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Is OLED TV Technology In Jeopardy?

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-i-think-trebek-still-uses-lcds dept.

MojoKid writes "Sony recently announced it would halt sales of its 11" OLED TV in Japan, where the panel first debuted. For now, the XEL-1 will remain on sale in the US and other markets, but Sony's decision to kill the unit in its home market and reduce the rate at which it's investing in future OLED TV development has been perceived in some corners as a judgment on the long-term feasibility of OLED technology. In the wake of Sony's announcement, far too many pundits have rushed to declare OLED panels dead, dying, moribund, or otherwise abandoned. However, it seems more likely at this juncture that we'll see development focus shift from large panel sizes to smaller ones, particularly since the smartphone/handheld OLED market is growing briskly and larger screens are inherently more prone to defects. Sadly, this means that your chance of traipsing home with a truly cutting-edge display before 2014 or so could be pretty minimal."

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  1. Jeopardy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At first I thought this article meant that OLEDs were actually the curved display panels in the Jeopardy TV show.

    Stop confusing me, Slashdot.

    1. Re:Jeopardy by Dachannien · · Score: 1, Funny

      Sean Connery: I'll take Anal Bum Cover for $200.
      Alex Trebek: (sigh) ....No, that's "An Album Cover".

    2. Re:Jeopardy by jd2112 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll take "Doomed visual display technologies" for $500, Alex.

      --
      Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
  2. Re:If so what instead? by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny

    a thin display without native rez, and CRT colour quality is still my dream, and they were promised what, 7 years ago now?

    Don't worry, your flying car will have one on the instrument panel.

  3. Re:If so what instead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've done some calculations... and your UID was created approximately when those X10 ads were everywhere. Coincidence?