Sony 'awfully close' to 27 inch OLED TVs

Wants to up the stakes in next-gen displays 20 minutes ago | Tell us what you think [ 0 comments ] Sony president and COO Stan Glasgow believes the company is very close to selling 27-inch OLED TVs, trumping the current 11-inchers selling for over £1000. The larger sizes are the next step on the company's roadmap - and after that it plans to go one step further with a 40 inch model, which would really place OLED technology right in the thick of the LCD / Plasma race. LCDs - too fat OLED TVs have long been tipped as the 'next big thing' in home entertainment; theoretically they can be manufactured easily and cheaply, with a superb picture and ultra-thin form factor. LCD is plugging away at eroding that advantage, and recent slim efforts from companies like JVC have shown just what can be done with a little effort. But Sony's... [read full story]