OLED TV

How much power saving will an OLED TV offer over the newest LCD TVs?

oled — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:19:15 -0400

There's an interesting post on DisplayDaily, trying to compute how much more efficien will an OLED TV be, when compared to the newest LCD TVs?

OLED TVs power consumption is supposed to be around 70% less than a 'plain' LCD. But the newest LCDs use a LED power source, and a new technology called Local-Area-Dimming (or LAD) actually allows the TV to use less energy in sections that use less color. This also gives the TV better contrast (black will finally be black).

According to the calculation of DisplayDaily (which is more of a guess, since we don't have large OLED TVs, and we do not have any shipping LCD with LAD yet) - an OLED TV will still take 30% less power than the best LCD. That's still very good!

DisplaySearch: OLED TV sales to grow 140% yearly between 2008 to 2016

oled — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:36:27 -0400

DisplayDearch has released their Quarterly Worldwide FPD Forecast Report. They forecast that OLED TV revenues will increase at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 140% from 2008 to 2016 - from 2M$ in 2008 to 2.4B$ in 2016. Demand for electronic books will lift revenue of electrophoretic and similar display technologies at a 49% CAGR (from 246M$ in 2008 to 1.7B$ in 2016).

Total FPD sales will rise only 1% per year, according to DisplaySearch.

Check out our OLED-Reports section for OLED related reports.

LG Display to buy OLED materials from Idemitsu Kosan

oled — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:48:02 -0400

LG Display says they have signed an agreement with Japan's Idemitsu Kosan for OLED materials. LG sees OLEDs growing rapidly, and they want a stable soruce for materials.

Idemitsu Kosan are also working with Sony and UDC on OLED display materials.

LG display plans to start making larger panels towards the end of 2009, and to sell OLED TVs in December 2009 or January 2010 in Korea. They expect the market to reach over 3B$ in 2010 (citing DisplaySearch numbers).

Seiko Epson sees 37" (and larger) inkjet-printed OLED TVs in 2012

oled — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:20:54 -0400

Last month Seiko Epson has unveiled a new inkjet-printing technology for OLEDs, suitable for large sized panels. We have talked to Satoru Miyashita, General Manager of Seiko Epson's Core Technology Development Center about this new technology and their plans for OLED production.

Q: You have shown a new ink-jet based OLED technology. You say it will enable 37" or larger HD-OLED TVs. Do you have any plans to actually make such TVs? When do you think products can be made with this new tech?
Epson is currently considering a variety of options regarding the commercialization of this technology, but at this point no specific announcements have been made about plans. We see 2012 as being the year that 37"+ OLED TVs will be launched by various makers, and 2015 as the year that sales will really take off for this market.

Espon 14-inch Inkjet processed OLED

IGNIS shows new AMOLED prototype using its MaxLife backlane tech

oled — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:58:44 -0400

IGNIS Innovation unveiled a prototype display using its backplane technology called MaxLife. The MaxLife solution compensates not only for the thin film transistor (TFT) degradation, but also for OLED as well.

IGNIS showed its prototype of a cutout of a 32” 1080p HDTV, with an operating device lifetime of 75,000 hrs and no image burn-in over that period, which is equivalent to 20 years when watching for 10hrs/day.

“The growth of the AMOLED industry has been constrained due to the technological hurdles associated with achieving a truly reliable, uniform and scalable TFT backplane. Our MaxLife platform now enables our customers, the display manufacturers, to accelerate their market introduction of large, visually stunning and affordable AMOLED HDTVs and other large area applications in the very near future”, said Paul Arsenault, President and CEO of IGNIS.

Interview with LG Display's OLED sales and marketing VP

oled — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:46:47 -0400

LG Display is one of the leaders in OLEDs, but they have recently sent some mixed messages - great OLED TV prototypes, promises of new OLED TV products soon, no AMOLED phones plans... Mr Won Kim, Vice Presideont of OLED Sales and Marketing from LG Display has agreed to answer a few questions we had, and set things straight.

Mr Won Kim ha sas BA in business management from Korea University, and has been working for LG since 1984. Now he's VP of OLED sales and marketing (since 2005).

Q: What kind of OLED products are LG currently selling? What is your current capacity for OLED production?
Mobile phone only. Current capacity is 7k sheets(365 x 460) per month, which is equivalent to 200k pcs of 3" size.

Q: Can you name some products that use your OLED displays?
So far two mobile phones tailored to SKT in Korea.

Q: You have been showing a 15" OLED TV prototype since the beginning of 2009... and you said it can begin production by June 2009. Which is now.. will you start making these panels? Or are you still waiting for a customer?
During the period of Dec 2009-Jan 2010, our customer will launch 15" OLED TV in Korean market. Thereafter global roll-out follows.

LG shows "tough" 15-inch OLED display

oled — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:53:17 -0400

LG is showing their 15" OLED TVs. To show how tough they are, they are hitting them with hammers...

The OLED is only 0.85mm thick, with 1366x768 resolution at 105ppi. The contast is 100,000:1, and the refresh rate is 120Hz. The OLED is built on a glass substrate with a steel-sheet on the back-side and a resin sealing layer on the front - this makes it durable to shock, as they demonstrate with the hammer...

via TechOn

Samsung announced production-ready 14.1" OLEDs for Laptops and 31" OLED TVs

oled — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:40:33 -0400

Samsung Mobile Displays announced 14.1" and 31" OLED TV panels, using what they call Fine Metal Mask (FMM) technology. Those panels are 'ready for production'.

The 14.1" WXGA is aimed for laptop computers. It's got a 1366x768 resolution, 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The whole panel is just 2.7mm thick.

The 31" FHD (1920x1080) TV panel is using LTPS, and also has 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The panel is thicker at 8.9mm.

Samsung 31-inch HDTV

The last display is a 40" FHD OLED TV, with pretty much the same features as the 31" TV. This one is not 'ready for production', yet.

SMD has updated their web site, with lot's of details on the new panels, and also other AMOLED (smaller ones for mobile displays), as well as 'future OLEDs' - flexible and transparent ones.

Seiko Epson new inkjet technology to enable large size HD OLED TVs

oled — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:58:48 -0400

Seiko Epson today announced that it has developed a new inkjet technology that enables uniform deposition of OLED materials in large size displays. They believe that this is a major step towards 37" (or larger) HD OLED TVs.

Espon 14-inch Inkjet processed OLED

Seiko Epson claim this is the first technology that can reliably form uniform organic materials on large substrates. The most widely used tech today, Vaccum Thermal Evaporation (VTE) is not able to do it because of several technical issues.

Sony: we're committed to OLEDs TVs, it's the "next display technology"

oled — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:14:00 -0400

Sony has been talking to TechRadar, and saying that they are completely committed to OLEDs. They see OLEDs as the next display technology.

Sony 21-inch OLED prototype

Sony however thinks that it'll take a few years (at least) for OLEDs TVs to surpass LCD TVs. Sony want to 'slowly cultivate' their OLED technology - they plan to deliver 'new lifestyle ideas and applications' using OLEDs.

Sony are rumored to be releasing their next-generation OLED TV (The XEL-2?) at IFA 2009. It will be bigger than the XEL-1, at 21" or 27".