LG 15" OLED TV on sale in December

[Sylvanas]

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We knew that LG's 15-inch OLED TV was entering into production this summer, now we've got a ship date: December. This according to an interview with Won Kim, LG's VP of OLED sales and marketing. While 15-inches is small, it easily trumps the world's first production OLED TV, Sony's $2,500 11-inch XEL-1, and is a reasonable size for the bedroom (if you must) or kitchen counter. No word on specs but we expect the production set to offer the same million:1 contrast, 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution, and 30,000-hour shelf life as the prototype unveiled in January. The TV will launch first in Korea for an undisclosed price that is bound to be punishingly expensive.

:beer:

It may not be quite there yet for 22 and 24" monitors for us but if you've seen the CES 09 video of this thing it's amazing- good to see production finally trickling through.

 

[PurdueRy]

For how much this is going to cost I'm not fond of the 30,000 hour lifespan. Obviously...it will improve. But its still far from a "commercial" stage in my opinion.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
For how much this is going to cost I'm not fond of the 30,000 hour lifespan. Obviously...it will improve. But its still far from a "commercial" stage in my opinion.

3.4 years of 24/7 use isn't enough for you?
I mean, it's not great for the price, but by the time it's beginning to die the price will be a fair bit lower and a replacement will be affordable.

 

[firewolfsm]

It's so common for laptops, they already have 17 inch LED displays, I don't see why this is exciting.

 

[SunSamurai]

Its not common for laptops and 30k hours makes the other guy unhappy? Where did these idiots come from?

 

[Sylvanas]

Laptops are not OLED. The point is that the technology is maturing to the stage it is being brought to market in large panels which means we are closer to a real revolutionary replacement to LCD.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Man, in 3-5 years I have a feeling OLED will have about 80% or more of the monitor/TV market. Should be nice.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
It's so common for laptops, they already have 17 inch LED displays, I don't see why this is exciting.

Laptops are only using LED Blacklit displays. OLED is a more advanced and a better upcoming technology. We may have a true replacement for CRT's here shortly.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I remember when 15" was a good sized screen and 17" was big and 19" was immense and weighed like 150 pounds AND WE LIKED IT!

 

[Kakkoii]

I'm still using a 13" CRT Flat screen monitor XD

 

[angry hampster]

I love the OLED display on my MP3 player...very very sharp and bright. Looking forward to this technology getting cheaper.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Kakkoii
I'm still using a 13" CRT Flat screen monitor XD

sure about that? I have never even heard of a flat screen crt that small. 17inches is the smallest flat screen crt I have ever seen.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
For how much this is going to cost I'm not fond of the 30,000 hour lifespan. Obviously...it will improve. But its still far from a "commercial" stage in my opinion.

3.4 years of 24/7 use isn't enough for you?
I mean, it's not great for the price, but by the time it's beginning to die the price will be a fair bit lower and a replacement will be affordable.

Seems like we agree

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat
Man, in 3-5 years I have a feeling OLED will have about 80% or more of the monitor/TV market. Should be nice.

The way technology has been going they could have something even better by then.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

If only they woulda perfected OLED in the first place...

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: Skott

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat
Man, in 3-5 years I have a feeling OLED will have about 80% or more of the monitor/TV market. Should be nice.

The way technology has been going they could have something even better by then.

Doubt it, OLED has been undergoing heavy R&D for upwards of 20 years now....takes a long time to get the molecules that work right.

 

[BFG10K]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm

It's so common for laptops, they already have 17 inch LED displays, I don't see why this is exciting.

OLED != LED.

 

[firewolfsm]

Sorry, my mistake.

Since these things are transparent, we should be stacking them on top of each other to make 3D display cubes.