At CES last January we told you “thin is in” in reference to flat-panel HDTVs that year, and Sony, despite neglecting to announce its own thin LCD back soon after, is never one to be left behind an emerging trend. Now the company jumps on board with what appears

to be the thinnest flat-panel display yet, excepting the company’s own OLED-based XEL-1.

The newly-announced KDL-40ZX1M (price TBD, December) will boast a panel that measures just 9.9mm deep, which translates to about 0.39 inches in the good old U-S of A. There’s no word on how deep the TV is with the base included….

Original post by David Katzmaier