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Sony unwraps the super skinny XEL-1 OLED TV

We were sent into a spin over the weekend by the Sony tease shot, dubbed 'the Drive', on the left: a gift wrapped new NavMan? No, er, Vaio? No, er, ch

We were sent into a spin over the weekend by the Sony tease shot, dubbed ‘the Drive’, on the left: a gift wrapped new NavMan? No, er, Vaio? No, er, cheese cutter?No, no and thrice no. It is, in fact, as the removal of the fetching green ribbon attests, Sony’s first consumer OLED TV, the XEL-1.And there was no need to go so chunky with the modesty-hiding band because, just like the prototype we saw in April, the 11in screen is a mere 3mm thick. Yes, 3mm.But there’s more. As we place a Doctor Evil finger to one side of our mouths and tell you it sports a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a leccy-sipping 45W power draw.The downside? It’s Japan only at the moment and, with just 960×540 pixels, it’s not HD – but who cares when we’ll be looking at it side-on so much?EssentialsSony XEL-1Price: £TBA (¥200,000 in Japan)On sale: TBA (1 December in Japan) Contact: SonyRelated stories:Toshiba’s Regza XF – slimmer of the yearSuper slim TVs – prepare for the futureYour 2006 monitor: an easy on the eye Samsung OLED

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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