This past January we reported about Sony’s ultra-thin OLED (orangic light emitting diode) televisions that were on display at the CES. These beauties produce a far greater range of colors and contrast ratio (try 1,000,000:1) making them absolutely amazing to look at – and they range in thickness from just 3mm to 9mm.

At the CES Sony wasn’t saying one word about cost or when the public would be able to purchase these in stores, leading to speculation that the OLED technology would remain out-of-reach and in the prototype stage until Sony could crack a way to mass manufacturer them.

Now it appears that Sony has solved that problem because the Japanese electronics titan has announced that it will begin selling OLED TVs before the end of 2007. But here’s the rub: Sony hasn’t revealed what size their first OLED units will be or at what price range they will debut at. Remember 10 years back when plasma TVs first hit the market and how much they cost at the time? Larger OLED screens may very well come out costing five digits in price but the smaller ones could still be within reach of us commoners.

Still, all we have right now for sure is that Sony will bring OLED to us before the ball drops in Times Square. We’ll keep you informed about prices and availability when Sony makes an announcement.

via OhGizmo