Sep 03

Eyes-on LG’s 15-inch OLED TV makes us want to punch an LCD

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What can we say — it’s a near final build of LG’s 15-inch OLED TV that’s set to go production in Korea before the baby New Year can suckle at the big one-oh. We could say it’s beautiful, that even motion looked good pushing genuine blacks on this razor thin panel. But we wouldn’t want to rub your noses in the fact that we’re at IFA and you’re not. Perhaps this will make you feel better: by the time it makes it Stateside in February or March it’ll be carrying a price tag right around $2,500. Really, but it’s Wireless TV-capable and that’s gotta be worth something.

Oh, and LG tells us that its 32- and 42-inch OLED panels are on schedule and due to be released sometime in 2010. Yes, 2010 contradicting what we’ve heard earlier. No word on price but it’s going to be tres, tres expensive.

Gallery: Eyes-on LG’s 15-inch OLED

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Aug 31

LG Dazzles With 15-inch OLED TV

Posted in: Displays, LG, OLED, screen, Today's Chili

lg-oled-tvLG is set to show a 15-inch OLED TV that is striking in both its luminosity and design.

The TV is expected to be introduced at the IFA 2009 consumer electric show in Berlin in September and launched at the end of the year, says the website, OLED-Display.net.

LG hasn’t revealed the pricing for these beauties but it is not likely to come cheap. Sony’s 11-inch OLED TV costs $2500.

The new LG OLED display looks much like a photo frame with its controls and ports tucked in behind the screen. The screen can be wall mounted and tilted for best viewing angle.

OLED (organic light emitting diode)-based displays are taking off in a big way with companies such as Samsung and Nokia offering mobile phones with small OLED displays. The displays are attractive to consumers because they offer extremely vivid colors and high clarity. But so far the high cost of these screens has meant the technology hasn’t become widely used in consumer products.

The new LG 15-inch OLED TV could be a sign that these displays may now be ready to take the place of LCD and Plasma in HD TVs. With mass production and high sales volume, prices of these TVs could come down rapidly in the next few years. LG is also reportedly working on a 40-inch OLED TV.

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Aug 31

Researchers developing OLEDs as cheap as newspapers?

Posted in: Displays, hdtv, OLED, Television, Today's Chili, TV
Sure, it’ll probably be a good while before you get your hands on an OLED TV, but don’t lose heart, young gadget-head! Techno-wizards at the RIKEN center in Japan have concocted a new way to fashion OLEDs that eschews the standard spin-coated films for something called electrospray-deposited polymer films, incorporating “a novel dual-solvent concept” that makes the ’em “smoother than before, thereby enabling […] superior devices.” We’ll skip a few details that don’t mean anything to those of us who aren’t Advanced Materials subscribers (hit the read link for more info) and get to the good stuff: Yutaka Yamagata, the guy who developed this technique, says it will lead to displays “manufactured as inexpensively as printing newspapers.” Is that a promise, Yutaka? If so, we’re holding you to it.

[Via OLED-Info]

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Aug 30

LG’s 15-inch OLED TV on sale in Korea this November, overseas in 2010

Posted in: korea, LG, OLED, Today's Chili

LG bared the fruits of its OLED labor last week with a new set of photos of its gorgeous 15-inch screen, and now comes word from Reuters that it’s gearing up to become consumer reality. The company will be showing off the model at next week’s IFA trade show, and then expects to start selling it in Korea this November, followed by overseas sometime next year. Excited? You bet. Affordable? Price unknown, with Sony’s two-year old 11-inch XEL-1 still retailing for $2,500 in the US — and worse elsewhere — you can expect to be sacrificing a pretty penny for small-screen bliss. LG also plans to show off a 40-inch OLED in the “not too distant future,” but don’t expect to be seeing that hit retail shelves for a good long time to come.

[Via OLED-Info]

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Aug 29

LG’s 15-inch OLED screen is still drop dead gorgeous, likely priced to kill

Posted in: LG, OLED, Today's Chili

Whooo. (Not Wooo.) Amazing how a few well framed PR shots can reignite gadget lust, just when it seems extinguished. Sure, LG’s 15-inch OLED HDTV will probably follow the path of Sony’s $2,500 11-inch XEL-1 to the land of ridiculously overpriced trinkets that few can or will purchase and eventually falls by the wayside when larger, cheaper options become available. Still, checking out that ultra bright screen in these photos has us checking our bank account for an extra few grand, refreshing the feeling last experienced when we checked it out in person at CES. The appearance of these on LG’s Flickr stream would appear to support the summer mass production-December launch we’ve been promised, who else is wishing the 30-inch version wasn’t delayed until 2012?

