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According to Displaysearch, strong OLED TV growth is forecast. LCD and plasma growth is predicted to slow however.

“While less than 40 thousand OLED units for TV applications may ship this year, DisplaySearch foresees potential for 126 percent compound annual growth in OLED TV panel demand over the next seven years,” Barnes said. “In addition, expectations for demand growth from mini-note PC applications remains high as consumers around the world are embracing smaller, lower-cost notebooks.”

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This is a subject that hasn’t received much attention. Usually, OLED TV reviews mention the attributes of the OLED displays that differentiate them from LCD or Plasma screens.

Amazing contrast levels, fantastic color and impossibly thin screens are many of the things that promise to make TV viewing, at least in the future, so much better. There are still production difficulties to overcome and the problem of offering a consumer ready product at a price point that is at least semi-competitive with LCD or plasma TV.

However, OLED TVs are not perfect. With the first OLED TV available to consumers, the XEL-1, Sony warns about screen damage due to image retention. This has been a problem in the past with plasma TV but apparently this is still something that OLED manufacturers are dealing with.

The XEL-1 manual states the following;

“Prolonged display of still images over time may cause permanent image retention. Avoid displaying images that cause image retention and take the following measures to protect the screen.”

The following are images that Sony says may cause image retention. (more…)

Samsung is showcasing it’s 14″ OLED TV and the Samsung 31″ OLED TV at GITEX 2008 in Dubai. These models are being presented as “finished products” presumably ready for the consumer market as opposed to the OLED TV concept models presented by other OLED TV manufacturers.

Press Release:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd is offering visitors to this year’s GITEX Technology Week 2008 in Dubai a glimpse at where the TV is headed.

The lineup at the Samsung booth will include two (14.1” and 31”) organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs, slimmest 52” LCD TV, quadruple full-HD LCD TV and a 200 Hz LCD TV.

The OLED is seen as a powerful contender for the future display market mainstream, given its very high resolution, svelte profile and extremely lightweight.

“Electronics manufacturers have already begun exhibiting these next-generation displays at major trade shows. However, Samsung is going a step further at Gitex, presenting the OLED as a finished TV product that features an elegant, optimized design”, said Bo Joong Kim, General Manager, AV division, Samsung Gulf Electronics. “Samsung’s OLED TVs represent greater technology innovation and set a new standard for TV sophistication”, added Kim.

These chic, ultra-slim OLED TVs employ OLED panels developed by Samsung SDI (the affiliate dedicated to display production). 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-/large- sized OLED TVs around 2010.

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About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion.

Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs.

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Despite all the buzz over OLED TVs and the amazing Sony XEL-1 OLED TV reviews over the last year, there are still no firm plans to launch larger screen sizes anytime soon.

Shinya Saeki, from Nikkei Electronics provides an overview of the prevailing OLED TV mood at CEATEC 2008.

“Sony Corp attracted many visitors to its booth last year because it announced the world’s first 11-inch OLED TV on the day before CEATEC. I remember thinking to myself, “The future of OLED TVs is bright.”

“Sony, of course, presented OLED TVs at this year’s CEATEC as well. The company exhibited a new 0.3mm slim OLED panel and an OLED TV that only measures 0.9mm at its slimmest part.

In spite of all this, Panasonic and other manufacturers aiming to commercialize OLED TVs did not have any OLED-related exhibits. And I heard many of the display engineers I met at the show say, “I don’t feel the same impact that I felt last year.” I suppose such an impression stemmed from their disappointment that they could not see any progress toward larger OLED TV products this year.”

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Some not so great comments on OLED TV technology from Panasonic at CEATEC 2008:

CHIBA, Japan–Already skeptical about the ability of OLED to uproot the TV technology dominance of plasma and LCD in the next few years, Panasonic 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 (organic light-emitting diode) 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 its own OLED set, Sakamoto said “we may have to redefine the market position of OLED.”

Full story at: cnet.com