LG is rumored to be preparing the production of unbreakable, flexible OLED displays in the near future.
The company apparently is building a flexible OLED screen production line for about $176 million. The factory will reportedly produce 730 × 460 mm displays, but there is no information about when production will start. Some reports put the production beginning at the end of this year, but more conservative estimates state that LG will not be able to manufacture flexible OLED screens until 2013 or even 2014.
Unbreakable OLED displays could be used in future gadgets such as smartphones and tablets, wearable electronics as well as custom shaped consumer electronics such as a new generation of TVs. In separate news, LG is rumored to soon be launching 55-inch OLED TVs in the U.S. At $8,000 or $9,000, the TVs may be insanely expensive, but a bargain for those who value being the first to have their hands on new technology. Remember Sharp's 108-inch LCD TV that was shown at CES and shipped in small numbers to selected customers? That TV went for $180,000 initially.
It is unlikely that we will be seeing those flexible OLED displays in any application at least until 2013, but there is reason to believe that there is considerable room for product innovation that could ring in a new era of consumer electronics.
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unbreakable as in it can stand many MANY time the normal amount of pressure, or pull?
can it be cut without absolutely trying to cut it?
these are nessassary questions that need to be answered.
and 8-9 grand for a 55 inch oled will be worth it.
not because its thin
but if even 1/10th of the advantages of a oled are displayed the screen will outshine anything a lcd can currently do.
Whoever decides to patent the flexible OLED toilet paper rolls, has to give me a credit for the idea.. :-)
but seriously, innovations are always welcome
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Will it Blend!!!
Not that you drive a tank over it and remains unscratched.
But yes, poor choice of words.
Imagine a full touch screen remote for your TV, or a touch screen handle for a maglight to control brightness or strobe light functions.
I think I like where this technology will bring us
No that kid is in her cage.
You don't need to. Even if the TV lasts forever, people will move towards better, more efficient tech. Higher resolution, and other features like 3D and etc are why people will buy new ones.
no no no...
oled screens that are bendable have been hell to make without pixles dieing, a few years ago the best they could do was 5 bends before pixles died.
when they say unbreakable i'm assuming its just unless its folded, the pixles wont die. but with a bendable oled, you could make a bracelet watch thing that is all face - the small clasp. so im wondering if they also can make it non tear by being caught accidently, if they can make it a bit pressure proof, because you know it will get hit every now ant than...
what they are talking about isnt putting it in a phone and it being fall proof i believe but being bend proof.
(bend doesnt leave a crease, fold does, thats the difference in this post)
lets look at sd tv here.
a sd crt still looks better than an hd tv playing sd content, i never understood why though.
sd costs allot less, and if you dont care about quality, sd is just fine for you.
my tv lasted 20 years before it had to be thrown away... well not had to, but i wasnt allowed to try to fix it, though you have no idea how much i wanted to.
now with hd, give me a true 240hz 1080p tv that has 3d capabilities and glasses that refresh at 120hz, and i would be set for the next 10-20 years.
yes higher quality may be coming, but really in my living room i would have to sit about 4 feet away from the screen to see any detail improvement over a 1080p... i commonly sit close to 10-15 feet away, so its even argueabel if i even need 1080p.
for a monitor where my head is less than 3 feet away most of the time, yea, give me more detail, but for a tv... if i would take a high quality 20 year tv over a 5 year one under the assumption that i would "upgrade" that fast.
PS3 Launch day anyone?