OLED monitor

Dell is showing a nice new OLED laptop prototype - a Studio XPS 16 with a 2mm thick OLED display. Dell says that comparing to the LCD display, the OLED is faster and uses less power. It also has a higher contrast ratio of 10,000:1.

Dell says that this is just concept, they didn't mention how close their are to actually releasing an OLED laptop. Dell's CEO has hinted at OLED laptops back in 2008...

Via Electronista

Samsung are showing a laptop that uses a 14" transparent OLED display:

The OLED is up to 40% transparent. I'm not sure if it's useful, but it sure is amazing. In any case, Samsung did not mention any plans to make this into a real product... Here's a short video:

Via Engadget

Samsung is showing a couple of new OLED laptop prototypes. The first is a 7" OLED WSVGA (1024x600) with a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.

Samsung 7-inch OLED laptop prototype

The second prototype is a hybrid laptop-desktop system, with a 14" WXGA (1366x768) OLED. It also features 300cd/m2 and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The monitor's width is 2.7mm.

Samsung 14-inch OLED hybrid prototype

Here's a short video of the 7" laptop:

Via AkihabaraNews

The Mirror has an interesting story - LG says that they will offer an OLED monitor (probably the 15" panel) that will be used on the go - so you can take it along with you when you go outside, to be used with your laptop (or other devices) as an external display. OLEDs are thin and light - so this might be an interesting...

LG are also said to be internally experimenting with an OLED laptop - which of course will be a very high-end model.

Kyu Uhm, Head of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Samsung's Computing Division, said that the company would look to release an OLED laptop towards the end of 2010 - probably in Q3. 

Samsung SDI 12.1 inch laptop prototype

"Samsung is the largest OLED screen manufacturer. And as soon as it's available commercially for laptops we will adopt it" he said.

According to Samsung, Gartner believes that OLED notebook will become the norm over the next 5 years.

Samsung Mobile Displays announced 14.1" and 31" OLED TV panels, using what they call Fine Metal Mask (FMM) technology. Those panels are 'ready for production'.

The 14.1" WXGA is aimed for laptop computers. It's got a 1366x768 resolution, 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The whole panel is just 2.7mm thick.

The 31" FHD (1920x1080) TV panel is using LTPS, and also has 200cd brightness,  color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The panel is thicker at 8.9mm.

Samsung 31-inch HDTV

The last display is a 40" FHD OLED TV, with pretty much the same features as the 31" TV. This one is not 'ready for production', yet.

SMD has updated their web site, with lot's of details on the new panels, and also other AMOLED (smaller ones for mobile displays), as well as 'future OLEDs' - flexible and transparent ones.

Yesterday we published a story about a video of Samsung's 23" OLED monitor by First Look Review... A recent comment on our post and in YouTube's video page claimed this is a fake (thanks Nuninho1980!)... 

And I believe that indeed this is true. This is not an OLED monitor, but a regular one, probably the P2370L. Here's the original press release of the P2370L. Let me tell you why: