Plasma TV Diets To Just 1mm Thin October 06, 2007
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This week we drooled over the actual arrival of Sony’s stunning 3mm thin OLED TV. That was, of course, before we got slapped rudely back to reality by the price tag.
Still, 3mm is obese as displays go now that Japanese firm, Shinoda Plasma has just shown off a prototype plasma screen at the CEATEC show, measuring – wait for it – 1mm thin. And it bends. Is it a joke? Well, no. The guy behind it used to work for Fujitsu and invented modern plasma displays.
Tsutae Shinoda demonstrated a 43in model that weighed just 800g at the show – which outshines Sony’s little 11in OLED. The new, flexible technology is comprised of a series of glass plasma tubes that contain RGB fluorescent materials. Above you can see it being all bendy, while content is played. The idea is that something this flexible will not just lead to new kinds of plasma tellies but that screens will be able to be deployed easily in non-traditional locations – curved walls at Tube stations, ceilings at home, offices etc.
It sounds great, although there’s no information on when it will actually launch so, for now, Sony’s OLED TV is still the anorexic super-bitch of the catwalk.-Martin Lynch
[TechOn]
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