Sony's XEL-1 OLED TV spotted at Sam's Club for $1,748

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 5th 2008 at 1:47PM

You can order up Sony's XEL-1 OLED TV from SonyStyle.com right now for $2,499.99 and hope that it ships by tomorrow. Or, you can waltz on down to your local Sam's Club, plunk down for a membership and walk out with the previously mentioned set for just $1,748.51. We can't say for sure if these units are available at Clubs nationwide just yet, but that's a comparatively delicious price for those in the market for an ultra-small, ultrathin OLED TV. Anyone care to guess how cheap this thing will be on Black Friday?

[Thanks, Vishal]

Filed under: Displays, Sony, OLED

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Ken @ Aug 5th 2008 1:57PM

Sounds like Sony built a lot of them, they are being discontinued, and they want to get rid of them.

Honestly, to think of people paying $2500 for an 11" OLED TV will be looked at as some sort of joke in 5, 10 years (just like 42" plasmas being $20,000+).

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KraziJoe @ Aug 5th 2008 2:50PM

I guess that is why there is an eye exam office in the background.

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kbsig106 @ Aug 5th 2008 3:10PM

It's going to be hard to come up with the extra .51 cents.

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Ethan @ Aug 5th 2008 7:27PM

I think that this is an amazing accomplishment, but Sony should have put it in a laptop because it is only 11". To be a T.V. that is extremely small. Sure this technology is alot more efficient, and alot more clear it should be a laptop screen not stand alone. Although it will be alot more successful when they make at least a 20" version.

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EQC @ Aug 5th 2008 8:16PM

yes, OLED is supposed to be much more efficient...

...but this 11" TV consumes 45 Watts. That is in the ball park of many 20" LCD monitors or TVs. I would imagine that 15-17" laptop monitors consume significantly less power than their larger, brighter, higher-res desktop counterparts too.

Put this thing in a laptop, and say goodbye to battery life...and you'll still only have an 11" screen.

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micknkeef @ Aug 6th 2008 12:14AM

I like how the tag says 1080p. If I remember right, thing doesn't even offer 720p resolution. It is the best non-hd picture I've ever seen though.

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