OLED is Coming

As if the battle between LCD and plasma is not confusing enough, Sony is going to bring another technology in display, OLED. It stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode.

The benefit ? It doesn't use a backlight, consume less power and therefore, enables the screen to be super-thin (like really thin). It also has higher contrast than any of the current display.

But perfection does come at a price, a really high one. Sony displayed some of this OLED display earlier this year and the section for OLED is for "look only and strictly no touching". There was no pricing or release details available at that time.

However, things have changed and Sony has just announced that they will start making these little beauties. The release is going to be December this year, just in time for Christmas.

It will retail at 200,000 yen (around about US$1,700) for a 25.1 centimetres wide and 14.1 centimetres tall TV.

If you want to get one, don't worry, there's still a few more months to start saving up. Now, if only I could persuade Sony to send me a demo.

picture from cnet.com.au