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Sony’s Bravia OLED: the first flat-screen TV with sound that doesn’t suck

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THERE'S BEEN A fair amount of discussion about the two key technologies in Sony's new Bravia XBR-A1E series of OLED smart TVs, so we reached out to Sony for clarification. A company spokesperson confirmed that Sony does not manufacture the A1E-series' OLED panel, but declined to say where the panels are being sourced from.

Declining to identify suppliers is not an uncommon practice in any industry, but it doesn't take much imagination to speculate that Sony is sourcing its OLED) LG Display started out as a joint venture between LG Electronics and Philips Electronics and is now an independent, publicly traded company.

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