Sony shows off its TV future at CES 2012 with the Crystal LED prototype-- a 55" HDTV self-emitting display using LEDs as a light source.
The company says it mounts ultrafine LEDs in each of the RGB colours, equivalent to the number of pixels (6M LEDs in total) directly to the front of the display. The prototype apparently has 3.5X higher contrast (in light settings), 1.4X wider colour gamut and around 10X faster video image response times in comparison to current Sony models, if one is to believe Sony's press materials.
Sony also says it is working on OLED displays-- the "new" display category for CES, as already seen in offerings from LG and Samsung.
Also on show is Bravia series refresh, with the entry-level BX, mid-level EX and "flagship" HX lines. On top of the list is the HX850, in 46" and 55" models, with Gorilla Glass and OptiContrast Panel, X-Reality PRO optical engine, Motionflow XR 960 processor and wifi connectivity.
"Monolithic" styling provide a thin bezel twist Sony describes as "virtually frameless."
Details are yet hard to come by, since the "Super OLED" TV at the show lacks an official name or even a model number. Samsung says it is produced from "a single pane of glass" and is 7mm deep (double that of the LG 55" OLED TV).
It carries a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, together with 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, SD card slot, 802.11b/g/n wifi, 10M/100M ethernet, HDMI and USB 2.0 ports.
The LG Google TV line will run on the company's L9 setup with a custom Google TV UI and Cinema 3D FPR (Film Patterned Retarder) technology. Joining the custom UI is a "QWERTY Magic Remote" combining gesture and voice control. We should have more details following the LG press conference later this week.
LG announces what it says is the biggest OLED HDTV in the world-- measuring 55", it will make a first appearance to the public at next year's CES on January 9.
