Is the OLED Display in Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV as Good as it Looks?

OLED displays may well be at the heart of flat-panel TVs in the future. Sony has put a stake in the ground with the first commercially available OLED TV: the 11-inch, 960 × 540 pixel, Model XEL-1, which is selling in limited quantities for the equivalent of $1700 in Japan and for $2500 in the US.

The XEL-1, with its dazzling images and thin form factor, represents just a precursor of what is yet to come with AMOLEDs. DisplaySearch takes the covers off the display and presents the technical design including the OLED stack, electronics and backplane.  Learn how Sony achieves the fabulous performance, as DisplaySearch provides its own description of:

• Full white, red, green and blue lifetimes
• Video lifetime
• OLED sub pixel architecture
• Backplane sub pixel architecture
• Compensation scheme
• Description of the micro cavity and its function
• Use of the color filter
• Driving voltages
• Cooling system

In April, 2004, DisplaySearch characterized the first AMOLED display, which was released by Kodak for use in a camera. The display was a 2.4” ,QCIF+ resolution and the normalized luminance after 1,000 hrs for red, green and blue was 62%, 69% and 38%, respectively. The XEL-1 released 3.7 years later had normalized luminance after 1,000 hrs of 93% for red, 92% for green and 88% for blue. Over the 3.7 years, the lifetime improved by ~400% to over 500% depending on the color. 

The question the OLED Characterization Report: Sony XEL-1 sets out to answer with precise performance, lifetime measurements, and a painstaking breakdown analysis is how good is the display. It’s an excellent example of the careful investigation, deep industry knowledge, and independent analysis you expect from DisplaySearch.

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