No Sony OLED Displays In 2004

Sony is unlikely to introduce OLED displays as expected in fall 2004, as it still has to improve technical features of the displays, according to Japan-based Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

The company set up a joint venture, ST Liquid Crystal Display (ST-LCD), with Toyota Industries, at the beginning of last year and planned to see volume production of OLED panels this year. Sony said it plans to produce 300,000 2-inch OLED panels per month for its portable devices such as DSCs (digital still cameras) and PDAs.

Sony introduced a 13-inch OLED panel prototype at the Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium 2002 and a 24-inch OLED display (four 12-inch panels pieced together) last January.

We have seen a few products on the market already utilizing OLED technology including some cell phones from Samsung, and MSI’s Mega Player 515 MP3 player which can be found for under $150 dollars U.S.

Source: DigiTimes