Sony and Panasonic Partner for OLED Mass Production in 2013

[TheDickWard]

The rumored partnership is now official and we'll start seeing TVs from the two companies next year.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/s...for-mass-prod/

[taygan315]

Main thing I took from the article was if Sony and Panasonic could get their OLED sets below $10,000. Yeah....that would help,lol A LOT!

Cant wait to see what they roll out next year. Should be interesting.

[Julian]

I still want one of those Sony XEL-1s, the first OLED ever produced. A store in my province has just one of these left, for $899. Expensive, but the original price was $2499. So cheap 'from a certain point of view'.

[skimrn]

It's amazing when I see prices of HDTV these days. You can get a decent quality 60in plasma TV for $1500! I remember when they first came out when a 42incher cost $13000!

HDTVs are getting better and thinner every year. Samsung dominating this world for best TV manufacturer overall surpassing Sony. I am not surprised by the move made by the Japanese teaming up, to catch up.

I wonder how much of a picture improvement the OLEDs will bring. I currently own the Pioneer Kuro PDP-6010FD and I am very happy with it. I am keeping this unit unless OLEDs present a noticeable picture quality improvement over the Kuro. Only time will tell.

Any how much would an OLED 60incher will cost? I am guessing $10000? Doh!

[reidw]

In theory at least OLED offers the possibility of a picture that surpasses plasma, LCD, LED, LCOS etc. For years now engineers have been touting the advantages of OLED. Sony brought out a small OLED set a few years ago but it suffered from a high price for a small screen and longevity issues. Hopefully this partnership will succeed in bringing OLED to the market at last. I've been waiting since the early 2000's.

[Croweyes1121]

This will be my next TV type. Sadly, I'll have to wait until they get up to 60" or higher and are remotely affordable. I have a 60" set now, and it's a sad fact of life that you just can't go smaller on a TV once you're used to a certain size.

[COLD_COBRA_]

will this finally be the tech to surpass plasma in quality?