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Less than positive OLED TV news from Samsung last week.

“South Korea’s Samsung will not bring OLED TVs to market anytime soon, says the company’s Vice President in the Flat Panel Development division, HS Kim. The technology is currently considered too expensive, and customers would not pay the premium, as OLED sets would cost 10 times as much as equivalent LCD or plasma HDTVs, Kim says. As such, Samsung will hold off on releasing OLED TVs until the cost of the technology comes down to a level customers are willing to pay.”

I should be interesting to see what Sony does next year as they had announced that their 27″ OLED TV, the XEL-2 (?) should be available in 2009.

Full story at Electronista.com

 

Another Sony OLED TV review from Gary Krakow at TheStreetTV. He reviews the much anticipated (at least a year ago anyway) OLED TV from Sony and says it may be the best ever.

 

A news release from South Korea claims a major advance in OLED display technology

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korean scientists have claimed to have developed an efficient “true blue” material that can accelerate the development of next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.

The development was announced by Pusan National University chemistry professor Jin Sung-Ho, who has led a joint state-funded project with Seoul National University engineers.

South Korea, the world’s largest producer of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), is trying hard to develop more efficient OLED screens.

OLEDs must be made to mix green, red and blue lights. Scientists have developed efficient green and red OLED materials but they have had problems making a true blue OLED material.

Jin said his discovery would allow the creation of “energy efficient” OLED displays. Compared to LCDs, OLEDs offer a greater field of vision, better colour quality and require less power.

 

Check out the video of Sony’s 0.3mm thick OLED TV. I don’t know how soon we’ll see something like this in stores (maybe never) but it’s pretty amazing!

This would be the ideal thing to hang on a wall but at the present level of OLED TV development, it will be a long time before you or I get one.

 

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.”

Read more at twice.com

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