As we reported http://www.oled-display.net/sony-xel-2-27-inch-oled-tv-comes-2009 now we are at the IFA 2008 an there are still rumors that Sony bring out the XEL-2 27-inch OLED Panel before 2009."Within the next 12 months, we haven't given a date," he said when asked to be more specific on timing said Howard Stringer in an interview.

But at the IFA there are some discussions with Sony guys about the XEL-2 and there debut. There are some hint that Sony bring out the XEL-2 in 2008 for the Asia market.

Our opinion is that Sony will introduce the XEL-2 at the ASIA Market after the CES-2008 in Las Vegas.The super top emission panel does have FULL HD 1920x1080 Pixel.
The 27-inch model is incredibly 10 millimeters thin panel and offers over 1,000,000 :1 contrast ratio with outstanding brightness, exceptional color reproduction, and a rapid response time. Also techradar report about the XEL-2 rumors.

Sony Product demonstration XEL-1 at the IFA-2008