Friday, April 13, 2007
Toshiba, Matsushita Bringing OLED to TVs
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"Toshiba and Matsushita have announced they plan to introduce organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for use in televisions within three years via a joint venture, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Company, (TMD). The joint venture has introduced a 20.8-inch OLED display panel, and aims to begin commercial production of OLED panels for flat-screen televisions by 2009. TMD says the 20.8-inch panel represents the world's largest screen size for polymer-type OLED displays. The company had previously built a 17-inch panel in April 2002, but has since focused on 2- to 3.5-inch OLED panels for use in mobile phones and other portable devices. The 20.8-inch panel offers a resolution of 1,280 by 768 pixels (WXGA) and handles 16.7 million colors. No specifications on contrast, brightness, or refresh rates have been released, but such specs wouldn't necessarily be indicative of OLED displays to be released in three years' time."
The authors of this article correctly point out that OLED displays consume very little power, provide wide viewing angles, thin profiles, and high contrast. But from what I understand, one of the advantages of OLED displays is to have extremely thin display screens. I can only hope that this would mean that flat panels are only going to get thinner. Oooh! Maybe truly like a painting in a frame.
The authors of this article correctly point out that OLED displays consume very little power, provide wide viewing angles, thin profiles, and high contrast. But from what I understand, one of the advantages of OLED displays is to have extremely thin display screens. I can only hope that this would mean that flat panels are only going to get thinner. Oooh! Maybe truly like a painting in a frame.
