Kodak Shows off World’s First OLED Frame

By Nick Mokey Published September 17, 2008

With Sony already having snatched the title for first commercial OLED television with the XEL-1, Kodak moved in to capture a title on its own turf Wednesday with the very first OLED picture frame. The new Kodak OLED Wireless Frame uses a 7.6-inch OLED display to display digital photos with superior color, contrast and viewing angle compared to traditional LCD frames.

The new display technology will imbue the frame with a stunning white-to-black contrast ratio of 30,000:1, as well as a complete 180 degree viewing angle, and 800 x 480 resolution. To supplement that top-of-the-line tech out front, Kodak has also added a host of other features, including Wi-Fi for pulling photos from the Web or computers, an unusually high 2GB of internal memory, and stereo speakers for music to accompany photo slideshows. It will also play digital video – meaning we might just see some of them hacked into “budget” OLED televisions in the future.

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Of course, there’s really nothing budget about OLED displays these days, since the Kodak OLED Wireless Frame will carry an MSRP of $999 when it sees the light of day on store shelves in November.

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