In article ,
J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, January 26th, 2012, at 16:51:59h +0000, Paul D Smith declared:

And more than treble the value of the car at the same time.

Early adoption of new technology comes at a very high price

The other problem with that SONY model is that it is not even
full HD 1920x1080.

The problem is that OLED development and manufacture has stalled
over the past couple of years (probably economic recession related)
and so the price has remained too high for almost all consumers.

Hasn't Sony stopped their OLED development, for
the while? Concentrating on other matters )

Vaguely remembered early morning BBC TV News
sometime, a week or so back.

Bill ZFC

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On Friday, January 27th, 2012, at 16:01:31h +0000, Bill (Adopt) asked:

Hasn't Sony stopped their OLED development

As far as I am aware the situation is

1) OLED development has not stopped but is no longer
at the front

2) Manufacture of OLED models has stopped and sales are
being curtailed in Europe and North America

Concentrating on other matters )

3) The new front technology is "crystalline inorganic LED"
development

I do not know the technical reasons but the impression is

a) small OLED screens can easily be made and are super
flexible so are excellent for things like cellphones
and tablet devices etc

b) manufacture of large OLED screens at HD resolutions
is apparently difficult (and maybe just too costly).

The first 55 inch crystal LED from SONY has now debuted

http://www.tomshardware.COM/news/Sony-Crystal-LED-Display-Prototype-CES-2012-OLED,14464.html

In message , J G Miller
writes
On Thursday, January 26th, 2012, at 09:16:53h +0000, Paul D Smith asked:
Can anyone recommend a small 12V monitor/TV?
Is 11 inches too large?
Get one of these and a power inverter and you will enjoy
excellent quality images for a very thin lightweight monitor.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-XEL-1-Widescreen-OLED-Freeview/dp/B0018RRUL6
That's very steep for such a small set.
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On Saturday, January 28th, 2012, at 14:06:09h +0000, Clive wrote:

That's very steep for such a small set.

Indeed so, and the price Amazon is currently asking GBP 999
is significantly lower than when the model was first released
(I think it was of the order of GBP 1 600).

As I previously said with new technology (OLED is newer than
LCD) early adopters always pay a very high premium.

"Paul D Smith" wrote in message ...

Can anyone recommend a small 12V monitor/TV? I have a Nokia 5800 phone
which has SatNav built in, and very useful it is too - but the screen is a
little small.

Now phone also has a TV out and with a good monitor the picture is pretty
good so I thought "install a small TV/monitor in the car and use that for
the screen of the SatNav". Problem is what would be a good model? It
should be 16:9 and maybe a 5 or 6inch screen (diagonal) but with a nice,
clear display.

I've tried the screens which came with our cheapie portable DVD player (oh
the bliss of quiet children in the back!) but these are of poor quality and
no good for anything with text on the screen.

So, anyone got any suggestions? Input should be L & R audio & composite
video.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Paul DS.

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see it?
Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?
housetrained

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see
it? Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?
housetrained

It would make an interesting court case! Since my phone can already stream
TV or in-memory-card movies, I'm already doing this. I believe the
distinction may be whether there is a stationary image (info about the car,
the map etc ) or rapidly moving stuff.

But I'll bet the law has yet to be fully defined by a court case.

Paul DS.

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:40 -0000, housetrained
wrote:

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see it?
Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?

Our vehicles have a monitor where the driver can see it, to put the output
of the reversing camera on. Obviously just having a monitor is not illegal.

In article ,
Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:40 -0000, housetrained
wrote:

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see
it? Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?

Our vehicles have a monitor where the driver can see it, to put the
output of the reversing camera on. Obviously just having a monitor is not
illegal.

It might be, but it is possible to get an exemption from the requirements.
I arranged it twice in the past 'to have a tv set within view of the
driver'.

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Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:40 -0000, housetrained
wrote:

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see it?
Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?

Our vehicles have a monitor where the driver can see it, to put the output
of the reversing camera on. Obviously just having a monitor is not illegal.
I have such an arrangement in two vans.

Bill

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:32:39 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

would it not be illegal to have a TV/Monitor where the driver could see
it? Even tho' you would be using it as a Satnav?

Our vehicles have a monitor where the driver can see it, to put the
output of the reversing camera on. Obviously just having a monitor is not
illegal.

It might be, but it is possible to get an exemption from the requirements.
I arranged it twice in the past 'to have a tv set within view of the
driver'.

It's not a TV set. It's a monitor - a screen with a baseband video input.
Flippin' 'eck - Mercedes integrate them into their vans these days as
part of the "radio/sat nav/whatever other function" system. They wouldn't
do it if it was illegal or needed some exemption.