Comments on: Samsung announces 31″ OLED display

By: z80

z80 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:14:53 +0000

all these technologies suffer from limited life (short life span of solid state blue light emitters) compared to CRT
Also the color range of CRT’s is much wider which is why i will be using CRT’s on my desktop for some years to come.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:05:43 +0000

I dont think you should really listen to that lifespan thing.

Lol, ive got a 2nd generation plasma….. they told me something ridiculous as the lifespan and even till now like 5+ yrs later its still working…. And still quite impressed about it.

By: Vitz

Vitz — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:55:13 +0000

Hmm, so this wouldn’t be good to play game or using as a monitor then, such short life time lolz . Good as tv though, hardly ever using it now lolz .

By: Rhonlith

Rhonlith — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:33:54 +0000

It’s only 2.3 years if you have the tv permanently on 24hrs a day.

By: Joakim Sweden

Joakim Sweden — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:15:24 +0000

20000 hours lifespan? That’s roughly 2.3 years… That must be resolved before regular consumers are going to put down cash for one of these screens.

By: A.Bundy

A.Bundy — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:44:35 +0000

great cezars ghost! you have to see these oled tvs in person. lcd only shows 40% of true colors. the oled doubles that %. super vibrant and no viewing angle, consumers less power, i can just keep going on. SED was canned a while ago, and i am glad to see oled surviving.

By: Boing

Boing — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:37:56 +0000

Being the best thing since sliced bread, does that imply that sliced bread is actually better than Halo3?

By: Porn King

Porn King — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:14:17 +0000

What about SED ?? Are they supposed to be better than OLED ? I have read about the two technologies a while ago and if a remember correctly it was said that SED is supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread (or fake breasts haha)

By: nice, but...

nice, but... — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:43:06 +0000

These are great monitors and all, but are already obsolete, actually were obsolete 6 years ago when the roll of plastic that is actually a tv/computer screen began development. Why the uber thin plastic screens havent come out yet, I don’t know, but they sure beat these outdated types of screens, hands down.

Seriously, stick with what you got now, don’t fall for this little piece of marketing with the OLED’s, wait for the new plastic screens you can roll up and take anywhere. Trust me, they’re real, and they are coming in the next two years, by my estimates.

By: That Dude

That Dude — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:34:24 +0000

Read about this oled technology a few years ago…I feel sorry for those who spent 2k plus on their lcd or plasma….cannot wait for these to hit the market. Definately will purchase..and a samsung at that.

By: plastic

plastic — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:04:03 +0000

@ 9 + 11: its about the panels. the panel is samsung, capisce!

By: bello

bello — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:50:02 +0000

I think 31″ is a stupid size. It’s too big for my office and too small for my living room. I rather see a cheaper 24″ which would be perfect for my office.
What is the resolution on this panel anyway?

By: aydin

aydin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:11:35 +0000

anyone know when we could reasonably expect these in the shops and what price levels?

i mean how long is the wait going to be for a reasonably affordable 32 inch for eg

By: Origami

Origami — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:06:23 +0000

From wiki
“OLEDs enable a greater range of colors, brightness, and viewing angle than LCDs, because OLED pixels directly emit light. OLED pixel colors appear correct and unshifted, even as the viewing angle approaches 90 degrees from normal. LCDs use a backlight and cannot show true black, while an “off” OLED element produces no light and consumes no power.
A standard LCD currently has an average of 8-12 millisecond response time, an OLED can have less than 0.01ms response time.”

Sound good for gaming, the only problem is the lifetime is significantly reduced from ~60,000 hours down to only 20,000.

By: Boing

Boing — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:17:29 +0000

How is OLED different from LCD?

More reliability / less dead pixels? Better viewing angle?

Lower power consumption will not make people buy them imo.. it would have to give a much better picture, particularly being higher in price.