Sony rethinks flat screen focus

[gLing]

Sony has said it will no longer produce a flat-screen TV technology once seen as a rival to LCD and plasma displays. The firm said it will stop making rear-projection televisions in February 2008 because of falling demand.
Instead, it will focus on flat screens built using liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology, a spokesperson said.
The Japanese electronics giant recently showed off the world's first commercial OLED TV, with a screen just 3mm thick.
The 11-in (28-cm) energy-efficient display costs £850 and produces crisp, vivid images.
The technology is expensive and difficult, but forms a key part of Sony's attempt to recapture the television market.



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A 3mm thick TV!

 

[redsMULLT1]

I'll buy one when the technology is waaaaay outdated.. for about 50 bucks.

 

[gLing]

I'll buy one when they are the same price or cheaper than the LCD TVs that are out. This new OLED tech can mean screens that you can bend or roll up. Imagine what that will do for the computer industry.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

3mm!!!! WOW that is less than 1/4" thick (it's .118" thick to be exact....but who's counting)

 

[ssl]

hmm.... 3mm, you say?

that is about how long my hair is when i cut it....