It's approaching mid 2010 and you know what's missing. Jetpacks. Jetpacks and those
30-inch and larger OLED TVs
we were promised. Hell, the largest OLED TV available for retail currently is only 15-inches... if you can both
find and
afford it. Now
OLEDNet claims that Samsung Mobile Display -- you know, the
cellphone AMOLED guys -- is purchasing equipment in preparation for bringing its 5.5 generation facility on-line in the first half of 2011. That should give Samsung the ability make 42-inch AMOLED TVs on a
trial basis by the end of the twenty-eleven. But with relatively cheap LCDs steadily closing the gap on OLEDs size, contrast, and power savings advantages, well, we'll believe it when we see the first big screen OLED TVs in our living rooms. And with 3D LCDs (and plasmas) all the rage amongst distracted and financially-vested television manufacturers, we don't see that happening anytime soon.
posted May 14th 2010 6:04AM
OLED is the best. Dell Lightning will be > than any other phone.
htc evo isnt even oled, so stop saying its a good phone...
@account5 There are quite a few OLED phones out right now; I do agree that Evo is a bit over-hyped but I might just be evo-ious.
@account5 Also Dell Thunder > Lightning.
@account5 and yet ur being dumb because the HTC evo has an Amoled screen which is better that oled!
@possomcrast Actually, you just made yourself look stupid. The HTC Evo 4G has a TFT LCD screen, not an AMOLED screen. It was one of the issues that people actually complained about. Though a very small issue.
@account5
The EVO is probably is not going to to make you a better person or pay off your mortgage, but it is gonna be the best smartphone ever, it does'nt need to be hyped, it only needs to be tried.
As for OLED TVs, I dunno.
But it sure has to be a hell of a good OLED if it aspires to take the place of my beloved 60" Kouro.
@futurerheza however, putting a touch screen layer on OLED screen makes it harder to read in bright light and it is also more reflective. The only company to have done OLED well on a mobile device is Samsung.
@account5 I'v been using OLED for over a year on my mobile devices. Samsung impression (first US phone with OLED) and my zune hd. Incredible picture quality, only issue is the dim appearance in sunlight. Can't wait for super AMOLED to filter into the market.
As far as TVs go, make me an OLED computer monitor already!
WOW , OLED !
NICE , BUT ..... $$$$$$$
strange, the styling reminds me of Sony Bravia Monolith.
@plwh888
yes korea is famous for copying japan
Awesome! I don't like light in my rooms anyway!
@Evolyptic
You must be thinking about OLED touchscreens on mobile phones causing light to reflect and make the image hard to read - This TV will not likely have a touchscreen, and on cell phones Samsung have found a way to incorporate the touch layer into the main glass of the screen (SuperAMOLED) which enables the OLED screen to display as if it was a non-touchscreen device.
@TC :] It was a joke my friend. I actually am really excited and have been googling OLED monitors and tv screens every other month for the past year.
The key properties OLED has that I am interested in are the lightning fast refresh rates and the inherently good contrast ratios. Even Plasma can't hold a candle to the refresh rate of OLED, and the pixel size of OLED means it can realistically be used on displays under 40", unlike Plasma. Finally a potential contender to really improve upon the top-end CRT's of the early 2000's. Unfortunately the early models will be expensive, and I'm worried that people will be burned by the 3D fad and hold off purchasing new technology, fingers crossed Samsung and LG get some more competition soon.
@TC
as far as I can tell no one in the HDTV review community complained about plasma's pixel refresh rate! plasma's market does not care for sub 40" screens, someone really interested about home theater will go at least 42" and by the time OLED gets to the market in 30" LCD+plasma will give superlative pictures...OLED has a lot of potential but has no commercial sense and it will fail, it's clear as water
OLED and AMOLED , same ?
@littlea
Yes.
@littlea
No.
@littlea NO.
@littlea
Ok, to clear things up. You can consider the (A)ctive-(M)atrix OLED more advanced than the standard OLED (which is most likely passive-matrix).
AMOLED require a thin-film transistor backplane to switch the individual pixel on or off, and can make higher resolution and larger size displays possible. (source: wikipedia)
@SeeKo
Thanks . It means there are 2 kind of OLED, AM and PM . Right ?!
will it be super amoled?
@shawman i think super amoled it just the name samsung is using for oled touchscreens with the touch layer included into the main glass of the screen not as a different layer.... I want to see to technologies enter the market (1) OLED TVs (2) good and large capacity SSDs, both at a price i maybe able to afford....
The OLED I've designed into a product last year was made obsolete this year.
@dilbert1969 4.3" AMOLED
I don't know that OLED won't replace LCD. I expect there's a big difference between a 100,000:1 dynamic contrast and a 100,000:1 real contrast, which is what OLED offers. Those dynamic sets really just offer contrasts of 2,000:1 on any given frame of material (excluding local-dimming sets of course; and those have blooming problems, which I imagine is why manufacturers are abandoning them). And aren't the black levels on OLED essentially zero? Surely the eye can detect and appreciate such advantages. The main disadvantage OLED has is that it washes out in the sunlight... so I imagine an OLED TV will need to be kept out of direct sunlight.
@Dan12345
OLED is made of simpler materials. In the long run, it'll be cheaper to make. The key question is when.
Samsung's build quality sucks ........... their tv's don't detect many flash/pen drives..........
Forget about using OLED for large displays. I want to see them used in personal mobile display eyeglasses where they can show the left and right eye video signal of 3DTV HD content separately via either plug in cord or wireless network stream. Of course they also can be used to watch regular 1080p content too. The thin film should make the glasses not too bulky or heavy. Hopefully the cost will be low enough so people can afford multiple glasses for family viewing without having to buy one expensive large TV.