Comments on: CES Part 8 Sony

By: etype2

etype2 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:40:02 +0000

Last week,Sony announced that they would begin manufacturing and selling an 11 inch OLED television “later this year”. They acknowledged that it would likely be sold at a premium price initially.

Get ready for the most promising flat panel technology available.

By: John D

John D — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:58:23 +0000

GURU…. What is the best LCD Screen cleaner? I had heard that orginary rubbing alcohol is good! What would you recommend?? Thanks John D :-)

By: rick

rick — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:50:42 +0000

hello, i have a few questions. first i am about to buy a panasonic 52 lcd proj. hdtv and have heard some bad things about the bulb burning out quickly any opinion? second this tv also offers a vga input and i have heard that the xbox 360′s hddvd player will upconvert normal dvds to near hd via the vga optional coard. do you think thats possible or sould i stick with my upconvering dvd player with the hdmi output? if poss. please email me back with any opinion

By: Wayne Henderson

Wayne Henderson — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:40:01 +0000

Gary -

I saw some images on Engadget for Proton Puriti LCD tv’s. I see their website, but I cannot find them for sale anywhere. Do you know anything about them? Thanks!

Proton has had very narrow distribution in the US for quite a while.Ã‚Â Due to its lack of availablity, it is not on my radar.

The HD Guru

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:31:07 +0000

HD Guru:

During CES 2007, did you hear any word if Sony would incorporate some features of the KDL-70XBR3 (e.g., 120 hz refresh rate, 10 bit processing, Triluminous backlighting, etc.) into smaller-sized LCDs for 2007? Or would they target these features for their 2008 offerings? Thanks.

By: etype2

etype2 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:25:35 +0000

I am convinced that Sony will be the first to market an OLED television,possibly late 2007 if not 2008. Howard Stringer,Sony’s chairman announced an OlED set will be available in 2008.
First,small screen sets,larger panels later.

OlED: Emissive,no back light.
Cheaper to manufacture
Lower power consumption
Viewable from all directions just like CRT
Highest contrast ratio
Wide color gamut
Full 1080p resolution
Extremely thin

Sony is getting ready to break ground on a new plant to build OLED televisions. They have achevied better then 60000 hours life from all three primary colors. This was the hold up.
If Sony or Samsung introduce OLED first,I believe this will be the nail in SED’s coffin.

I believe that OLED will become the dominant display device for both small and large panels and will leave LCD and plasma in the dust.

By: lee

lee — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:38:03 +0000

It is interesting that CES is taking on the flavor of the auto show with design concepts that may never hit the consumer market.

When I hear about the departure from proven technology such as LCD, bulb driven RP, or Plasma, I can see only 4 reasons to do so.

1. Significantly enhanced performance.
2. Increased reliability.
3. Decreased manufacturing cost.
4. Buzz to get consumers to trade up and buy

It sounds to me that few fall in category 1 above. Am I missing anything?

By: etype2

etype2 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:27:23 +0000

Gary,did you get a chance to view the 70 inch LCD? If so,what is your opinion of the LCD backlighting?

I agree $33,000.00 is a bit much. Sharp’s 65 inch Aquos was originally priced at $ 20,000.00,but now available for $7,600.00. Maybe this will happen to Sony pricing as well.

Blue OLED material was the weakest link,but they now have achieved 60000 hours lifetime with it.