Sony XEL-1 OLED slips into US stores

[HDTV News Poster]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a></p><a href="http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/television/release/32499.html"><img width="440" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="590" border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/01/sony_oledxel1profile_left_sm.jpg" alt="Sony XEL-1 OLED display" style="margin: auto; display: block;" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/11/sonys-stringer-oled-tv-in-us-next-year/">As expected</a>, Sony has released the first OLED display in the US, with the 11-inch XEL-1 available now at select Sony Style locations for $2,500. Japanese customers have been able to purchase the 3mm-thick XEL-1 since late last year for ¥200,000, but the US has had to wait until now to get its organically 1,000,000:1-contrasted fix. The XEL-1 also offers support for DMeX so consumers can download content via the BRAVIA Internet Video Link service. If you're hankering for something even thinner than a <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/06/pioneers-project-kuro-the-9mm-thick-infinite-contrast-50-inch/">9mm plasma</a> and looking to spend a whopping $227 per inch, head on over to a Sony store today.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/television/release/32499.html">Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/sony-xel-1-oled-slips-into-us-stores/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1079139/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/sony-xel-1-oled-slips-into-us-stores/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>

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