Toshiba shelves plan to sell OLED TVs in 2009-10

Posted on ZDNet News: Dec 11, 2007 7:21:00 AM

Japan's Toshiba said on Tuesday it had shelved plans to sell ultra-thin TVs with organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays in 2009-10 because of the cost of mass production. Toshiba will stick to its plans to commercialize smaller OLED displays for cell phones next year, and will watch markets and technological developments to see whether making OLED TVs is commercially viable later, Toshiba spokesman Keisuke Ohmori said.

Home electronics rival Sony began sales of 11-inch OLED TVs in November, but the development costs have limited its shipments to 2,000 units per month. Display and TV makers see OLED displays as a possible growth driver, as they produce brighter images, use less power, and are thinner because they do not need the backlights used in liquid crystal displays. In April, Toshiba had said it aimed to market 30-inch OLED TVs in the business year to March 2010.

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Sounds like I won't be getting a TV from Toshiba: I'm satisfied with how my tube TV and monitor look right now, and not so much with current LCD technology, especially seeing as the fluorescent bulbs still can't provide the same nice picture as my CR... (Read the rest); Posted by: TrackStar1682 Posted on: 12/12/07 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use