At the CES Expo in Las Vegas in January Sony stunned crowds with the commercial release 11-inch XEL-1, the world's first mass-produced OLED TV. The new display panel which measures just 0.3mm thick (0.01in) is a major reduction and could go commercial as early as December 2008.

Despite being near paper-thin, the display can support the same resolution of 960x540 pixels, as the thicker panel.

Sony currently sells in the US and Japan  an 11-inch OLEDTV (960×540) for US$2,000. This means a size smaller than the displays on sub-notebooks, which typically come with 12-inch LCDs.

OLED technology uses electroluminescent organic materials, and OLED panels are extremely thin since they don't require backlights. The electroluminescent layer contains a polymer substance that itself emits light when activated by an electric current.