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21-08-2008, 11:41 PM
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OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
A couple of Japanese companies just announced a giant leap in OLED (organic LED) screen tech, making the displays last 30 times longer and use a tenth of the power. Toshiba Matsushita and Idemitsu are showing off a high-performance 2.2-inch 240x320 screen for cell phones that uses some gee-whiz small molecule tech that might make the super-sharp, ultra-bright displays practical. How’s a 60,000 hour life sound?
Sure, there are OLED screens available now from Sony and others on the way, and they look better than any display we’ve seen. But those limitations of durability, and most of all, their high price, are holding the tech back thus far.
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22-08-2008, 08:59 AM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
That does sound pretty good. The amazing thing about those screens is how thin and light they are. Combine that with low power and you have a pretty fantastic PPC screen!
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22-08-2008, 01:13 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
But at what price?
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22-08-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
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Oh now your just being practical. Where's the fun in that? Obviously the screens are going to be more expensive to start with, until production volumes are ramped up to decent levels and economies of scale kick-in. But the obvious practical benefits of the technology will ensure that does happen. OLED's are already appearing in quite a few mobile phones. Admittedly, they are usually the smaller external screens on clamshells but one or two models are using them as their main screen now.
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22-08-2008, 02:57 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
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surely we could have said that about colour screens when they were first introduced 
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22-08-2008, 03:17 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
Or LCDs. I remember "laptops" with CRTs.
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22-08-2008, 03:23 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
Laptops with CRT screens, gosh way behind my times!
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22-08-2008, 03:27 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
Laptop is overstating it. It looked like an old oscilliscope with a fold-down keyboard. There was a 5.25" floppy drive mounted vertically to the right of the small screen.
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22-08-2008, 03:40 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
Ah right the plastic brief case type things, I remember those?
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22-08-2008, 05:02 PM
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Re: OLED screen that lasts 30 times longer using a tenth the energy
Made by Walters in UK IIRC, but based on the Compaq ?
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