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OLED TVs Making a Comeback?
OLED technology poised to be adopted by a variety of applications by 2012, according to new study.
Remember OLED TVs? Super-thin and colorful OLED technology has been the next seismic thing in TV tech for a while.
We keep seeing prototypes that blow everyone away, but they cost a bundle and generally aren’t available. Then we forget about them.
Well, OLED TVs are poised to make a comeback, or a debut, or a comeback debut.
Research firm Displaybank predicts AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED) will be adopted in a variety of applications from 2012, including TVs.
LG is planning a 55-inch OLED TV in 2012. And one the “big three” Asian manufacturers now has a technology agreement with DuPont to use DuPont’s printing-based process that it says will reduce manufacturing costs for large-display AMOLED TVs.
“Current manufacturing technology doesn’t scale up to TVs,” says Bill Feehery, global business director for DuPont Electronics & Communications. “Today OLED material is heated up and evaporated, then they use a screen to create the pixels on the display. Our goal was to use an ink-jet printer-like technology to print it,” and thereby cut production costs for television-sized displays.
Early AMOLED TVs will still carry hefty premiums, though Feehery believes we’ll see mass manufacturing of AMOLED TVs in 2014. Feehery also says that lifespan limitations with the blue pixels of OLED displays have been addressed, with usable lifespans achieved of more than 30,000 hours or 10 years of heavy use.
We keep seeing prototypes that blow everyone away, but they cost a bundle and generally aren’t available. Then we forget about them.
Well, OLED TVs are poised to make a comeback, or a debut, or a comeback debut.
Research firm Displaybank predicts AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED) will be adopted in a variety of applications from 2012, including TVs.
LG is planning a 55-inch OLED TV in 2012. And one the “big three” Asian manufacturers now has a technology agreement with DuPont to use DuPont’s printing-based process that it says will reduce manufacturing costs for large-display AMOLED TVs.
“Current manufacturing technology doesn’t scale up to TVs,” says Bill Feehery, global business director for DuPont Electronics & Communications. “Today OLED material is heated up and evaporated, then they use a screen to create the pixels on the display. Our goal was to use an ink-jet printer-like technology to print it,” and thereby cut production costs for television-sized displays.
Early AMOLED TVs will still carry hefty premiums, though Feehery believes we’ll see mass manufacturing of AMOLED TVs in 2014. Feehery also says that lifespan limitations with the blue pixels of OLED displays have been addressed, with usable lifespans achieved of more than 30,000 hours or 10 years of heavy use.
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Steven Castle is a writer, editor, and humorist who recently completed Filthy Rich Things, a savage satire on our thirst for success and wealth. He is Electronic House's senior editor and co-founder of GreenTech Advocates.
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