Wowing crowds at last week’s Display 2008 exhibition in Tokyo, Sony’s shown off the next generation of OLED screens, with a version that’s just a fifth of a millimetre thick.
The prototype screen might be just 3.5 inches across, but its thinness is astounding, measuring up at a paper-thin 0.2mm.
The panel, which has a QVGA resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, is made from the same stuff as Sony’s other OLED screens, but with a much thinner glass coating.
Perfect for use in mobile phones, it’s the sort of technology we’ll see heading to handhelds in the next few years, although don’t hold your breath for a full blown TV made from the super-thin OLED tech just yet.
Still, if you’re really desperate to watch Eastenders on the slimmest TV around, Sony is selling its 3mm thick XEL-1 TV in the US and Japan. Sure, it’s only 11 inches across, but with the highest contrast ratios around, and a design to die for, it’s definitely the way telly tech is going.
TBC | £TBC
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