14 DAY TRIAL // OLED has been slowly carving a place for itself on the monitor and HDTV market, even though it still can't hold a candle to the share of LCDs, so now we get to see the latest sector where the technology has entered use.
It might not be perfectly accurate to say that it has “already entered use,” since there has only been one product announcement so far, and no time for hospitals to make orders.
But that is the whole point: hospitals and doctors can now get OLED monitors for their operation chambers.
Currently, LCDs are used in high-tech surgery rooms, but there is also room for improvement, and Sony aims to provide it.
The new product to leave its labs is called PVM-2551MD and is an OLED panel with a diagonal of 25 inches. It is the first OLED to receive FDA approval for the aforementioned uses.
"Already showing tremendous advantages for surgeons in other parts of the world, the new Sony OLED monitor will now enhance surgical viewing in the U.S., and become the 'must have' medical display," said George Santanello, general manager, Sony Medical Systems Division.
"A number of Sony's key technology resellers and integrators have already evaluated the display and noted the significant benefits of OLED versus traditional LCD, so we're excited about getting the product into operating rooms across the country."
OLED is better than LCD because of the lack of blur, the more faithful color reproduction and the higher contrast.
The press release doesn't offer any performance specifics (resolution, brightness, contrast ratio, etc.), but it does specify self-luminosity, 10-bit signal processing, reduced power consumption and the slim, lightweight frame.
Finally, the price has not been disclosed to the public. Surgeons and hospitals interested in the PVM-2551MD will learn it if they place a shipment delivery request with Sony.