Samsung and Uni-Pixel team up for better, cheaper TMOS displays

Uni-Pixel has developed a new display technology that could succeed LCD and LED displays, and if all goes according to plan we might see something come to market as soon as next year. Opcuity uses one layer of MEMS film in in a TMOS (multiplexed optical shutter) device for results that are said to be ten times brighter and sixty percent cheaper to manufacture than LCDs (which use five layers). Since TMOS displays are very similar to LCDs, existing manufacturing lines can be used -- lowering start-up costs and rescuing older assembly lines in the process. According to the company's CFO, the manufacturing process "subtracts from existing LCD lines--you just need to remove some equipment that is no longer needed." Samsung and Uni-Pixel have teamed up to produce 4-inch displays using the technology, but who knows? Maybe Microsoft Research's interactive office will become a reality sooner than you think.

[Via OLED-Info]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:11AM]

I didn't! Thats bull. I didn't hit her. I did not. Oh hi Samsung!

[glennS Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:16AM]

I don't now what he is saying, but my first thought was...

KAAAAHHHHHNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:36AM]

POWER LEVEL 9000!!!!!!!!!

[j3ff Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:20AM]

10x brighter, 60% less energy, yadda yadda, just give me these facts if you're introducing a new display technology:
1) Color accuracy
2) Contrast ratio/black levels
3) Refresh rates (mentioned in article, good job)
4) Input lag (or lack there-of)
5) Viewing angles (least important by far though imo)

[grumbles Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:41AM]

Exactly. It still has a backlight (unlike OLED), so no matter what, there is going to be some sort of backlight bleed/backlight transmission, which means contrast ratios that will be less than perfect. And input lag, refresh rate? Who knows.

OLED still seems like the most promising new display technology at this point. I'm sick of band-aids and gimmicks like locally-dimmed LED backlighting and BS "refresh rates", LCD technology as a whole is inherently flawed and I'll be glad to see it gone.

[Shinigami Posted Oct 20th 2009 3:07AM]

1) Color accuracy
2) Contrast ratio/black levels
3) Refresh rates (mentioned in article, good job)
4) Input lag (or lack there-of)
5) Viewing angles (least important by far though imo)

Worse than on LCDs
Thats why its cheaper.
Because if its better, you won't want to pay 5x premium.

You don't have to believe me, just look at the price of Sony's OLED TV - 11 inches for $2500.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 5:18AM]

How about:

"The first samples of Opcuity(TM) Active Layer films were tested in static demonstration units built specifically for determining the performance of the films. These measured greater than 74% pixel efficiency, exceeding the targeted level to achieve maximum uniformity, and thus negatively impacted the uniformity of the test unit. The contrast ratio for a four by four (4x4) industry standard checkerboard pattern measured 140-to-1. The uniformity measured corresponding with the measured pixel efficiency was approximately 80% on one axis and 92% on the other axis. Comparison data measured in the UniPixel lab of a similarly sized LCD unit demonstrated light uniformity of 79% and 95% on its two axes, with a corresponding contrast ratio measure of 63-to-1. "

http://www.elecdir.com/press_release/store/1799/index.html

So it looks to outperform LCD. Pay no mind to the contrast ratio, this is not the number that manufacturers put on their panels. Just look at the comparison: 140:1 versus 63:1.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 4:30AM]

JUST WONDERING

Is it me, or, the bigger our TV's get, the crappier the content available on them gets... ???

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[JasonOT Posted Oct 20th 2009 5:18AM]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, SAMSUNG!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:56AM]

You r tearing me apart Lysa!!!!

[Zhuzhu Posted Oct 20th 2009 9:50AM]

What a juxtaposition of faces in that photo... Poll: which one is scarier?

[ConceptVBS Posted Oct 20th 2009 11:58AM]

^ No, your not wrong. Sony DOES use Samsung panels. Samsung has almost 25% of the global LCD TV market. They are much bigger than Sony.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 2:38PM]

A crotch shot would have made this pic a massive win.