Comments for: Sony OLED TV suffers from premature aging

#16. Posted at 03:37 PM on May 9th 2008

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Mavrick88

So all you have to do is replace it every few months and you're good to go. What's the problem here?

#16, I love the sarcasm... : ish718 (#17) «

#17, Is it sarcasm? This is essentially what people do with Ame... : Shining Arcanine (#34) «

#16, exactly - if you like the technology, then you should be GLA... : eitje (#33) «

#7. Posted at 12:18 PM on May 9th 2008

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Kent_dieGo

I would expect any new technology to have trouble. Burn in is why I would never get a plasma TV. When i look at a LCD TV, I cringe at seeing the muddy grey blacks. I got the very last model of HD CRT Sony made. It will be many years before the new technologies will match the proven old technologies. It is funny how the early adopters spend the most money for the crappiest products.

#7, In some ways the technology has already caught up... my Shar... : Steba (#9) «

#9, On an LCD ... are you sure that isn't Dynamic Contrast Ra... : Hattig (#12) «

#12, I think the LED/variable backlit models advertise 100,... : BiffStroganoffsky (#15) «

#12, That i'm not sure about but what i do know is that my ... : Steba (#18) «

#7, Ok, sure.... have fun with your 24" crt. : rythex (#24) «

#7, To say that people who buy LCD and Plasma televisions today ... : PetMiceRnice (#25) «

#7, I used to think the same way. But then I got sick of carryin... : indeego (#28) «

#28, Try 245 lbs for a 36" CRT. That is tough for two people t... : Kent_dieGo (#31) «

#7, Automatic pixel shifting tech = no more plasma burn-in. Autom... : LoneWolf15 (#32) «

#1. Posted at 11:16 AM on May 9th 2008, Edited at 11:17 AM on May 9th 2008

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UberGerbil

This was always the fear with OLEDs, and one of the key things that was holding them back. Everybody got excited when Sony claimed they'd solved the premature blue death problem. I guess it was the excitement that was premature.

It will be interesting to see how Sony handles this (do they replace them? With what?)

#1, "I'm sorry, sir, but it's just past the warranty." : ludi (#3) «

#3, Heh, exactly what I was thinking. Except that this is suc... : UberGerbil (#4) «

#4, Possibly in the lab tests they didn't properly account... : ludi (#13) «

#13, Possibly in the lab tests they didn't properly acco... : BobbinThreadbare (#26) «

#4, This is the same company that put Trojan Horses on its... : indeego (#27) «

#27, Sure, but they do care about PR. They'd happily F o... : UberGerbil (#29) «

#27, Well, it's not really the same company. Sony BMG !=... : Vrock (#30) «

#2. Posted at 11:29 AM on May 9th 2008

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albundy

NO, NO, NO, you've got it all wrong. ALL sony baloney products suffer from premature aging and other disfunctions.

Maybe thats why Dupont has started to research how to actually improve it.

#2, I've had several very dependable Sony displays over the year... : Joshvar (#6) «

#6, Sony Trinitron CRT's were the best of the best. It had so... : Kent_dieGo (#10) «

#10, Sony's quality control slipped in the late '90s when t... : NeXus 6 (#23) «

#5. Posted at 12:15 PM on May 9th 2008

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toetag

Just depends on your definition of premature aging. You can't expect this stuff to last forever.

#5, Measure to a CRT. After 5 years noticable loss of brightness... : Kent_dieGo (#8) «

#8, Yeah, but this one was really cool for the first month. A... : toetag (#11) «

#8, Actually, I've seen 5yo CRT computer monitors with very o... : ludi (#14) «

#14, Turn down the brightness. The reason many CRT's premat... : Snake (#21) «

#8, My 21" Viewsonic CRT is 14 years old and still going stro... : UberGerbil (#19) «

#5, True, but those numbers are very low. My plasma TV has a rat... : PetMiceRnice (#22) «

#20. Posted at 09:58 PM on May 9th 2008, Edited at 09:58 PM on May 9th 2008

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JustAnEngineer

#7 & #10: I'm still watching my KD-34XBR960 almost daily.