Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

  1. #1
    Banned Eclecticos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    3,137

    Default Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    Source: USAToday.com



    It carries a geeky name and an extraordinarily steep price for a television with just an 11-inch screen.

    But Sony's super-thin XEL-1 OLED Digital TV may well provide a glimpse of the future of television technology. Now commercially available for — yikes — $2,500, the set has a panel that is a remarkably thin 3 millimeters, just over one-tenth of an inch.

    Even if you can afford it and no matter how thin or impressive the picture, the display is smaller than most laptop screens. For the same loot, you can choose a nice 50-inch flat-panel TV. Those are the sets that anchor home theaters, not one better suited for a desktop or upscale bathroom.

    Still, practical considerations are beside the point to early adopters willing to spring for the TV Sony is marketing as the world's thinnest. The picture (whether watching movies or basketball) is generally terrific, though you'll have to sit close enough to appreciate it.

    The OLED's other chief selling point is that seductive width: roughly the thickness of three credit cards.

  2. #2
    Overclocked a.Bird's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Ithaca, NY
    Posts
    343

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    Am I missing something? 3mm is certinaly an impressive panel width but with the arm and the base, it's even deeper than a mentioned 50" flat panel. What is so remarkable?

  3. #3
    Banned Eclecticos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    3,137

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    I've often wondered this myself, and your right it could be the thickness of
    one creditcard and it still take up almost as much space with the base.

    I will be impressed when its like a pane of glass with a small base.
    . .Like in allot of the newer sci-fi movies.

  4. #4
    Over 75 Custom PC's in 20 years TheGreatSatan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Southern IL
    Posts
    6,633

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    OLED will come down like all its predecessors. Look at SSD prices....
    WH1T3 0U7
    *******************************
    Modified Thermaltake View 37
    Intel 9900K, MSI Z390A, 128GB (32GB x4) GSkill Royal 3200MHz, RTX 3080 Vision, EVGA Nu Audio, 1TB Silicon Power SSD, EVGA 1300G2, ID cooling 360mm AiO, LG 3440 x 1440


  5. #5
    Is awesome
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    837

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    It's the next wave of technology. But there is no way I would pay 2500 for an impractical screen to be an "early adopter".

    People who do that need to give more to charity. Or build a particle accelerator in their basement or something.
    You love my sig.

  6. #6

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    You forgot the spec's! It has a contrast ratio or 1million to 1. Where the common plasma has about 10,000:1 Because of its thinness, it has an unmatched viewing angle. And allthough it doesnt state the responce time, it is ultra fast. Another thing worth mentioning is that there is a 27" prototype that was also on display.

  7. #7
    Banned Eclecticos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    3,137

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    A look inside the XEL-1 Display. Here <=-



    Quote Originally Posted by J-Roc View Post
    You forgot the spec's! It has a contrast ratio or 1million to 1. Where the common plasma has about 10,000:1 Because of its thinness, it has an unmatched viewing angle. And allthough it doesnt state the responce time, it is ultra fast. Another thing worth mentioning is that there is a 27" prototype that was also on display.
    You are more than welcome to posts the specs.

  8. #8
    Over 75 Custom PC's in 20 years TheGreatSatan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Southern IL
    Posts
    6,633

    Default Re: Super-thin Sony XEL-1 OLED TV has super-big price.

    In 2 years they'll be common. Think of all the idiots that dropped $5000+ on plasma's only to have them clearanced for $800 2 years later
    WH1T3 0U7
    *******************************
    Modified Thermaltake View 37
    Intel 9900K, MSI Z390A, 128GB (32GB x4) GSkill Royal 3200MHz, RTX 3080 Vision, EVGA Nu Audio, 1TB Silicon Power SSD, EVGA 1300G2, ID cooling 360mm AiO, LG 3440 x 1440


Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •