The XEL-1 OLED TV is finally available in stores, joined by the Vaio TP home theater PC and the Vaio LT HD PC/TV.
Sony Xel-1
Sony today announced the availability of the industry's first OLED television in the U.S. The 11-inch XEL-1 model (image gallery) is just about 3 mm thin and is claimed to offer picture quality with extremely high contrast, outstanding brightness, exceptional color reproduction, and a rapid response time. With its light-emitting structure, OLED displays can prevent light emission when reproducing shades of black, resulting in very deep blacks and a contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1. The XEL-1 OLED TV is now available for $2500.
Sony Vaio LT Premium HD PC/TV
This all-in-one model incorporates a terabyte of storage, 4GB of RAM and a 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Sporting a 22-inch XBRITE-HiColor widescreen dispaly, it also features an external CableCARD compliant TV tuner and Blu-ray technology. The LT model is priced at about $3000.
Sony Vaio TP25 Home Theater PC
Sony's Vaio TP25 (image gallery) comes in a round chassis and serves as an entire entertainment center, where you can watch and record analog, digital and cable TV, including premium HD channels (CableCARD required). It comes in both a standard and a premium configuration. Both versions feature Blu-ray optical drive, and the premium model comes with two external CableCARD compatible TV tuners. With built-in DVR functionality, each unit can record up to 50 hours of HD television programming and pause and rewind live TV for on-demand playback.
The unit is equipped with a Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista Home Premium and a half-terabyte hard drive. The Vaio TP standard model, available in polar white, will start at about $1600, while the premium model, available in piano black, will go for around $3000.
Philip Berne, Matthew Ruiz, Edward Distel and Sindre Lia contribute to the CES 2008 coverage.
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