Samsung Unveils World’s Largest OLED TV

PhysOrg.Com ^ | 9/28/2005 | (No Author cited)

[NickatNite2003]

Jong-Yong Yun, Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, tonight hosted an elaborate display of some of the company's newest products and technologies — some shown for the first time in North America.

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Following Mr. Yun's address, attendees at the Global Road Show experienced in sound, video, and live demonstrations, a wide range of new products and devices including: • A 40-inch OLED television, the largest working prototype of this new screen technology. • The world's largest commercialized DLP (digital light projector) TV, measuring 71 inches. • A Blu-ray disc recorder with a built-in HD digital terrestrial tuner. • A host of new mobile phones, portable media players and color laser printers.

[NickatNite2003]

MMMMMmmmmmmm....40" OLED....

[sourcery]

So, when will Samsung get the oLED out?

[SoDak]

Damn, thats a full 11" larger than mine.

[SoDak]

Meaning the 71" DLP.

[birbear]

thanks for clearng that up... ;)

[dynachrome]

Dear Santa: send me one of each.

[George Stupidnopolis]

Just what we need, a six foot Howard Dean in the living room. I'm swaring off TV

[Pete'sWife]

I clicked on the link.

I give up.

What's an "OLED" TV?

I clicked on the highlighted text. Got advertisements.

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

YEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[happydogx2]

Looks like the CD replacement is here and it's called the Blu Ray.

Hmmmm.

[Normal4me]

When they get below $200 ping me.

[John Jorsett]

What's an "OLED" TV?

Organic Light Emitting Diode. Each pixel in the screen is a separate LED, meaning it needs no backlight (therefore lower power) and is (allegedly -- I haven't yet seen an OLED display yet) crisper and contrastyier (to coin a word). OLEDs also operate at lower temperatures than standard liquid crystal displays, so you can watch it in your freezer or a North Dakota winter.

[cgk]

PING!

[Norman Conquest]

organic light-emitting diodes. Faster, lighter, more durable than liquid crystal displays. See here: OLEDs

[Sender]

I sure hope a typhoon never hits Korea, or else hungry survivors will carry away all the OLED TVs to feed their families.

[clintonh8r]

Of course. Just when I'd made up my mind to get the new Sony V Series 40" LED....

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I can't wait for the next major hurricane disaster, so I can get one.

[newzjunkey]

Short for organic light-emitting diode, a display device that sandwiches carbon-based films between two charged electrodes, one a metallic cathode and one a transparent anode, usually being glass. The organic films consist of a hole-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an emissive layer and an electron-transport layer. When voltage is applied to the OLED cell, the injected positive and negative charges recombine in the emissive layer and create electro luminescent light. Unlike LCDs, which require backlighting, OLED displays are emissive devices - they emit light rather than modulate transmitted or reflected light.

OLED technology was invented by Eastman Kodak in the early 1980s. It is beginning to replace LCD technology in handheld devices such as PDAs and cellular phones because the technology is brighter, thinner, faster and lighter than LCDs, use less power, offer higher contrast and are cheaper to manufacture.

Source: WeboPedia

[Pete'sWife]

Thank you.

I've been advised against buying a plasma thingie because of the durability thing.

Now, I'm thinking about a projector.

Your thoughts?

[flashbunny]

so do I skip upgrading from a big CRT monitor to an LCD monitor, and just wait for OLED monitors???