April 14, 2008

Sony's New OLED Pro Camera Boasts Well For OLED TV

While maybe not directly related to OLED TV, Sony's HDVF-EL100 professional HD camera with an 11-inch integrated OLED panel is definitely a step in the right direction. Industry heavies are calling for huge growth in the OLED market, but because of inefficiencies in producing larger OLED panels, most of the growth is expected to come from cell phone and portable media player screens. When Sony released their XEL-1 OLED TV earlier this year, the company was only originally able to release 2000 models in Japan, pricing the 11-inch displays over $2000. They've since come to the US and Canada, but we haven't seen any other manufacturers release new OLED TV's since. With Sony's ability to manufacture more OLED panels now, even though still only in the 11-inch dimension, it gives us the feeling that at least they're finding more efficient manufacturing methods, hopefully resulting in something bigger than the XEL-1 for the consumer market by the end of the year.

Oh yeah, and as for the camera, it should be available at an undisclosed price later this year to the corporate market.