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TOKYO EDGE - October's coolest gadgets 18 October, 2007 13:10:38
The coolest home gadgets from Ceatec, Japan's largest electronics showJapan's largest electronics show, Ceatec, kicks off October every year with all that's new and coming from the country's consumer electronics vendors. The 2007 show was certainly no let down and provided visitors a chance to catch some world-first technology, like a 3-millimeter thick TV, a laptop with super-charged graphics processing and new high-def video recorders. - +
CES - Plasma and LCD TVs getting thinner 14 January, 2008 07:41:03
Thinner flat panel displays were abuzz at this year's CES.Ultra-thin flat panel displays were the highlight of this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, with many vendors showing thinner and sleeker high-definition TVs, giving users a peek of what LCD, plasma and OLED screens will look like in a few years. - +
FPD - Samsung, Epson show prototype OLED TV screens 24 October, 2007 13:17:27
Samsung and Epson unveiled their latest OLED TV prototypes at the FPD Expo in Japan this weekWith just over a month to go until Sony puts the world's first OLED (organic light emitting diode) television on sale, two rival display makers took the wraps off their latest OLED TV panel prototypes at an exhibition in Japan this week. - +
LG.Philips LCD exec sees LCD market maturing 01 November, 2007 09:02:36
The LCD market will see more steady expansion now as panel-makers work harder to differentiate their products with new technical features.After rapid growth in the last few years the LCD (liquid crystal display) market will see more steady expansion now as panel-makers work harder to differentiate their products with new technical features, according to an executive at South Korea's LG.Philips LCD. - +
CES - OLED TVs shine at CES 09 January, 2008 10:55:50
OLED TVs are getting ready for the prime time, and are one of the stars of CES.Two of the world's largest consumer electronics companies are displaying flat-screen TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that are as thin as a framed picture on the wall, with one already on sale.
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Sony is hoping to steal a lead on rivals this year by launching televisions that use OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays, it said Thursday.
OLED screens have several advantages over the LCDs (liquid crystal displays) and PDP (plasma display panel) displays used in today's flat-panel TV. The OLED pixels feature an organic material that emits its own light, so no backlight is needed. That means the display panels consume less power and can be made thinner. OLEDs also handle fast-moving images better and offer good color reproduction.
Sony plans to launch an OLED TV with an 11-inch screen in Japan during 2007, said Daichi Yamafuji, a spokesman for Sony in Tokyo. No other details of the product had been decided. Yamafuji said Sony's target applies only to a Japan launch and not international availability.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January the company wowed visitors with prototype OLED screens including 11-inch and 27-inch panels. The 11-inch prototype was just 11 millimeters thick and offered a resolution of 1024 pixels by 600 pixels.
The plan could help Sony regain the lead it once enjoyed in the television market. The company was slow to make the switch to LCD televisions and lost its market-leading position to Sharp, which committed to LCD technology several years ahead of other makers and has been enjoying the results of that gamble. However a quick switch to OLED could help Sony claw back share, especially if the thinner OLED TVs with their more vibrant pictures can be made cost-competitive to other flat-panel TVs.
Sony wouldn't comment on prices for the new TVs.
It's not the only company that has been developing OLED technology for use in televisions. Samsung Electronics has developed 21-inch and 40-inch prototypes and Japan's Seiko Epson has demonstrated a 20-inch screen. Toshiba Matsushita coDisplay Technology said this week that it has developed a 20.8-inch OLED display for use in future television sets.
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