03.26
LCD or Plasma? NEITHER, SUCKER! There’s a new, thinner TV called an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that will be coming out that’s about the thickness of a credit card. The colors will also be more pure and the monitor will be brighter than any other TV out there. Your brand new 70″ widescreen 1080p TV sucks!
Per Popsci.com:
“Q: What is OLED?
A: OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, is a display technology using man-made, carbon-based molecules that emit light when charged with electricity.
Q: How thick are OLEDs?
A: The latest prototypes are as thin as a credit card (0.3 millimeter), because OLED pixels produce their own light, with nothing behind the screen. LCDs need a fluorescent or LED lamp to illuminate the pixels, and plasmas need compartments of electrically charged gas.
Q: Does an OLED look better than other TVs?
A: Significantly. The light-emitting molecules glow in color rather than sending white light through a filter, as an LCD does, which limits brightness and color purity. And the molecules create deeper colors than the phosphor material used in plasmas.
Q: Why are OLEDs so efficient?
A: The screen itself lights up on demand. In LCDs, the backlight is turned on even when the screen is black; OLED pixels switch off to display black. And charging the molecules in an OLED requires less energy than ionizing gas in a plasma TV.
Q: Are OLEDs expensive?
A: Yes—for example, Sony’s 11-inch TV sells for $2,500—mainly because glass suitable for OLED displays is currently made only in small quantities. Building a large-capacity factory would cost about $3 billion.”
Dang. $2,500 for an 11-inch TV!? That’s crazy. But it’s all good, times are booming!
