[LINK] TV technology

[Jan Whitaker]

don't know the source, sorry. Note the mention of 
internet restrictions at the end.
Jan


>TOKYO — Sony Corp has decided to stop the shipment of television sets
>employing organic light emitting diode technology in Japan at the end of
>March as sales of the thin-panel TVs have proven to be sluggish, sources
>familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
>
>Sony will also end domestic sales of organic electroluminescent TVs
>after inventories run out, but will continue overseas sales in markets
>such as North America and Europe, as well as research and development on
>expanding the size of the displays, they said.
>
>In 2007, Sony launched in Japan what it called the world’s first organic
>EL TV, featuring an 11-inch display as thin as 3 millimeters and having
>a suggested retail price of 200,000 yen.
>
>Hopes were high that these next-generation TVs could replace liquid
>crystal TVs, but sales have been poor due to their expensive price tags
>and the technological difficulties involved in making larger panels, the
>sources said.
>
>In addition, starting in April this year, TVs that do not have functions
>to limit access to harmful sites can no longer be sold in Japan in line
>with a law on Internet regulation enforced in April 2009 to protect
>young people from being exposed to deleterious content.
>
>Subsequently, Sony decided it would be unprofitable to introduce organic
>EL TVs equipped with such functions, the sources said.


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