OLED Monitors

[Bovinicus]

Here is a link to a site with more information about this technology. Organic Light Emitting Diode technology is superior to LCD technology in pretty much every way. They are lighter, thinner, consume less power, switch faster, and produce brighter colors. It sounds like it will revolutionize the monitor industry for both laptops and desktop computers. I can't wait to see some of these puppies in action.

 

How they work

It's too bad that when they do first come out, they will cost an arm& a leg and maybe even a torso.

 

[thorin]

Articles about OLED technology have been appearing on /. for the past 2 years yet very disappontingly the world has yet to see any viable solutions based on these products, though the demonstration in this article does suggest that it's coming closer slowly.

Thanks for the linkage though it's always good to hear that the technology hasn't been given up on.

Thorin

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

i've been loosely watching oled's for the past few years since i first heard of them. they are actually used quite alot in car stereos now, and i believe they're fairly common in cell phones too. just a matter of time...

 

[grant2]

It seems strange that they'd "waste" an in-every-way-superior (except cost) technology on car stereos, where typical LED is more than adequate in every way...

 

[GoodRevrnd]

*Ahem*

and have the potential to be much cheaper to manufacture than their conventional counterparts.

 

[azkiwi]

Originally posted by: grant2
It seems strange that they'd "waste" an in-every-way-superior (except cost) technology on car stereos, where typical LED is more than adequate in every way...

I think that this is the planned first use because thats as big as they can make the screens. Next will be cell phones and on up as the tech matures.

 

[Bovinicus]

I am willing to bet that if an OLED monitor can be implemented in a cell phone, it can also be implemented on a desktop monitor. It is probably just not cost effective at the moment, as is the case with many new technologies.

 

[Swanny]

As I remember they were also having problems getting the diodes to last long enough. Especially blue, which had a very short (a few months) lifespan. But granted I read this maybe 6 months ago. They've probably solved that problem by now.

And yes, this will be a totally kick-arse technology. I believe that it will finally get rid of CRT monitors for good and bring flat panels to the masses.

 

[DT4K]

Here's some info from the Kodak Intranet home page.


October 2, 2002

CHIBA, Japan -- Eastman Kodak Company and Sanyo Electric Co. unveiled this week a prototype fifteen-inch flat-panel display, the next generation of full-color displays based on Kodak's patented organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology.

The two companies are showing the prototype at the CEATEC JAPAN trade show. The active-matrix display features full-color, 1280 x 720 (HDTV) resolution; a display area of 326.4 x 183.6 mm; and a brightness that rivals the best active-matrix LCD monitors on the market today.

"This demonstration underscores the extendibility of our organic display technology to larger sizes and broader consumer applications, including television," said Leslie Polgar, the president of Kodak's Display Products business. "The visual impact of this 15-inch display is already at the level of recently commercialized LCD-TFT televisions, which bodes well for moving OLED displays beyond smaller consumer devices and into laptop computers and TVs."

Organic light-emitting diode displays offer bright, full-motion images that are viewable from a very wide angle. The displays comprise specially designed organic thin-film materials that emit light when stimulated by an electric charge. Benefits over conventional technologies include higher contrast for superb readability in most lighting conditions, faster response time to support streaming video, and industry-leading (165 degree) viewing angle and thinner design for better ergonomics.

In December, Kodak and Sanyo announced the formation of a global joint venture, the SK Display Corporation, to manufacture OLED displays for consumer devices such as cameras, PDAs, and portable entertainment machines. Today's announcement represents the latest milestone in the companies' joint effort to achieve widespread commercial use of OLED displays.

 

[zephyrprime]

As I remember they were also having problems getting the diodes to last long enough. Especially blue, which had a very short (a few months) lifespan. But granted I read this maybe 6 months ago. They've probably solved that problem by now.

I doubt it. Short lifetime is a problem that has hounded oled ever since it was made.