OLED TV fans can see a new Sony OLED TV at CES 2011. It’s a 24.5″ model, glasses free 3D. While there are different opinions on 3D TV, we can probably all agree that it’s still a great picture and that no-one will be getting one anytime soon.
Here’s a video clip of the new Sony OLED TV prototype from my friend Erik.
Samsung Mobile Display recently showed off a rollable, 0.2 mm thick OLED display. This is only a very tiny screen but it certainly gets the imagination going. Check out the very bizarre video below:
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Samsung plans to commercialize this technology by 2013 and introduce rollable OLED TVs to consumers. I’ll believe that when I see it. There have been so many OLED TV announcements over the past couple of years that it’s hard to get much enthusiasm going when almost all the announcements by all the OLED manufacturers turn out to be nothing.
There are a number of reasons for this, most notably production difficulties and current cost to consumers. With new production facilities in the works we can hope that 2011 will bring some solid achievments in terms of getting decent sized OLED TVs into stores and homes at a reasonably high price.
Samsung recently exhibited a 19″ OLED TV with a panel produced by an inkjet method. It is not full HD but has a 960 x 540 pixel panel. You can bet this will not be in stores for the holidays but it is an important step forward in OLED TV technology.
Producing larger panels efficiently and cost effectively has been a major roadblock so far in the development of consumer ready OLED TVs. A number of companies have been working on a printing process for OLED panels but this is probably the first TV exhibited using this process.
Full story and photos at Tech-On
Acccording to my friend at oled-display.net, Samsung is planning a pilot line for larger sized OLED TV panels. Using an 8G production line they plan to produce 4000 55″ OLED TVs in 2012.
This is great news for OLED TV fans as the largest OLED TV so far is a 15″ model from LG and those are just about impossible to find anymore.
Full story at oled-display.net
Toshiba recently announced that they are scrapping their initial plans to mass produce OLED panels and will now concentrate on LCD instead.
“The plan is currently frozen. We’ll review the production plan again from scratch,” Toshiba mobile display spokesman Masahiro Kume told the Nikkei business daily.
$197 million was invested in a joint venture with Panasonic in 2008 to build OLED panels for mobile displays.
How this will affect any plans for Toshiba to produce an OLED TV remains unseen.
Full story at Reuters.com
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