OLED panels will cost less than LCD panels...

[F J]

...in 2016! lol

 

 

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/lg-roadmap-predicts-oled-panels-will-cost-less-than-lcd-panels/

[Matt Sugden]

Personally I dont get this thing about LCDs getting thinner etc... my laptop which is maybe 5 years old has a lcd display which is about 5mm thick. Then you get all these new displays, which are admittadly larger, but then they stick them on these bulky stands, so whats all the fuss?

[impscoprook]

my laptop which is maybe 5 years old has a lcd display which is about 5mm thick. Then you get all these new displays, which are admittadly larger, but then they stick them on these bulky stands, so whats all the fuss?

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[F J]

Personally I dont get this thing about LCDs getting thinner etc... my laptop which is maybe 5 years old has a lcd display which is about 5mm thick. Then you get all these new displays, which are admittadly larger, but then they stick them on these bulky stands, so whats all the fuss?

 

uhh, this isnt a thin LCD, this is an OLED panel, completely different technology (which doesnt need 'Backlight')

 

oled components

 

like an led, an oled is a solid-state semiconductor device that is 100 to

500 nanometers thick or about 200 times smaller than a human hair. Oleds

can have either two layers or three layers of organic material; in the latter

design, the third layer helps transport electrons from the cathode to the

emissive layer. In this article, we'll be focusing on the two-layer design.

 

An oled consists of the following parts:

 

• substrate (clear plastic, glass, foil) - the substrate supports the oled.
  
• anode (transparent) - the anode removes electrons (adds electron "holes") when a current flows through the device.
  

• organic layers - these layers are made of organic molecules or polymers.
  
• o conducting layer - this layer is made of organic plastic molecules
  

that transport "holes" from the anode. One conducting polymer used in oleds is polyaniline.

 

• o emissive layer - this layer is made of organic plastic molecules (different ones from the conducting layer) that transport electrons from the~~ cathode; this is where light is made. One polymer used in the emissive layer is polyfluorene.
  

* cathode (may or may not be transparent depending on the type of ~~oled) - the cathode injects electrons when a current flows through the device.

 

^ sony's 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio 27-inch oled hdtv ^

 

 

"imagine having a high-definition tv that is 80 inches wide and less than a

quarter-inch thick, consumes less power than most tvs on the market

today and can be rolled up when you're not using it. What if you could have

a "heads up" display in your car? How about a display monitor built into your

clothing? These devices may be possible in the near future with the help of a

technology called organic light-emitting diodes (oleds)."

 

 

also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8S8tbQMp2k&feature=player_embedded

 

^

Edited November 4, 2009 by F J

[Matt Sugden]

ah!

 

in that case WOW! where can i get one?

 

Having read a press release from LG, one does wonder if it is a crafty move on their part. They are predicting their oLEDs to be mass market prices by 2016, and are telling people to hold off buying them til then, thus causing uncertainty in the market and slowing things up, giving them time to catch up with their technology perhaps? I realise LG are a big player with flat screen technology, but one does wonder, that normaly consumer consumption drives demand. On the one hand people might be happy with their large flat LCDs and not be interesting in upgrading, but on the other if their is a large energy saving to be made then that might be the catalyst, especially if the technology is going hand in hand with say a wireless powersupply.

 

Usually once the consumers want it, technology innovation has a way of speeding up.

Edited November 4, 2009 by Bewdy