Samsung's new tough flexible AM OLED display (1 min 6 sec YouTube video)

YouTube ^ | 10/15/09

[LibWhacker]

Click here ==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8S8tbQMp2k&feature=player_embedded <==

[Samurai_Jack]

wow. That is just awesome!

paper thin flexible lcd display.
disposable televisions.
roll it out on the wall of your living room and paste it into place with double side tape.
unroll it from pocket and watch the news on the subway.

portable led paper.

can’t wait for the japanese to create application for it. And for the chinese to mass produce it affordably.

[LibWhacker]

Heck, you could tack it to the wall. They say the undamaged part of the display works fine even if you poke holes in it.

I also like the possibility that this will allow us to have larger displays on our laptops... Just fold them up and tuck them into the laptop's case when you're done.

[SouthDixie]

Amazing technology...it's almost frightening how far we've progressed.

[Daffynition]

Cool! Goes with my roll-up keyboard.

[sit-rep]

I am now glad I never shelled out 8K for a LCD TV. it looks like this will be driving down prices big time...

[Big Giant Head]

wrap-around screens for gaming!

[newnhdad]

That right there is the death of print on paper media. My gradkids will probably never have their fingers stained with newspaper ink.

[raybbr]

ping

[WellyP]

WOW! What is the rate of power consumption compared to regular screens?

[The Wizard]

I couldn’t believe my eyes......I was getting ready to buy an LCD for Christmas......but this OLCD is what I’d like to wait for.....I may reconsider and get a much less expensive, (smaller) LCD and save those funds for a year or so.....once these hit, you can throw out those big heavy LCD’s that are power hungry.....

WOW

[Paradox]

Not LCD, this is an LED screen! Even better! This is truly amazing. Not that the large “LED TV’s” sold today are LED BACKLIT screens, they are still LCD. OLED (”Organic” LED, not some tree hugging crap, just the way they work), only light up the pixel they need to light up. Much lower power consumption, and better image. Super expensive right now, so they only make them in small screen versions. Price is coming down though...

[Yo-Yo]

There is an application for them. They will be in future cell phones and similar iClone devices.

OLED is a couple of years away (read decade) from having an affordable wall sized unit.

Spend your money on a nice LED backlit LCD display, and by the time it is ready to be replaced then OLED will be ready.

[Sarajevo]

That's something.

And to think, I'm still using the old CRT TV I bought in 1987.

[ShadowAce]

[zeugma]

BFL

[PapaBear3625]

I also like the possibility that this will allow us to have larger displays on our laptops... Just fold them up and tuck them into the laptop's case when you're done.

Visualize a laptop in the shape of a scroll. Roll up the screen around the scroll part and stick it in your pocket. When you want to use it, unroll it, and there's a touch-sensitive screen/keypad.

[antiRepublicrat]

My gradkids will probably never have their fingers stained with newspaper ink.

Sadly, they'll miss the fun of copying the cartoons using silly putty.

[LibWhacker]

That’s a great idea. I like it! :-)