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Aug 24

Video: Samsung’s YP-M1 TouchWiz interface given a sideways glance

Posted in: NVIDIA, OLED, PMP, samsung, tegra, Today's Chili, uk

With an “NVIDIA chipset” (presumably, Tegra) underpinning the new YP-M1 media player, Samsung’s got plenty of horsepower to drive its customizable TouchWiz UI across that 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen sporting 480×272 pixels. It’s not ZuneHD-sexy but it’s not bad. Unfortunately, not bad’s not good enough in a waning market for dedicated media players lacking voice and data radios, WiFi, or a web browser. But if you run, run, as fast you can… after the break you’ll catch the Gingerbread Man.

Update: Mike Rayfield, the general manager of NVIDIA’s mobile business unit, confirms the M1 is Tegra-based.

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Aug 17

Sony’s big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year

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Hope you weren’t too attached to the idea of “medium to large” sized OLED HDTVs coming from Sony this year, according to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, the company’s slipping share of TV sales mean profitability takes precedence over sweet, super slim new displays. Surprised by its inability to sell truckloads of $2,500 11-inch versions CEO Howard Stringer decided to put the project on the back burner, apparently more focused on things like competing in Wal-Mart and implementing cheaper LED technology for its LCDs. With LG also on a timetable that puts us a year or more away from seeing one of these on store shelves in decent sizes, things are up to Samsung to bring it home — we’re waiting.

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Aug 13

Rumor: Apple Tablet Will Feature OLED Screen

Posted in: Apple, Media Players, OLED, rumors, tablets, Today's Chili


Another analyst is stepping up to bat with his predictions on the rumored touchscreen tablet from Apple. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research claims hearing the tablet will sport an 8- to 10-inch OLED screen and an ARM Holdings dual-core Core9x chipset. He believes the device will cost $900 and ship first quarter of 2010.

That differs a bit from past rumor reports where anonymous sources have told other publications that the rumored tablet would cost between $500 to $700 with subsidy from a carrier and ship as soon as fall of this year. (For our collection of earlier rumor reports, see the links below.) Particularly interesting is the idea of an OLED screen. Is it necessary? It would add to the product’s overall cost, but one could imagine it would help distinguish this rumored device from Apple’s iPod Touch.

Take this rumor with a grain of salt, like any Apple prediction provided by an analyst. (MacRumors’ Arnold Kim wrote an insightful post about analysts and rumor “research” back in 2007; it’s worth checking out.) Chowdhry, like many analysts, has often missed with his guesses. For instance, he predicted that by January 2009, Apple would sell iPhones for $150 at Costco. Stee-rike!

Still, nobody beats Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster when it comes to making ballsy, borderline crazy Apple predictions. Last week, Munster even made an estimate that this unconfirmed device would sell 2 million units, generating $1.2 billion in revenue. Getting a bit of a head start, isn’t he?

Check out the article “Apple to Offer $899 Tablet With OLED Screen?” from Barron’s.

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Illustration of an imaginary iPhone tablet: Factoryjoe / Flickr


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Aug 06

iriver officially recognizes E200 PMP, does it proud in glorious press shots

Posted in: mp3 player, Mp3Player, OLED, PMP, Today's Chili

It wasn’t like iriver‘s E200 was really hiding from anyone, but it’s still swell to see the parent company take some initiative and create a dedicated place on the web for its newest OLED-infused portable media player. Said device looks better than ever in the company’s press shots, but we’re still not convinced that it stands a chance in the oversaturated market without a delightfully low MSRP. Feel free to hit the read link if you’re into eye candy, but don’t mind those user interface shots if you’re a fan of revolutionary coding.

[Via PMP Today]

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Jul 27

US Sony Walkman X-series unboxing and hands-on

Posted in: Features, OLED, PMP, sony, Today's Chili, us, usa

After waiting what’s seemed like an eternity, we’ve finally got our very own US-spec Sony Walkman NWZ-X1051. Just like the Japanese unit we toyed with a few months ago, there’s no denying the sexiness of the hardware here — the OLED screen is gorgeous, and the faux-granite shell is quite nice in person, lending the whole experience a nice solid feel. We just wish the gigantic FCC sticker on the back wasn’t so nasty — it’s strangely cheap compared to everything else about the device. We’re putting this thing through its paces and we’ll have some more impressions in a bit, but for now check the unboxing and a quick head-to-head with the iPod touch in the gallery!

Gallery: US Walkman X-series unboxing and hands-on

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