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Here is a thought experiment I've been pondering for some time. SONY and Samsung parade around all those brilliant big (up to around 40") OLED prototypes at various trade shows.
So they have the ability to produce such things in very small quantities. Say I won the lottery and like a rich spoiled idiot I thought myself too rich and important to wait for things like normal people. If I contacted SONY/Samsung and said something to the effect of, build and ship me your current biggest OLED prototype at any cost you deem, do you think they would?
How much do you think would such a prototype run at? I know they must be expensive to make because they are not yet fit for mass production, but what if all you were interested in was one single unit, how possibly expensive could it be to make one, say, 40+" OLED. 10000$, 20000$, more?
I suppose the panel itself is just the beginning, there is also the issue of software running the damn thing, even if it will act mostly as a monitor with no tuner or other TV like characteristics sans perhaps a single HDMI port. The trade show models sure do have some software built in, wither it is some sort of custom bare bones deal just enough to display their show reel or a tweaked version of the manufacturers newest proprietary picture engine (Bravia Engine 3 PRO for SONY for an example), is up for debate.
What do you think? Anyone with inside knowledge who can make an educated guess?
So they have the ability to produce such things in very small quantities. Say I won the lottery and like a rich spoiled idiot I thought myself too rich and important to wait for things like normal people. If I contacted SONY/Samsung and said something to the effect of, build and ship me your current biggest OLED prototype at any cost you deem, do you think they would?
How much do you think would such a prototype run at? I know they must be expensive to make because they are not yet fit for mass production, but what if all you were interested in was one single unit, how possibly expensive could it be to make one, say, 40+" OLED. 10000$, 20000$, more?
I suppose the panel itself is just the beginning, there is also the issue of software running the damn thing, even if it will act mostly as a monitor with no tuner or other TV like characteristics sans perhaps a single HDMI port. The trade show models sure do have some software built in, wither it is some sort of custom bare bones deal just enough to display their show reel or a tweaked version of the manufacturers newest proprietary picture engine (Bravia Engine 3 PRO for SONY for an example), is up for debate.
What do you think? Anyone with inside knowledge who can make an educated guess?