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Samsung Places A Big Bet on Quantum-Dot TV, Acquires QD Vision (zdnet.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the hope-they-don't-catch-on-fire dept.

Quantum-dot televisions promise "better picture quality and are also cheaper to manufacture than organic light-emitting diode sets," ZDNet reports. And now Samsung has confirmed their acquisition of Massachusetts-based QD Vision for $70 million, according to this article shared by Dthief: QD Vision, previously known as Color IQ, is a specialist in quantum dot display technology. Developed for displays including PC monitors and television sets, quantum-dot technology uses semiconductor nanoparticles to change the properties of quantum dots, improving color definition and sharpness... QD Vision will become part of Samsung's research and development unit in the hope of creating quantum-dot LED displays suitable for the consumer market which could, in turn, become a strong competitor against OLED displays... The agreement follows Samsung's pledge earlier this year to launch a total of 14 SUHD television models this year, all of which use quantum dot technology.

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  1. Re:Cadmium based LEDs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    OLEDs are crap. I have an MP3 player that used an OLED display and after about 3 years, all of the blue subpixels had faded such that the screen had a yellow tint. Because of that, I stopped using it and bought a new player (making sure it had an LCD) but non-use apparently doesn't stop the degradation as when I power it on now, the screen is almost impossible to see at all.

    For contrast, I had a Sony Trinitron TV that was manufactured some time in the mid 70s. It still worked fine 30 years later. Modern day electronics fucking suck.

  2. Re:Cadmium based LEDs by MobyDisk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Your experience with OLED seems to match the theory. Blue degrades fastest. Some causes of degredation are proportional to usage, while some are not. As a counterexample however, I have a 2.5-year-old Samsung Galaxy S5, which uses "Super AMOLED", with no noticeable degradation so far. Unsurprisingly, the OLED association claims that OLED lifespan is as good or better than LCD. Wikipedia implies that too, but it sounds like it depends on exactly how it is constructed.