Sony detains large screen OLED TV production
Electronics giant Sony has announced that the production of large screen OLED TVs will face a delay this year. This announcement came across due to fears that mass production of the wafer-thin displays might worsen Sony’s losses at it’s TV division. Sony’s XEL-1, the first OLED TV to be commercially available did make many heads turn due to its ultra-thinness and a contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1, but reportedly, it had a production yield of less than 60 percent.
The XEL-1 had a whopping price tag of over £3,000 to go with it, which could be the reason for the low production yield. It was expected that Sony would launch it’s 27-inch OLED TVs by the end of this year, but the announcement has pulled the curtains over the 27-inch model, atleast for now. Speculations suggest that Samsung and LG could rush to take Sony’s now empty space in the race for cheaper OLED TVs.
OLED displays do not require backlights, and are known to be ultra-thin and flexible with very high contrast ratios and low power consumption.
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