New "Quantum Dot" technology will be used for flat panel TVs in 2012...

[miahallen]

That's why I just bought an OLED display

HMZ-T1 FTW!!!

[stevecs]

Have to concur here, displays are really slagging off for high res/large surface area displays. I'm still waiting for a good >90" display with 2160p native. Looks like I'll be waiting for several more years.

[mursaat]

That's why I didn't waste much time deciding and went for the cheapest. Samsung LE46C630 for 600€ with shipping FTW!

[SexyMF]

I have Samsung 50" plasma. Use it for PC gaming. Love it. Big picture is just awesome. Viewing angles are fine. Rather a large TV over a small super high resolution monitor.

You can go 2x3 23" monitors with Eyefinity. But such resolutions are massive and difficult to support without a very expensive rig. A 50" TV is as big, free of bezels and can be drivin off a single decent GPU.

I am really please TV technology is heading towards 'displays' (i.e. computer monitors)

[miahallen]

I have Samsung 50" plasma. Use it for PC gaming. Love it. Big picture is just awesome. Viewing angles are fine. Rather a large TV over a small super high resolution monitor.

You can go 2x3 23" monitors with Eyefinity. But such resolutions are massive and difficult to support without a very expensive rig. A 50" TV is as big, free of bezels and can be drivin off a single decent GPU.

I am really please TV technology is heading towards 'displays' (i.e. computer monitors)

I agree, I'd been using a 32" 1080p Sharp for the past 4+ years as my main computer monitor, love it

[ryan92084]

Since they dont use 1 led per pixel backlight, local dimming creates halo. OLED doesnt use backlight so you get perfect blacks and no halo.

A properly calibrated local dimming set displays no perceptible halos/flashlighting for the vast majority of scenes. Only time its really noticable is on a black screen with a little network logo. That said i'd much rather have an OLED tv too bad they are still largely non existant.

[Kallenator]

Not a news thread worthy, bit old, but 2012 July. It will be interesting! This might overshadow the Quantum Dot tech a little.

According to reports both Samsung and LG Display plan to introduce 55" OLED TVs at CES 2012 (January 10). This is not surprising as this was announced before. According to the new reports, both companies want to introduce the products before the 2012 Olympics (which is a big event towards which many consumers buy a new TV) - which means we can expect those OLED TVs shipping at around July 2012.

LG Display is adopting a white-OLED with color filter design, which is less efficient than Samsung's true RGB OLED panel, but according to LG this will be easier to produce and ultimately cheaper for the consumer. Hopefully within a few months we'll know more about those TVs - including pricing details.

http://www.oled-info.com/samsung-and...ping-july-2011

Also shows us a nerf to be able to deliver at a price consumers will accept, it's going to be silly expensive, no doubt, but at least it just might be the kick this tech needs atm!

[eXa]

Yes, i was aware that they want to launch a 55" OLED next year, tho i didnt know about the white OLED one from LG. I guess white OLED vs rgb OLEd will be something like TN vs IPS. Cheaper but not as good. Exciting none the less.

[Kallenator]

Dunno to be honest, never read any comments on this White OLED type vs RGB OLED.
I don't doubt though that White OLED will smack LCD IPS and Plasma up and down every day of the week :p EDIT! Maybe not, rofl...

Some information here, shows cross section of how the tech looks when simplified.
http://pioneer.jp/topec/jigyo/oled/el_gijutsu1-e.html

[NEOAethyr]

Lots of new stuff lately related to quantum spin lately, some made with chemical processes though.
Been looking into this stuff alot lately, stuff like graphene and the like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_copper_pillar_bump
The above link isn't quantum related, but you get the idea maybe.
Perhaps soon we will have cloth that puts out 250w or so from body heat.
They say that the body puts off 1kw in space, delta temp energy wise.

[Particle]

White OLED vs RGB OLED? It sounds like they're just talking about using OLEDs as a backlight for LCDs instead of using regular non-organic LEDs in the same role like they do now. The real tragedy here is the reputation these technologies are building with the consumer public when they're not seeing what the buzzwords are really all about. I would hope that Samsung is doing a real OLED display instead of just using red, green, and blue OLED light sources mixed to create white. That is a thing that is done in higher-quality LED backlit LCDs to achieve a more natural white. That said, if anyone is a real OLED champion, it's Samsung, so I hope their "true" display really does translate to you staring directly at OLED pixels.

Example consumer:
"I have an LED TV!"

No you don't. An LED TV would be like those insanely bright and vivid video billboards. You have a regular LCD TV that uses LEDs as a light source instead of a CCFL. You get basically none of the picture quality improvements an LED TV could offer, just lower power consumption and (frequently) bluer tint.

[Kallenator]

White OLED vs RGB OLED? It sounds like they're just talking about using OLEDs as a backlight for LCDs instead of using regular non-organic LEDs in the same role like they do now. The real tragedy here is the reputation these technologies are building with the consumer public when they're not seeing what the buzzwords are really all about.

Did't think of it like that, nice point!

I feel a bit like an idiot now... :p

It turns out that those OLED TVs will actually be white-OLED (phosphorescent based) with color filters - or actually OLED-backlit LCDs and not 'true OLED' TVs (in which each pixel is made of 3 RGB subpixels). LG's OLED-LCD TVs will boast 400ppi and will have better brightness and contrast compared to LED-LCDs though. Such white-OLEDs may also be applied to create OLED lighting panels. Back in June 2010, LG unveiled a 15" white-OLED with a color filter.

http://www.oled-info.com/lgs-8-gen-l...-true-oled-tvs

However, if they can control individual LED's in the backlight, or at least very small number, then maybe just maybe we will get a more uniform backlight and as well get very high contras ratios.

[ryboto]

meh, I'll stick with my LED DLP. Waiting out the death of LCD....but by that time I'll probably have stopped caring and live out in the woods somewhere.