Analysis and video of the XEL-1 OLED TV from Sony's first in Italy

February 19th, 2009

Review

The first Sony OLED TV, the XEL-1 is AVAILABLE for about a month in Italy, you can find not only the site of the manufacturer but also on some internet stores.
For now without competitors we examine the technical features in detail:

Outside, as we offer are 11 inches, while the 16:9 format is the classic, making it ideal for most small to medium sized environments, or as we shall see below for recreational applications.

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The image data are staggering: the contrast rises to heights far removed from the LCD or plasma, well 1 million to 1! In this way the black acquires a remarkable depth of potential, because you can completely turn off individual pixels, the whole contained in a FULL HD 1080p.
Good brightness with 550 candles per square meter and the viewing angle of 178 degrees, which allows a visual rather than enlarged, there is also a light sensor.
One thing notable is the response time, Achilles' heel of many LCD TV, here we go down to 3.32 ms, thus making the XEL-1 an ideal playmate when accompanied by a console, because of its portability and inputs including a convenient USB 2.0.

The fund has two audio speakers that deliver 2.40 watts offering Steady Sound automatic volume adjustment and while the tweeter is integrated in the display bezel.
The fund offers 2 HDMI sockets for easy connection with Blu-ray Disc and PLAYSTATION3, 1 scart, 1 and 1 optical audio output and RGB input.
Good USB Photo Viewer and the menu is innovative on-screen than use them and allows you to navigate through the functions in a simple and fast, as shown in the video.

It weighs only 2.2 kg due to 3 mm thick, while the consumption of 39 watts,

and here the next models will be called upon to do better, because it is a fact on which OLEDs do not require backlighting, which can and must improve.

The price is for amateurs, which fluctuates around 4000 euros for the services offered are perhaps too many, even considering that the dollars overseas to pay to rebuild your eyes only 2500!
The user reviews were generally good, apart from the lack of inches, due to the habit of ever larger screen sizes, which unfortunately were the only years in lutimi battleground for manufacturers.

The Xel-1 is therefore not only the chief merit of having started the era of OLED, but he has finally moved the battleground on the image quality parameter that seemed to have gone into the background.
Even in this case the competition after half a year with the probable release of a 15-inch LG model will be used to bring down the initial excesses.
Obviously differs from LED TVs , which adopt another technology simpler and more expensive.

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2 Responses to "Analysis and video of the XEL-1 OLED TV from Sony's first in Italy"

  1. Pedros Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 16:30

    Congratulations on the review! Compared to LCD and plasma is a great step forward. But how does compared to CRT? The picture is similar?

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