[LINK] TV technology

[grove at zeta.org.au]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Jan Whitaker wrote:

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


I think they are stopping the screens because of the sudden dearth in rare minerals I keep 
banging on about.....



rachel



>> 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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