OLED TV

Sony - working only on OLED TVs, not on small OLED displays

oled — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:15:46 -0500

Sony says that they are 'investing heavily' in OLEDs - but only on OLED TVs. They are not interested in making smaller sized OLED displays. They say OLEDs have great performance, and are energy saving, too.

Via Twice

Samsung's new 40" OLED TV is High Def (1,920 x 1,080)

oled — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:37:55 -0400

Samsung is showing a new OLED TV prototype that is 40" and is high defintion - 1,920 by 1,080. Samsung already showed a 40" OLED in 2005, but the resolution was not so high.

The new panel has a contrast of 1,000,000:1. Samsung doesn't say when they'll commercialize this - only that they don't have plans to do it now. They also said that the 40" is the largest size they can produce, currently.

Will OLEDs compete with LCD/PDP TVs?

oled — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:24:50 -0400

Our friend at the DisplayBlog, Jin, has written an interesting view on OLEDs. Basically he says that by the time OLEDs are available (around 2010, hopefully) LCD/PDP TVs might have better contrast, be just as thin and with the same color gamut - and obviously they will be cheaper when OLEDs first arrive. In fact he thinks that a 30" OLED will cost about as much as a 60" LCD - and he's probably right at that - I'm not sure however that everyone will want such huge TVs!

Samsung Electronics show their 14" and 31" AMOLED TV at GITEX

oled — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:23:43 -0400

Samsung Electronics are showing the 14.1" and 31" AMOLED TV this week at GITEX technolgy week 2008 (Dubai). Samsung is boasting that these are not prototypes, but rather "finished TV products".

The finished products weigh forty percent less than other LCD TVs of the same size while boasting a contrast ratio of 1 million to one, color gamut of 107% and brightness of 550 cd/m2. Samsung will begin commercial production of mid and large sized OLED TVs around 2010.

After hearing that LG is "cautious" about OLED TVs, it's good to see Samsung is still committed.

Samsung and LG show OLED prototypes at IMID 2008

oled — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:28:52 -0400

IMID (International Meeting on Information Display) 2008 has opened in Korea, and both Samsung and LG is showing HD-OLED TVs.

Samsung Electronics is showing several models - a 31" TV, a 14" one (shown to the right) and a small 5" WVGA panel.

LG Display is showing a 19" one, based on amorphous Si TFT.

Samsung shows 14" and 31" OLED TVs, might be released early in 2010

oled — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:14:35 -0400

Samsung is "previewing" two OLED TVs, sized 14.1" and 31". The 31" TV is just 4.3mm thick, and uses half as much power as a 'regular' 32" TV. These TVs will be shown at CES 2009.

They don't have a release date yet, but they say it might be released in early 2010 (and no earlier...).

Sony shows a curved version of their 0.3mm thick OLED TV

oled — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:45:41 -0400

At CEATEC Japan 2008, Sony showed their 0.3mm thick OLED TV. This time, they showed a curved version of the TV.

It's not clear what is Sony's aim... probably not to make a 'curved' TV. Probably they are just showing off their flexible technology - and might be aiming at other applications (digital signage perhaps).

Panasonic still has doubts about OLED TVs

oled — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:33:04 -0400

Already skeptical about the ability of OLED to uproot the TV technology dominance of plasma and LCD in the next few years, the company cast even more doubt on the opening day of Ceatec 2008.

Speaking to a group of reporters, Panasonic AVC Networks President Toshihiro Sakamoto reiterated that OLED TVs will not be made in sizes of 30 inches or greater for now, and it's still not suitable for mass manufacturing. Currently, Panasonic does not have an OLED product on the market, but Sony does: it makes and 11-inch OLED TV, and is working on a 27-inch model.

Though Panasonic is working on making their own OLED set, Sakamoto said "we may have to redefine the market position of OLED."

Samsung: Blu Ray has 5 years left, we're putting our faith in OLED technology

oled — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:46:16 -0400

Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK told Pocket-lint in an interview that Blu-Ray has about 5 years left before it's replaced by a different format.

Instead Samsung is putting its faith in its OLED technology. The new technology, which is "ready to rock", is being held back at the moment due to high manufacturing costs.

"We will launch the OLED technology when it's at a price that will be appealing to the consumer, unfortunately that's not yet." Griffiths, citing 2010 as a possible date for your calendar, told us he believes that when the technology becomes mainstream it will replace LCD.

"It's gonna be big, but at the moment it's a great story, not commercial, product."

Samsung to release 14.1" OLED TVs at CES 2009

oled — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:54:40 -0400

Techradar reports that Samsung plans to release 14.1" OLED TVs at CES 2009 (January 8-11). The TVs will cost around 1800$ (similar to Sony's XEL-1). The TVs will be High-Definition, 120hz.