Gizmodo.com : "Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Review (Verdict: Small on Size, Large on Beauty)"

Gizmodo Writes "Why is this dinky little TV so important? Its screen is roughly the size of the box that Lebowski comes in, and it costs hundreds more than the 50" plasma overshadowing it in the picture. Why so important? Because this little TV is LCD's Grim Reaper. The days of the LCD are numbered-the time of OLED is at hand. And if the performance of Sony's XEL-1 is any indication, nobody is going to miss LCD-or plasma-in the least.

Also, although everyone is demoing thinner and thinner sets in both LCD and plasma, most of the weight loss is currently on the plasma side. LCD seems to have hit some firm threshhold that, again, OLED and even plasma seem able to conquer. But at 11 inches, Sony's first production OLED is laughably small. What the hell, Sony? Way to taunt a guy. Seriously, there are major amounts of taunting happening here:"

[FirstknighT]

Seriously 11 inches for $2500??? So much for my dream of wanting a 60inch Oled anytime soon. :( Looks like I'll check out the 65inch Lazer tv coming out.

[T_O87]

or get the Sony Bravia XBR5 man its the greatest LCD pricey but its worth every penny

[fenderputty]

the first plasma came out. I remember everyone going crazy over how cool they were. I remember 40 inch Plasmas costing around 6-10 grand. The price is no where near that now. I have a feeling that the next time I'm looking for a major TV upgrade, OLED tech will have become several times cheaper for us.

[kornbeaner]

@1

Most of the cost is R&D, $2500 for 11 inches is to steep, but there are those type of people that would spend it just so they can be one of the first to own it.

[ruibing]

It's a world's first kind of thing that only the rich can boast about, but I hope they improve their fabrication techniques and starting making them larger.

[xsteinbachx]

They will it's how everything is done.

[smokeymicpot]

The Dude Abides.

[mighty_douche]

This puts me right off upgrading my TV anytime soon. I just hope sizes go UP, and prices come DOWN within a year or two.

Here's hoping... 1,000,000:1... you could get lost in those blacks.

[Expy]

Did anyone see that HD-DVD? lol

[Marceles]

I wish i can see a game run on it...and a bigger screen.

[Rageanitus]

almost 10 grand for a 22 inch tv.

These things will drop in price when the time comes .

And yah I saw one of these in the Sony store, the color is fantastic, they had a $5k plasma tv right beside it and it could not compare.

[thewhoopimen]

I laughed when he said the OLED TV had "plasma grade contrast." There is no comparison in contrast between an OLED and Plasma. The OLED's black is literally true black and in a dark room would make the Plasma look like a first gen LCD in comparison. Also the colour, contrast ratios are an order higher than even the KURO line of Plasmas. Its not the just the thinness of the OLED that makes it expensive u know...

[meepmoopmeep]

hopefully the cost to manufacture them goes down drastically. i would drop $2k for a 32" though.

[FirstknighT]

I just read that an article on Perfect Vision saying that OLED will never be used for big screens. Most likely be used for laptops, cell phones and smaller screen tvs. Companies like Samsung and Panasonic have spent millions to produce big screen lcd's and plasma's. Most likely we will never see a 60 inch OLED. :(

[Bolts]

People waiting for OLED TVs are making a huge mistake. LCD TVs are cheap and they're looking damn good. The time to buy is now, there's no point in waiting.