Panasonic parent makes 30in OLED TV play

Screw rollup displays

I just want and OLED monitor.

OK

Well, I'm happy - the timing is good for me - by the time the screens have achieved good market penetration and prices are coming down, I'll be ready to upgrade from plasma. I trust they'll include the latest HDMI spec in the features, especially 48bit colour depth, and that source material will provide same. But what happened to SED TV?

@Tom - Projectors? For a dedicated home cinema maybe, but not in a living room. Seriously, have you tried to watch a projected picture when there's sunlight streaming through the windows? You can't see sh*t.

Still, the idea of a large screen that decends from the ceiling is an attractive one .....

Please with a decent resolution

Please do it with a decent resoltion. There's little sense in having a 30 inch display with only 1080 lines. Nobody is going to do television with those displays anyhow as the largest usable size for HDTV is about 24 inch. Beyond that you will see the individual pixels.

If I was such a company I would start getting some cash from normal sized (eg 5-10 inch) television screens. Those are easier to build and you can get enought money to experiment with those large screens.

@Christian Berger

err... do you actually know what an inch is? It's 1/12 of a foot or about 2.5 cm.

5-10 inch is not a 'normal' size for a TV - I'd say more like 20-32 inch.

What do you mean "nobody is going to do television with [30 inch] screens as the largest usable size for HDTV is about 24 inch."?? 24 inch is ridiculously SMALL for HDTV - most people agree that at a comfortable viewing distance you need at least a 40 inch to get the benefit of Full HD (1080p), though of course it is all entirely dependent on what you consider an appropriate viewing distance, which will depend on the size and layout of your room.