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It's here, and boy does it look beautiful (not to mention expensive). Yes, dear readers, Sony has let the cat out of the bag about its mystery digital media tool called "Drive." Featuring not only the bleeding edge of OLED technology but as well as a myriad of almost unreal statistics - the Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. Get ready to feel the burn in both your hearts and your wallets as we look further into Sony's latest baby.
So what does the XEL-1 do? First off - and this is the most prominent - it features a staggering 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio display, dwarfing even Pioneer's Project Kuro Elite Plasmas at the small size of only 11 inches. Let that sink in for a minute. It outdoes some of the best screens Pioneer can offer, while still being confined to that small a space. Awesome.
Not only is it petite, but it's also skinny: the 960 x 540 resolution display is only 3 mm thick. That's pretty much the closest thing to paper-thin, which is quite awesome and quite scary in its own right. After all, being that thin, it's probably going to be quite fragile.
The rather chunky stand beneath the display panel is also feature-packed, housing a terrestrial digital tuner, 1-watt speakers, and inputs for HDMI, USB and Ethernet. Neat - it's not only portable, but it's also high on connectivity. One can only wonder how playing one's favorite game or watching one's favorite movie on the XEL-1 would be like, but with these options, it's not that hard to imagine.
While a bit on the expensive side (costing around ¥ 200,000 or US$ 1,700), the XEL-1 is certainly a great addition to Sony's already awesome line-up.
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