JDI's flexible LCD prototype shown on video with a rigid BLU

Last week we reported that Japan Display is developing flexible LCD displays. The company demonstrated a 5.5" FHD LCD that it brands as FULL ACTIVE FLEX, aiming to mass produced such displays that compete with flexible OLEDs in 2018.





JDI posted a presentation detailing the company's strategy, in which they showed the video you see above. This shows how flexible the display is - but it also shows that the LED backlighting unit is not flexible which seems to be a major flaw - I'm guessing JDI will want to change that, otherwise there's not much point in a flexible LCD...

The 5.5" flexible Full-HD LCD's normal refresh rate is 60Hz, but it can be driven at 15Hz which significantly reduces the power consumption. The brightness of the display is 500 cd/m2 and the contrast ratio is 1500:1.

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Posted: Jan 31,2017 by Ron Mertens

Comments

Flexible LCD layer but not the back light. In general it means The screen won't be flexible. :)

Unless it uses a flexible white light OLED as backlight, but how does that superior then the conventional RGB OLED?