Sony OLED TV less durable than claimed

08 May 08 11:37 by DoMiN8ToR in category Uncategorized To news archive

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Recently Sony announced it would launch a very flat OLED TV. The Sony XEL-1 will become the first TV on the market using the new OLED technology which is said to be superior in picture quality and energy consumption compared to current technology such as plasma and LCD. The XEL-1 will only have a screen diagonal of 11 inches and will cost about $2500. However you pay for the novelty.

For that price it’s normal to expect to enjoy your TV for a long time and currently the best known drawback for OLED is the lifetime of the screen. A research firm has tested if the life expectancy that Sony claims is viable.

During their research in which they ran two of the units for 1000 hours they noticed a drop in brightness which would, if they extrapolated the data would take 17000 hours for the display to lose half its brightness. Sony claims this should be 30000 hours, almost two times more. 30000 hours however would be about 10 years of normal use for consumers.

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guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 08 May 08 14:18

Now let's see how long a Laser TV will last.

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 08 May 08 14:43

11" for $2500 wow! How much for 42"? Newer plasma claims lifetime 50.000-60.000 hours! Plasma is still the king lol! :d

DukeNukem: Posts: 1003; Posted on: 08 May 08 15:33

Wait a minute. What does this mean? Sony lied to us? I can believe that Elvis is still alive. I can even believe that Michael Jackson never diddled any kids. But Sony lying to us? C'mon now.

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 08 May 08 19:47

This is very interesting, because 17,000 hours is right around what Sony initially claimed in all their press releases before they went to market with this display. I had never paid any attention to subsequent marketing hype, so I'm surprised to read that they currently claim 30,000. What your article doesn't explain, tho', is the testing methodology. Was the brightness at factory default (Nuclear Blast), or at a calibrated reduced mode? (please excuse if double-posted)

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Sony OLED TV less durable than claimed

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