Stories from November 12th, 2009

LG’s 20.7inch AMOLED Display for Medicine

lg-amoled-27LG Showcased several new AMOLED display panels at the IMID2009 and FPD International 2009 shows, including an impressively large 20.7inch display targeted at medical uses.

At FPD International 2009, LG Display showcased a 20.7-inch medical AMOLED panel for the first time. The panel features QSVGA (2560 x 2048) 5M pixel resolution and a contrast ratio of higher than 100,000:1, proving that it satisfied high resolution and high contrast ratio criteria required for medical display.

Realistically this could be used for several things, but medical facilities are the most likely to be willing to drop the considerable amount of money (unspecified) required.

via FOCUS ON.

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Stories from October 28th, 2009

OLED Stereoscopic LCD Televisions

Gizmodo is carrying news about two new Stereoscopic televisions hitting the market soon.

First off is the new offerings from AU Optronics (AUO), glasses-free 3D Televisions.

au-optronicsAOU (sic) is also showing a new high-def 3D panel that that can scale from 8- to 65-inches in size. It’s got a 2D/3D switch, and has a higher resolution and greater viewable angle compared to previous 3D TVs that don’t need glasses. Finally, they’ve also got a new 58-inch Ultra Wide TV panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1080. It’s 2.35:1 ratio is designed to present 2.35:1 films without black bars.

Second is the AMOLED television from Samsung:

samsung-amoledAnother of the treats on show at FPD 2009 is Samsung’s AMOLED 3D TV prototype. The 240Hz panel is just 2.5-mm thick, has a million-to-1 contrast, and Samsung claims its latest shutter-glasses technology reduces the dizziness often associated with 3D.

Looks like FPD2009 is all about the OLED 3D TV’s.

AU Optronics TV and Samsung AMOLED.

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Stories from June 20th, 2009

IGNIS and Vitex show advances in OLED

A nice pair of announcements of advances in OLED technology came out today.  First off is from IGNIS, a new backplane technology they’re calling “MaxLife” which boasts an impressive 75,000 hour lifetime with no image degradation.  In normal usage that’s 20 years of 10-hours a day viewing, with no burn-in.

Second is a new process from Vitex System Barix using alternating layers of ceramic and polymer films that can create an OLED display stronger than glass but only 50micrometers thin.  Videos show existing Ca film layers literally evaporating in seconds of open-air exposure, while this process survives indefinately while being subjected to some brutal hammer-tests.

See videos of both after the break.

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