OLED is on the way

[Warbie]

Only 3k for 11" :|

1,000,000:1 contrast and 3mm thin!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/sonys-1-000-000-1-contrast-ratio-27-inch-oled-hdtv/
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/oel/index.html

It looks like it'll be a couple of years before we get decent size screens and a decent price, but the future is coming

There's one to view at Harrods at the moment if you're close. I haven't been, but apparently it absolutely destroys lcd and plasma with HD material.

 

[PJ]

they do look pretty cool. i'll never be able to afford it though

 

[ríomhaire]

So why are these screens so magicgood and why do I think "OLD" every time I see the name?

 

[Warbie]

Of the coming technologies, OLED looks the most likely to win:

http://www.1touchmovie.com/flat_panel_displays.html

CRT like black levels and motion handling, 1,000 better response time than LCD, rich, saturated colours.

they do look pretty cool. i'll never be able to afford it though

It won't be long (2 or 3 years?) untill they're as cheap as current lcd screens - just much, much better

 

[theotherguy]

Of the coming technologies, OLED looks the most likely to win:

http://www.1touchmovie.com/flat_panel_displays.html

CRT like black levels and motion handling, 1,000 better response time than LCD, rich, saturated colours.



It won't be long (2 or 3 years?) untill they're as cheap as current lcd screens - just much, much better

They also degrade after less than 2 years and become unusuable.....

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

They also degrade after less than 2 years and become unusuable.....

No. First of all, what you're referring to is the half brightness time, how long the TV can run continuously before it will only be able to display at half brightness. They tested a current OLED display and came up with 17,000 hours (just under 2 years) of continuous use, which at around an average of 4.5 hours a day would mean it would take over 10 years for the OLED display's brightness to degrade halfway.

That's not a short time at all, it just doesn't last as long as LCD TVs, which have a half brightness time of around 50,000 hours, just under 6 years continuously, or 30 years at an average of 4.5 hours a day.

Also, the OLED TV they measured was Sony's first model released early last year.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/13/displaysearch_sony_oled/

 

[MrBobbert]

no i believe he was referring to the main problem with OLED screens. since its a printed biological layer of basically organisms which produce red, green, and blue, the main issue is that the blue organism dies way before the red and green. It kills the ability to create a third of the colours possible, hence killing the screen and making it unusable.

 

[Sedako]

no i believe he was referring to the main problem with OLED screens. since its a printed biological layer of basically organisms which produce red, green, and blue, the main issue is that the blue organism dies way before the red and green. It kills the ability to create a third of the colours possible, hence killing the screen and making it unusable.

Organic != living organisms. It's simply an organic compound that is electroluminescent, of which break down over a period of time. A few manufacturers have found a way around this limitation, and they claim that they are now able to produce OLED sheets that have a longer lifetime than LCDs.

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

no i believe he was referring to the main problem with OLED screens. since its a printed biological layer of basically organisms which produce red, green, and blue, the main issue is that the blue organism dies way before the red and green. It kills the ability to create a third of the colours possible, hence killing the screen and making it unusable.

Ignoring the erroneous organism/biological comments, it's the same thing, you just described it differently.

 

[Saturos]

Hopefully, in about three years or so, I'll be able to throw this crappy '21 Hi-def Samsung LCD monitor I currently have in the trash. LOL

I've always hated LCDS. No matter how much money I spend on a good one, I swear my Tru-Flat CRT always had the better picture (contrast, color richness, viewing angle etc). Maybe my eyes or broken or something. :|

OLED does away with all the gripes I currently have with LCD tech and so much more. I'm very excited about it tbh. Good riddance to LCD.

EDIT> BTW, shouldn't this be in the hardware & software forums?

 

[Sedako]

No matter how much you spend on an LCD, it will always have trade-offs with other panel types. I'm glad that OLEDs will do away with most of the flaws of LCD tech. The one jarring flaw remaining are the native resolution limitations not present in CRTs.

 

[Warped]

I want OLED but I can wait before its the household norm