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OLED TVs Arriving Within the Next Three Years

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cooler-screens-but-not-shows dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Toshiba and Matsushita, in a joint venture, are going to be bringing OLED TV panels to market within 3 years! Granted, the size of the panel is only 20.8 inches, but that is a huge step up from the small OLED screens used in cell phones and other portable devices. It will have a resolution of 1,280 by 768 pixels (WXGA) and handles 16.7 million colors. No specifications on contrast, brightness, or refresh rates have been released, but such specs wouldn't necessarily be indicative of OLED displays to be released in three years' time."

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  1. Re:Better color gamut by ajs · · Score: 4, Informative
    In the article from Toshiba/Matsushita that TFA references, I found the following blurb that answers my question:

    In addition, the OLED panel features an ultra-wide viewing angle, a thinner profile due to the eliminated backlighting system and other peripheral elements, and energy conservation offering eco-friendly advantages.


    Woohoo! I can't wait to buy one (though I'll likely wait for 32+" versions.
  2. Root poster must be joking. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    OLED displays degrade very rapidly, from day 1 on... the blue elements have a life-time of about 5000 hours, the red and green about 60000 hours. You can expec to get about 40000 out of a typical display, which of course will look like crap due to loss in color fidelity.

    I've very sceptical of this claim of OLED TVs in 3 years. Remember ?

  3. Re:Blue Is The Colour by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    yes they have; now up to 20,000 hours

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#Drawbacks