OLED is considered the future for display technology. At the moment Sony is the only one with a real product on the market with their 11-inch XEL-1 OLED-TV. According to sources it seems that Sony will soon get company from LG who is said to release a 15-inch OLED-TV in December 2009.
Engadget has talked to Vice President of OLED at LG, Won Kim, and he indicated that the first OLED display from LG will be on the shelves in time for this year’s Christmas. LG is able to manufacture the product already and Won Kim indicates that LG wishes to launch the 15-inch OLED on some Asian markets this December. We also wrote about the LG 15-inch OLED during CES 2009 in Las Vegas back in January.
LG 15” OLED-TV, picture from Engadget.com
The 15-inch is 4-inches larger than Sony’s XEL-1 but no companies has yet announced plans to release 30 or 40 inch OLEDs.
The 15-inch OLED will utilize a resolution of 1366x768 and have a contrast ratio of 1.000.000:1. Lifetime is said to be 30.000 hours.
LG 15” OLED-TV, picture from Engadget.com
LG’s 15-inch OLED will first come to the market in Korea. No prices has been announces. The Sony 11-inch XEL-1 has a price tag of 3.200 Euro.
Source: Engadget
15-inch OLED from LG in December?
