Are Samsung's OLEDs still a work in progress?

[Dari]

According to this link Samsung will try yet another pixel layout for their full HD 4.99 display in the upcoming Galaxy S 4. One has to wonder how many different layouts Samsung has tried with each iteration of the Galaxy series.

What's more, there has never been a OLED-based Samsung screen that I have liked. They look either washed out or are at one extreme of a color's range (e.g. too blue, too orange, too green...). Every single one. However, if the display in my HTC One S is sourced from Samsung (it is believed to be sourced from AU Optronics), it may be one of the first that I liked. But then it makes me wonder why they can't do this for their own displays, which look terrible. This screen is crisp, bright and vibrant.

According to Wikipedia, Samsung bought its way into the OLED market. But this happened 5 years ago. By now, you'd think there'd be a pattern on how to increase the resolution on OLED displays by now.

 

[grkM3]

Hated my galaxy nexus screen.it had horrid colors and very bad viewing angles.the colors would change by tilting the cell.it also had trails when moving fast and opening new windows.

Moved up to the galaxy s3 and love the screen without one single issue people complain about with holed.

Its so crisp and clean and the colors look really good and vivid.I would not trade it for another screen atm

 

[dguy6789]

Work in progress? Sure like every other screen tech. That said their screens have always been the best screens on the market at the time of their release.

 

[dagamer34]

I don't think the problem is the screen technology itself but Samsung Mobile's embellishment of oversaturated colors, much like in the TV world. I'm sure if they actually properly calibrated their displays, they'd look a lot better, but you wouldn't get that PUNCH which draws the eye of so many in the first place.

As for subpixel arrangements, it's harder for OLED to have the standard and proportional RGB arrangement because of the blue LED, though the Galaxy Note II does actually include 3 subpixels per pixel which is nice. I suspect though that on a 440ppi 4.99" 1080p screen, subpixels won't really matter that much anymore. We're talking twice the density of what's in the Galaxy S II!

 

[MrX8503]

Washed out? They've always looked over saturated to me.

I've always hated sub pixels, but at 1080p, you probably won't notice.

 

[openwheel]

I kind of like the over saturated look of Samsung AMOLED for "phones". It works well for phone usage. Pentile matrix looks disgusting on lower resolution displays (ie Galaxy S), however it is not an issue with HD resolution on a small screen. Just mho

It would be a different story for larger tablets and TVs. Those need calibrated more realistic colors.

 

[Red Storm]

Long ago I discovered that there are settings for the display that can change the look from warm to cool and normal.

Also every screen tech is a work in progress.

 

[Riceninja]

i dont mind the saturated colors but even if i did it's a small tradeoff for the deepest black possible. you cant even tell where the screen ends and bezel begins

 

[Dari]

I don't think the problem is the screen technology itself but Samsung Mobile's embellishment of oversaturated colors, much like in the TV world. I'm sure if they actually properly calibrated their displays, they'd look a lot better, but you wouldn't get that PUNCH which draws the eye of so many in the first place.

As for subpixel arrangements, it's harder for OLED to have the standard and proportional RGB arrangement because of the blue LED, though the Galaxy Note II does actually include 3 subpixels per pixel which is nice. I suspect though that on a 440ppi 4.99" 1080p screen, subpixels won't really matter that much anymore. We're talking twice the density of what's in the Galaxy S II!

Is there a technical reason for this? Or can you provide a link where I can look into it some more?

 

[dagamer34]

Is there a technical reason for this? Or can you provide a link where I can look into it some more?

Blue OLED sub pixels die faster for some reason so they use subpixel arrangements where there are fewer of them.

 

[Midwayman]

I love it for a phone, but I wonder if Samsung will ever solve their black crush issue with the AMOLED screens? From what I hear, its a continuing problem.