Samsung 17" AMOLED screen

[biostud]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/18/samsungs-ultra-thin-17-inch-amoled-display/

These days it seems if it's not thin, Samsung ain't in it. They even brought their skinny ethic to desktop PCs and computer mice yesterday, so it's only natural that they'd follow those up with an incredibly skinny AMOLED desktop display to complete the setup. The active matrix / organic light emitting diode hybrid AMOLED technology has been a Samsung favorite, providing bright, colorful displays in quite thin form factors, since there's no need for a backlight. This new 17-inch display, however, is the largest we've seen by far. At a mere 12mm thick, the display rocks a 1,600 x 1,200 resolution, less than 0.01ms response time, 400 nits of brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. Of course, it's all conceptual for now, and there's no telling when this kind of display will make it to market, but it sure will be a welcome sight when it does.

 

[CP5670]

It's good to see some recent news about the upcoming display technologies. However, that contrast ratio seems pretty unimpressive considering the high brightness. I thought OLEDs are actually able to turn off and thus display pure black.

 

[zephyrprime]

Originally posted by: CP5670
It's good to see some recent news about the upcoming display technologies. However, that contrast ratio seems pretty unimpressive considering the high brightness. I thought OLEDs are actually able to turn off and thus display pure black.

Probably a lot of gate leakage in a plastic semiconductor.

 

[aka1nas]

That's nice resolution for a 17-inch display.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: CP5670
It's good to see some recent news about the upcoming display technologies. However, that contrast ratio seems pretty unimpressive considering the high brightness. I thought OLEDs are actually able to turn off and thus display pure black.

My thoughts exactly. I hope the black isn't 0.4 nits, because most LCDs are much better than that.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

considering this is just a prototype, i would assume that its only going to get better. and this is a first gen type as well, how good were first gen lcd displays.

 

[kmmatney]

So, I guess no backlight bleeding issues with these?

 

[n7]

Ah yes another prototype.

I just wish all this great technology would hurry onto the shelves