Sony XEL-1 User Manual

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Any television can change channels. This one completely changes television.

A Guide to the revolutionary Sony® XEL-1 Organic LED TV.

TV tomorrow. Sony today.

The ﬁrst solid-state TV. The ﬁrst vertically ﬂat Trinitron® pi ctu re t ube. An d no w, th e wo rld’s ﬁ rst Org ani c LE D te lev isio n: Sony XEL-1. It ’s our latest revolutionary advance in the art and science of visual entertainment – a sleek OLED panel as thin as 3 credit cards, with incredible contrast ratio greater than 1 million to 1, outstanding brilliance, and exceptional color. Pixel for pixel, it might be the be st T V pic ture on t he p lan et. Anx iou s to see wha t th e fu tur e wi ll lo ok l ike? View it toda y – o n So ny’s Org anic LED TV.

What’s next for Sony OLED?

It beg ins w ith XEL -1: th e ind ust ry ’s ﬁr st Or gani c Li ght Emi tt ing Dio de ( OLE D) television. And the possibilities of this revolutionary new technology will have the whole world watching.

Desktop Monitors, Medical Imagers, Heads-up Displays and larger screen sizes are all under development. Thinner substrates, which make possible even thinner screens – so thin, they can be ﬂexible.

We’re working on a new OLED application called Organic Thin Film Transfer (

OTFT). Sprayed on a ﬂexible plastic sheet, the OTFT layer can display a high-quality color image even when the sheet is bent – so a television pi ctur e ca n be dis play ed o n a c urv ed s ur fac e.

Th ere’s mor e, o f co urs e – s o to le arn m ore abo ut S ony ’s ex plor atio n of thi s

exciting TV technology, please visit us at: sony.com/OLED

1 HDMI cab le (sold separately). 2 BRAVIA Lin k modul es sold separate ly. Intern et access requ ires BRAVIA Inte rnet Video Link mo dule and broad-

band inte rnet connec tion with a con nection spee d of at least 2.5 Mbps . Video qualit y and picture siz e varies

and is dependent on broadband speed and delivery by content provider. Content subject to change. 3 Memor y Stick sold separately. 4 Under normal viewing conditions, the Sony XEL-1 reduces power consumption up to 40% per panel square

inch compared to c onventional 20 -inch LCD panel s. No backlight is required w ith the organic materials.

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Picture: like nothing you’ve ever seen.

Incredibly tight pixel density produces extremely high resolution – and Sony’s patented Super Top Emission™ technology intensiﬁes brightness and widens color gamut for better color purity.

Design: nobody does it better.

The XEL-1 just looks like a Sony – which means a graceful ﬂexible shape, ultra-thin frame styling and XMB™ (Xross Media Bar and user settings simple and intuitive.

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control that makes menus

Connections: bring all your content.

The XEL-1 incorporates a simple one-cable 1080p HDMI™1 connector plus powerful DMex™ hookup – so you can expand your horizons with optional BRAVIA® Link modules for Internet video access and more.

Technology in a new dimension.

Th e XE L-1 i s th e world ’s ﬁrs t 3m m-thi n TV, but i t pa cks an ext rao rdi nary array of new Sony technologies to enhance, improve, even revolutionize the visual images you can experience. Sure, a lot of this sounds technical – but for movies, sports, broadcast TV and any content you input via HDMI™1, D Mex™, or optional Memory Stick®3 me dia, t he r esu lts of our all -o ut O LED ef for t ma ke a bi g di ffer enc e in pic tur e qu ali ty.

How does OLED work?

OLED stands for “Organic Light Emitting Diode” – a revolutionary advance above conventional LCD screens used in home TVs and laptop computers. Organic LED screens convert electrical energy into light with greater speed, intensity and energyefﬁciency. In an OLED screen, a layer of organic material is sandwiched between two conductive surfaces (an anode and a cathode), then sealed between glass plates at top and bottom. When electric current is applied to the conductors, the organic material produces a bright electro-luminescent gl ow. T he O LED mat rix is a rra nge d in red , green and blu e pi xel s – t he c omp onen ts t hat mak e up a c olo r TV p ict ure. A s pi xel s are stimulated, the picture is created.

What’s the Sony OLED Advantage?

Sony has its own unique approach to OLED design. We concentrate ﬁrst on superior picture quality – the most important aspect of every Sony TV system. Each individual OLED element is housed in a special microcavity that reduces ambient light interference to produce higher brightness and greater color purity. The thickness of the organic layer is adjusted to produce the strongest light for individual red, green and blue wavelengths. Color ﬁlters reﬁne and purify each color. And Sony OLED screens don’t require a backlight panel to add extra brilliance to the image – the organic material does it all.

A rainbow of vivid colors.

Our patented Super Top Emission™ technology activates the Organic material to produce light. Microcavity design intensiﬁes the light at

speciﬁc frequencies.

Color ﬁlters reﬁne

color by further

reducing the effect

of stray light. Result:

pure, vivid colors and hues that look startlingly realistic.

Contrast ratio:

1,000,000:1.

OLED pixels produce light only when stimulated. When the pixel is “off,” it goes

completely dark –

producing deep, rich blacks that

contrast with bright

highlights, even in

th e sa me i mag e. This astonishing contrast ratio

remains apparent

when you view from an angle.

Superiority you ca n s ee in ac t i o n .

When electric current stimulates organic ma ter ial a t ea ch p ixe l, response is incredibly fa st, wit h no afte rgl ow ef fect – to re pro duce action far more smoothly than conventional LCDs can achieve. For sports and action movies, that ’s a big plus.

Bright makes beautiful.

The light emitted by each OLED element passes through the Super Top Emission layer and color ﬁlters and is displayed on the screen with uncompromising brightness – so there’s no need for an added backlight panel to bring you a brilliant color image.

Our best color may be green.

Compared to other TV systems, Sony’s OLED technology can save signiﬁcant energy4 – because no backlighting is required and picture elements consume no power in their “off” state. The XEL-1 is remarkably energyefﬁcient when compared with other TVs.

New light on the environment.

Unlike conventional LED screens, Sony’s OLED technology requires no backlight – eliminating the energy loss in the backlight and allowing the TV to be merc ur y f ree . Any way you look at it, OLED is a real advantage.