[DaveF]

OLED has been the next big thing for over five years now -- I was hearing about Kodak's research into it in Grad school. And it never seemed to quite go anywhere. Now, to my surprise, I find a editorial on it that says the first OLED display from Sony is stunning and makes all other display technologies obsolete.

TV Images to Dazzle the Jaded

Quote:

Name a drawback of plasma or L.C.D. — motion blur, uneven lighting across the panel, blacks that aren’t quite black, whites that aren’t quite white, limited viewing angle, color that isn’t quite true, brightness that washes out in bright rooms, screen-door effect up close — and this TV overcomes it.

Anyone seen this display? Is David Pogue reviewing the future of displays?

[chuckg]

OLED probably is better than some current display technologies, but I doubt seriously that it can outperform laser-based systems. Lasers have a huge color space, and can generate colors that no other system can even dream of. Direct raster-scan laser projection blows me away.... but of course it is a tad pricey.

[Leo Kerr]

Mid-April, I got to see working prototype FED screens. 20" monitors, driven at 24Hz (no flicker) and 200Hz (no smear) and a number of stops in between.

They're a beautiful thing, with gorgeous color space, incredible black-level, and everything you ever hoped for out of Plasma, LCD, or CRT, all combined into one thin (albeit small) box.

They had it running head-to-head with a $14,000 20" Sony color mastering CRT monitor, and it looked fantastic.

I, too, have been hearing about OLED displays for some time, and haven't ever seen one large enough to note. Sony didn't have one at NAB; I imagine they had it at CES, and might have it at Infocomm, but they're not shows I get to go to.

Leo