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Sony XEL-1 11-Inch OLED Digital TV
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If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
(5 out of 5) by scoobydude on Sep 25, 2009 (Princeville, HI United States)Clearest picture I've seen on a TV. I cannot wait until larger OLED screen sizes are available.
I placed mine on my office desk. It's large enough to view comfortably from this distance, and I can clearly read the Bloomberg scroll.
I placed mine on my office desk. It's large enough to view comfortably from this distance, and I can clearly read the Bloomberg scroll.
6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
SUPER CRISP
(5 out of 5) by G. harry on Jul 27, 2009 (Amherst, MA USA)Not bad for $2500, I payed a few thousand more in Japan. It's worth every penny if you want the best clarity. The colors are the same as any good led tv, but with the contrast ratio, the colors appear to have more depth. I think they are sharper.
When you see a human face on this, it is just like looking in a mirror. You can see the makeup on actors and actresses. Every single pore, pock mark, and skin growth on Adam Sandlers face comes through. You can see how his eyebrows were plucked, the rouge the put on him to make him look healthy, its all there.
Women you used to think were like godesses look just like the waitress at the local diner, with a heavy pasting of makeup. You know that girl at the office who is a part time make-up seller on top of her day job? The one who sometimes returns from the bathroom with half her face smudged off? (She did realize she brushed the make up off while answering the call of nature) Well, actresses look like her.
This takes movies, TV shows, sports, etc, to a whole new level.
It is sort of a reality check to say the least. It shows that hollywood really is human after all. My favorite is angeline Jolies, botoxed face, lips, lipo'd body, and oh! love her stretch marks too. Brad Pitt's face is a wrinkled mess from all the drugs.
This TV is worth buying for the reality check of the stars faces alone.
Makes me feel good about all my imperfections.
I love the TV and will buy each consecutive larger size as they come out.
When you see a human face on this, it is just like looking in a mirror. You can see the makeup on actors and actresses. Every single pore, pock mark, and skin growth on Adam Sandlers face comes through. You can see how his eyebrows were plucked, the rouge the put on him to make him look healthy, its all there.
Women you used to think were like godesses look just like the waitress at the local diner, with a heavy pasting of makeup. You know that girl at the office who is a part time make-up seller on top of her day job? The one who sometimes returns from the bathroom with half her face smudged off? (She did realize she brushed the make up off while answering the call of nature) Well, actresses look like her.
This takes movies, TV shows, sports, etc, to a whole new level.
It is sort of a reality check to say the least. It shows that hollywood really is human after all. My favorite is angeline Jolies, botoxed face, lips, lipo'd body, and oh! love her stretch marks too. Brad Pitt's face is a wrinkled mess from all the drugs.
This TV is worth buying for the reality check of the stars faces alone.
Makes me feel good about all my imperfections.
I love the TV and will buy each consecutive larger size as they come out.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Stupendous
(5 out of 5) by Bob Green on Jan 11, 2009It is expensive but if HD is needed in a very small format this is the product. price will come down substantially but it will be a while. Simple to hook up- just plug and play. Picture is fabulous. have it on the countertop in the bathroom- takes uo very little room and looks sllek and modern.
29 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
Freaking outstanding set. Buy several.
(5 out of 5) by GirlPowerNazi on Nov 25, 2008 (your arse)I love OLED technology. We needed a new set in the guest bath, so we ordered one of these on a whim. We all fell in love with them, and so the whole family wanted one. The next thing we ordered 6 more--one for each of the kids' rooms and the other bathrooms. I logged on today to buy 2 more after my wife found someone who could do a custom install in the H2's. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room to put them in the H3's, so the kids will have to wait a year until they can trade up to something bigger.
I considered getting one for the master bedroom, but my one gripe is that the set is a little small. It's hard to replace a 50" screen with a 10" one. My wife said there was already too much undersized hardware in the bedroom. I'm not sure what she meant by that. I put a call into Sony, and they are accepting 10% deposits on the upcoming 36" OLED set. So that's something to consider. For the $5,000 you would spend for just two of the current OLED's, you can get on the waiting list for the 36", due in 2011.
Until then, I'm spending an awful lot of time locked in the bathroom. My wife keeps nagging me that I'll surely go blind, but I tell her the OLED isn't that small.
I considered getting one for the master bedroom, but my one gripe is that the set is a little small. It's hard to replace a 50" screen with a 10" one. My wife said there was already too much undersized hardware in the bedroom. I'm not sure what she meant by that. I put a call into Sony, and they are accepting 10% deposits on the upcoming 36" OLED set. So that's something to consider. For the $5,000 you would spend for just two of the current OLED's, you can get on the waiting list for the 36", due in 2011.
Until then, I'm spending an awful lot of time locked in the bathroom. My wife keeps nagging me that I'll surely go blind, but I tell her the OLED isn't that small.
19 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
Have seen it, don't own it. Yet.
(5 out of 5) by J on Sep 2, 2008 (Jacksonville, Or)I just returned from Korea where I saw this display in an airport store. The screen is deceivingly small, the eleven inches looking even less generous than it sounds. It is wider than your average wide screen tv available, only half as tall as it is wide (about 5 inches - 5.5 according to this site.)
However, the picture looked amazing. I was caught by this before I knew I was looking at OLED - the faces on the display were the most realistic I have ever seen, on any kind of monitor. The quality was equivalent to a printed photograph. Looking closely I could still spot the pixels, the same size as any good quality lcd monitor. So I give credit mostly to the contrast ratio, in addition to the fact they were playing a blue ray from a ps3.
Anyway, 2500 is too much right now, I think you need to see it in person before you buy. I would dock a star for that, but I just can't be that harsh on this new technology - it really is the next big thing.
However, the picture looked amazing. I was caught by this before I knew I was looking at OLED - the faces on the display were the most realistic I have ever seen, on any kind of monitor. The quality was equivalent to a printed photograph. Looking closely I could still spot the pixels, the same size as any good quality lcd monitor. So I give credit mostly to the contrast ratio, in addition to the fact they were playing a blue ray from a ps3.
Anyway, 2500 is too much right now, I think you need to see it in person before you buy. I would dock a star for that, but I just can't be that harsh on this new technology - it really is the next big thing.