 240Hz refresh rate and Wide Color ControlPro promising a wider spectrum of colors. Read more

Posted on Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:34:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG LH95 is World's thinnest LED TV and gets unveiled at CES 2009

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LG is set to unveil the world's thinnest LED TV at the CES 2009. The LG LH95 is only 24.8mm thin.
Besides being only an inch deep the LG LH95 also has stunning specifications including 240Hz TrueMotion Drive technology and 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
Details are still thin on the new LG LED TV, but CES 2009 will start soon. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:32:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009: Samsung to show maybe large OLED TV [Update]

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The CES 2009 will be kicking off in a couple of weeks and of course the first promises from companies already surface with what cool electronics they will try to dazzle us.
In an interview on WhatHiFi (via OLED-Info) Samsung's HS Kim, Vice President in charge of Flat Panel Development said that Samsung might show a larger OLED TV at the CES 2009 (previously the interview said 50 inch, but the statement was updated).
Unless Samsung plans to sell the 50 inch OLED TV in 2009, they actually can leave that panel in their Korean headquarters. In 2005 Samsung already showed a 40 inch OLED TV. Kim correctly sees that the problem is not in the size of OLED they can make, but the price. He said that the price of the 50 inch OLED TV would be 10x that of current models. Read more

Posted on Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:00:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony ''awfully close'' to selling a 27-inch OLED TV

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Sony is currently selling an 11 inch OLED TV (XEL-1) for about $2,500. This TV is more like an expensive executive desk decoration than a home entertainment product. Sony's COO Stan Glasgow said this week at a dinner event in San Francisco that Sony is "awfully close" to selling a 27" OLED TV. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:44:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Matsushita has no concrete OLED TV Plans

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On Tuesday a report appeared on Reuters that Matsushita plans to release 37 inch OLED TVs in 3 years. A new report on Tech-On says now that Matsushita (soon to be named Panasonic) has no concrete plans on commercializing OLED TVs.

The company is only advancing their OLED technology at this point. The research and development of the Panasonic OLED technology is done at their OLED production at IPS Alpha's Himeji Plant. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:21:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Matsushita to produce 37 inch OLED TVs in 3 years

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Matsushita plans to mass produce 37 inch OLED TVs in three years.

Matsushita is supposed to be the first company to achieve the ability to mass produce 37 inch OLED panels by then.
The report about Matsushita's OLED plans are from the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun and not confirmed officially. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:16:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony OLED TV XEL-1 at CES 2008

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Sony announces the availability of the 11 inch OLED TV XEL-1 in the United States at the CES 2008.

The 11-inch (measured diagonally) XEL-1 model is just about 3 millimeters thin and offers picture quality with extremely high contrast, outstanding brightness, exceptional color reproduction, and a rapid response time.
We have been at the Sony CES conference and took a couple photos of the future of television that is currently only 11 inch in size, but Sony also shows a 27 inch OLED TV at the CES 2008. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:32:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony OLED TV dissected

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We reported about the Sony OLED XEL-1 TV review on the Japanese technology news site Tech-On last week.

The testers over there did not stop at trying out the first commercially available OLED TV, they now opened it up.
It is surprising, but there is something inside the 3mm thin screen. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Dec 2007 04:20:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr