OLED TV
What is OLED?
An OLED TV screen uses a new display technology called OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). OLED televisions are brighter, more efficient, thinner and feature better refresh rates and contrast than either LCD or Plasma.
-A little bit about the technology:
OLEDs are made by placing thin films of organic (carbon based) materials between two conductors. When electrical current is applied, a bright light is emitted. The OLED materials emit light and do not require a backlight (unlike LCDs). Each pixel is a small light-emitting diode, in fact. OLED TV panels offers several advantages over LCDs:
• Faster refresh rate, better contrast and better color reproduction
• Thickness: the LG's EL9500 for example is just 1.7mm thick. We've seen prototypes of OLED televisions that are merely 0.3mm thick!
• Better viewing angle - almost 180 degrees
• Greener: OLEDs draw less power, and contain no bad metals
• Potentially lexible or transparent...
True-OLED vs OLED-with-color-filters
-While a True-OLED TV uses 3 color OLED sub-pixels (Red, Green and Blue) to create each 'pixel', some companies are using a different architecture that uses white OLEDs with color filters (OLED-CF). These kinds of OLED TVs will be less efficient, but might be easier
-Samsung plans to build a Gen-8 pilot production line for OLED TVs, according to recent reports from Korea. They want to produce 55" OLED panels, and the pilot line will be able to produce 4,000 such panels monthly. Samsung will use the same building as used in their upcoming 5.5-Gen production plant.
In September, Yoon Boo-keun, the head of Samsung's TV business unit said that "It's too premature to commercialize OLED TVs due to strong price resistance, while Brian Berkeley, Samsung's OLED R&D VP said that OLED TVs are "coming soon". We'll have to wait and see what Samsung plans for us..”.
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