14 DAY TRIAL // There have been many OLED TVs released this year, but there is one type of such a screen that is only now surfacing. The sort that can actually support 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution, or UHD as they are otherwise known. Sony has finally fixed this oversight. Previously, it was hard enough to just make OLED panels large enough to be used in television sets. They were, for a long time, only good for mobile gadgets like phones.
Still, with LED-backlit LCDs becoming ubiquitous, display makers needed some way to liven up their field, and OLED seemed a good candidate.
The new TV from Sony doesn't have a name, because it's not, in truth, an actual product. Instead, Sony demonstrated a prototype UHD OLED TV at the Ceatec trade show in Chiba City, Japan.
The panel has the fabled 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution without sacrificing any of the other advantages of OLED technology.
Which is to say, the 56-inch UHD 4K OLED TV has a high contrast, brightness and rapid response, plus, of course, wide viewing angles.
It all comes with the territory after all, since OLED doesn't have the image pixels and light diodes as separate layers. Organic light-emitting diodes do both.
That said, Sony's 56-inch prototype utilizes the ‘Super Top Emission’ technology and the latest oxide semiconductor TFTs. AU Optronics, an LCD panel maker from Taiwan, helped Sony in its design and research efforts.
Ceatec will end tomorrow (Ceatec takes place from October 1 to 5, 2013), so there's still one day left for the availability date and price to be uncovered. It's unlikely though. Sony and AUO are bound to hold onto that info for a while, a few months maybe.
Right now, Full HD OLED TVs of 50+ inches sell for over $10,000 / €10,000, so this 4K model is bound to sell for 50% extra, or thereabouts.