There were a lot of cool new TVs and displays showcased at SID 2007 this week, most notably Sony’s new ultra thin OLED display which has become one of the top videos on YouTube.

Above: Sony shows off their new display technology

Sony’s display uses a combination of EL (electroluminescent) and TFT (thin film transistor) technologies to creat a 3mm thick 160 x 120 pixel resolution flexible display.

Electroluminescent technology, which is often used as a back light on watches and alarm clocks gives the image a brightness and image quality that the most advanced TVs can’t match.

Not to be outdone, Samsung exhibited a 40″ LED backlit TV which won SID Display of the Year, and the largest mass-production LCD TV, a 70-inch behemoth that incorporates proprietary technology called McFI to double the number of frames per second for a better picture.

Samsung and L.G. Philips separately released A4 sized e-paper displays, the largest of their kind which are more or less what they sound - paper-thin displays which can be used to make things like this:

Above: Images of The SEIKO Electronic Ink watch for women courtesy of E Ink Corporation.

The full list of SID Display of the Year award winners is here.

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