Sony has a new favourite piece of kit to show off its "technological prowess" which, apparently, has been in need of a revival. Sorry, PlayStation 3, you're old news.
The piece of kit in question is the worlds first ever organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV - the XEL-1. Measuring up at just 3mm thick, it will hit the market in Japan in December. Speaking at a Tokyo press conference, Sony president Ryoji Chubachi said:
The news that Sony's in need of a technological revival must come as a bit of a kick to its PlayStation division, which has always been quick to trump the PS3 as a technological marvel that's ahead of its time.
Sony tells us of the new TV, which is scheduled to launch in Japan on December 1st, "OLED is a light-emitting display technology based on electroluminescent organic materials, with a structure that enables unprecedented levels of thinness and lightweight design to be achieved. OLED also delivers advanced levels of contrast and brightness, wide color reproduction range and rapid response time to realize stunning picture quality." Sounds good to SPOnG so far.
Sony goes on: "with its limited environmental impact, OLED has attracted widespread attention as a highly-anticipated next-generation display device technology."
As far as practical applications for gaming go, OLED technology currently looks most promising for the PSP. Sony has just released the PSP Slim 'n' Lite, but a 3mm display would be... well, probably too thin to put in your pocket lest you snap it. Don't expect to see it in the near future, however, since the new TV will retail at 200,000 yen - around £845.
You might also want to plug your other next generation kit, the PS3, into it, since it comes equipped with HDMI. Since you'll only get 11' of screen for your £845, however, you'd probably be better off investing in a HD LCD TV for the time being instead.
The piece of kit in question is the worlds first ever organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV - the XEL-1. Measuring up at just 3mm thick, it will hit the market in Japan in December. Speaking at a Tokyo press conference, Sony president Ryoji Chubachi said:
"Some people have said attractive products are slow to come at Sony despite its technological strength... I want this world's first OLED TV to be the symbol of the revival of Sony's technological prowess. I want this to be the flag under which we charge forward to turn the fortunes around."
The news that Sony's in need of a technological revival must come as a bit of a kick to its PlayStation division, which has always been quick to trump the PS3 as a technological marvel that's ahead of its time.
Sony tells us of the new TV, which is scheduled to launch in Japan on December 1st, "OLED is a light-emitting display technology based on electroluminescent organic materials, with a structure that enables unprecedented levels of thinness and lightweight design to be achieved. OLED also delivers advanced levels of contrast and brightness, wide color reproduction range and rapid response time to realize stunning picture quality." Sounds good to SPOnG so far.
Sony goes on: "with its limited environmental impact, OLED has attracted widespread attention as a highly-anticipated next-generation display device technology."
As far as practical applications for gaming go, OLED technology currently looks most promising for the PSP. Sony has just released the PSP Slim 'n' Lite, but a 3mm display would be... well, probably too thin to put in your pocket lest you snap it. Don't expect to see it in the near future, however, since the new TV will retail at 200,000 yen - around £845.
You might also want to plug your other next generation kit, the PS3, into it, since it comes equipped with HDMI. Since you'll only get 11' of screen for your £845, however, you'd probably be better off investing in a HD LCD TV for the time being instead.
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RiseFromYourGrave 2 Oct 2007 11:16
1/8
well, thered be lots more electronics beind that 3mm screen if it was part of a psp so it wouldnt be that thin in your pocket!
the iRiver Clix 2 Handheld Multimedia Player has had a MOLED screen for quite a while now, other companies like Samsung have shown 40" OLED tvs, im not blown away by this announcement
for around 845 you can get a 1080p 40" Samsung LCD
the iRiver Clix 2 Handheld Multimedia Player has had a MOLED screen for quite a while now, other companies like Samsung have shown 40" OLED tvs, im not blown away by this announcement
for around 845 you can get a 1080p 40" Samsung LCD
tyrion 2 Oct 2007 13:21
2/8
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
for around 845 you can get a 1080p 40" Samsung LCD
I spent about that on a 720p native projector about a year ago and it'll comfortably give me a 100" display. Now all I need is a bigger wall!
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hollywooda 2 Oct 2007 14:11
3/8
that looks gash!... whats the point of a 3mm screen if its got that big clumsy arm & 80's looking VCR thing stuck on its arse!?....pointless.
Crisko 2 Oct 2007 18:17
4/8
Looks fragile as hell too.
deleted 2 Oct 2007 23:06
5/8
now all we need are 3mm HDMI, Component, Composite, Scart connections because its going to look like s**t mounted on your wall but having to make sure theres room for the connectors in fact if we can make 3mm screens why the feckers do we have 3 inch thick power plugs??
DoctorDee 3 Oct 2007 17:01
6/8
haritori wrote:
if we can make 3mm screens why the feckers do we have 3 inch thick power plugs??
So we can pull them out of the wall!
We could easily have smaller power plugs, but they wouldn't be "hand sized" and they wouldn't fit our existing wall power outlets.
But we can easily have smaller video connectors, my Mac has a mini VGA one... there is mini HDMI already available for digi-cams and camcorders.
config 3 Oct 2007 17:17
7/8
haritori wrote:
if we can make 3mm screens why the feckers do we have 3 inch thick power plugs??
In addition to DoctorDee's comment, there's also to small matter of "physics" - you can't pump tens of watts of power down tiny wires, they melt - howdya think fuses work?
You'd "enjoy" less heating effect with higher voltages - it's how/why power lines are tens of thousands of volts - but more volts require more insulation to stop you, the user, getting the crispy bacon treatment. More insulation equals, you got it, fatter cables and shrouds.
Herein ends the first lesson on power transmission
EDIT: 3.59ns after posting, it struck me that room temperature superconductors would solve all of this, and we could run 10 amp at 5 volts down tiny little wires. C'mon Sony. Stop being lazy arse laggards. Microsoft/Nintendo would never be so rubbish.
deleted 3 Oct 2007 19:20
8/8
DoctorDee wrote:
So we can pull them out of the wall!
We could easily have smaller power plugs, but they wouldn't be "hand sized" and they wouldn't fit our existing wall power outlets.
But we can easily have smaller video connectors, my Mac has a mini VGA one... there is mini HDMI already available for digi-cams and camcorders.
We could easily have smaller power plugs, but they wouldn't be "hand sized" and they wouldn't fit our existing wall power outlets.
But we can easily have smaller video connectors, my Mac has a mini VGA one... there is mini HDMI already available for digi-cams and camcorders.
Config wrote:
In addition to DoctorDee's comment, there's also to small matter of "physics" - you can't pump tens of watts of power down tiny wires, they melt - howdya think fuses work?
You'd "enjoy" less heating effect with higher voltages - it's how/why power lines are tens of thousands of volts - but more volts require more insulation to stop you, the user, getting the crispy bacon treatment. More insulation equals, you got it, fatter cables and shrouds.
Herein ends the first lesson on power transmission
EDIT: 3.59ns after posting, it struck me that room temperature superconductors would solve all of this, and we could run 10 amp at 5 volts down tiny little wires. C'mon Sony. Stop being lazy arse laggards. Microsoft/Nintendo would never be so rubbish.
I dont need your replies of sense and fact, i stand by the fact that my comment was big and clever ;-)