OLED TVs: Technology Advancements Thread - Page 33

This is great news. That would be 2 900 in USD?

Does anyone else think OLED will fail and Plasma production will come to an end leaving us stuck with LCD?

The ultimate horror story nightmare would be ONLY LCD!

Not TV related, but still an OLED technology advancement: Philips introduces its Lumiblade OLED lighting technology.



Lumiblade - the cutting edge of light

Lumiblade is an all-in-one lighting system complete with built-in reflectors and diffusers. Add in a potential lifetime of several 10,000s of hours, an excellent energy efficiency and it's clear why many see Lumiblade as a fit-and-forget solution that's good for the lifetime of an object or interior design.

Energy efficient

Lumiblade has the potential of reaching energy efficiencies of up to 140 lum/W, 15 times higher than conventional light bulbs. That makes it an energy-efficient light source for today's regulations and budgets. Long term, Lumiblade is a good alternative to fluorescent lighting.

However, today's performance is still limited and allows for small, decorative purposes only. Philips offers today already a range of components to experiment with

Product performance (2009)

* up to 20 lm/W in different shades of white and RGB
* 1,000 cd/m² brightness
* 10,000 hours lifetime (at 50% initial brightness)
* 1.8 mm thin
* <50 cm surface

As a rule of thumb: we expect the efficieny to double every 2-3 years.

And fluorescent lamps are about 60 lm/W, so they have quite a way to go. If they can reach their projected 140 lm/W, they have a winner though.

And that's why I hate 'knee-jerk' laws like this, because they don't give leeway to new/niche technologies, or to techs which can eventually grow to much better efficiencies.

The free market can naturally pick the cheaper/better techs without law having to enforce things

OLED microdisplay with superhigh resolution

http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php...&id=1240467762


"Offering better comfort to users of point-and-shoot digital cameras, and new designs for video glasses with the highest resolution ever, Microoled and the CEA-Leti have targeted these and many other potential applications with the announcement of the yet most efficient silicon-based OLED microdisplay out there.

Microoled and CEA-Leti announce the OLED microdisplay with the finest pixel pitch (more than 1.7 million sub-pixels, 2 to 4 times more than the other emissive technologies) and the lowest power consumption reported to date (4 times more efficient).
This very compact 0.38” WVGA microdisplay from Microoled is based on the OLED technology licensed from Thomson and CEA, and integrates technologies developed by Microoled and CEA-Leti. This display is targeted for camcorder and digital still camera eye-pieces as well as for video or interactive eyeglasses.


The small OLED panel has a stunning resolution of 873x500 pixels on a 0.38” surface."

LG also plan to announce 15-inch and 32-inch OLED panels soon: http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php...&id=1240817166

Any conjecture on when we'll see a 50" OLED, or bigger, for less than $10K?

My old panny 50" plasma needs an upgrade. I just got a new 42" panny for the family room and it looks great -- far better CR than my old 50 incher.

But, I want a much bigger screen for the HT if I'm going to upgrade, which has me thinking about PJ (JVC or Sony LCOS). However, if 65" or bigger OLEDs are 3 to 5 years away, I'll wait.

Based off of recent information (like the post below), it's unlikely we will see an OLED display larger than 37" in the next 24 months. But we should see OLED monitors suitable as CRT/LCD computer monitor replacements in the next 24 months!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 06:52.
37-inch | Oled-TV | panasonic | pioneer | toshiba
http://www.oled-display.net/panasoni...v-in-18-months



There are new rumors that Panasonic want to introduce a 37 inch OLED Television device within 18 months to 2 years.

This information comes from the Senior Panasonic executive which were in Australia. He said that Panasonic is currently researching HD OLED Televisions.

Thats a surprise because at the Ces-2009 Panasonic they hat not talked about an Oled-Tv, one of the reason are the production costs and the lifespan so the main message from Panasonic for a few months.

Now Panasonic want with the help from Pioneer engineers which are changing to Panasonic they are able to deliver new technology that expanded the lifespan Oled screen from 30,000 hours to 50,000 hours.

Toshiba are announcing that they are working with Panasonic to move the OLED technology forward.

The first OLED TV from Panasonic are tipped to be a 37 inch panel. This organic light emitting diode panel will be produced at the new IPS Alpha factory.via Smarthouse

It all looks like the point of no return. OLED: here... we... come!

Hell yeah!

A 37" oled from panny would be a nice bedroom-wall-tv

I wonder how much OLED is in the public consciousness.

When big-screen OLEDs appear in showrooms, I guess people will see the benefits.

There are rumors of an iPhone with an OLED screen. Such a high-profile product may help raise awareness of the technology.

Yes, there are LCoS FPTVs still available. Sadly, the LCoS RPTVs are gone.

Some bad news about Sony's plans:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...s-oled-tellies

You mean bad speculation?

Sony denies abandoning OLED TV market

Sharpbandaid:

I'm glad to hear it. I've been looking forward to seeing a mid-sized Sony OLED screen.

Panasonic teams up with Sumitomo for OLED TVs


http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssC...14339520090508

Panasonic 37" OLED TV = win

Has anyone announced a 19" or 20" OLED? The LCD models in this size are totally inaccurate.

40" consuming only 40 watts?! Thats nice!

Wow interesting stuff.

However, I read that this is an OEL TV and it does look like it is different from the OLED TV that we are talking about.

So if I may ask: What is OEL TV and what are the differences and/or similarities between OLED TVs???

If 40" is doable in 2010 then 50" can't be that far behind. Just keep in mind OLED is new technology and look how long it took plasma and LCD to get it right (~10 years?). OLED probably won't take 10 years to perfect, but early adopters should beware that the first models are sure to have issues, especially about short life-span of some colors. So if you want an affordable and reliable FP 50" or bigger for the next 5 years, I think plasma is still the way to go, especially at today's prices.

I wonder how much harder it is to produce bigger OLED panels compared to smaller ones. Is the cost of the manufacturing equipment something like linear to the (area) size, and do different techniques have to be used for the larger TVs? I'm guessing the amount of materials used would be linear to cost in any case...

Probably a couple of years, if that.


Remember that OLED has been around for a long time and the blue lifespan issue has taken at least 7 years to get to a usable state. Isochroma started this thread 3 years ago and despite all of the prototypes out there we still have seen only one OLED TV on the market.


Agreed