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New Sony OLED Display Can Roll Into Cylinder

Posted by StoneLion on from the still-can't-spindle-or-mutilate dept.

Anarki2004 writes "Sony recently debuted its latest in OLED technology: a 4.1-inch screen that's only 80 microns thick. The super-flexible display can roll up into a cylinder just 4mm in diameter while still showing moving images at 432×240 resolution. Instead of brittle integrated circuit chips, the screen has an on-panel gate-driven circuit — a world first, according to Sony. That innovation would allow everything but the power supply to roll and flex in applications."

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  1. That's nice and all by NotSoHeavyD3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But when are they going to be able to make 40" TV's that are affordable with OLED? (Hell, I thought a few years ago the shtick was that they could print them out so cheaply you would just make a new OLED every so often if anything went wrong with the screen.)

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  2. Really? Like maybe a Pencil? by decipher_saint · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Really can it be rolled around a pencil?

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  3. Re:Until... by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually I think the screen qualifies as a flimsy. :p

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  4. Dual screen by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OK so I imagine that the technology doesn't really fit well with touchscreen designs. That's fine though: I want a device like the HTC Evo with a nice sized touchscreen in the portrait orientation but a roll-out OLED in the landscape which would become a widescreen for video. I'm thinking like 3.5" normal 'portrait' screen and a 8" roll-out widescreen... if they can figure out a way to keep it pretty sturdy when rolled out. That'll be a challenge IMHO.

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  5. So what? by valnar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Am I the only person who doesn't care how thin they make these display technologies? In regards to HDTV's, I want it clear, accurate, without lag and cheap. Thin doesn't really matter.

  6. Re:those stripes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I saw similar stripes in early HD displays and then in early OLED displays when i would see prototype footage. I think it's more likely that they are minor problems with the way the screen lights up pixels on a grid. And it should certainly be fixed before production.