Brief Introduction to OLED and FLCD Televisions

[Stuart Wright]

OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode
Kodak had a considerable hand in its development.
Has an emissive layer of an organic compound.

Compared to current flat panels:

Cheaper to make
Very thin - 30% of thickness
1,000 times faster response times
CRT like black levels
Requires 25-30% less power
Potential to be flexible – hence able to roll like a drop-down screen.


SED - Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display
Developed by Canon and Toshiba, works on a similar principle to CRT but with each phosphor pixel having its own tiny gun.

Compared to current flat panels:

Very thin
Very fast response times
CRT like black levels
Requires 30-50% less power.


FLCD - Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Display
Like LCD but pixels are toggled on and off with tiny burst of power rather than requiring constant power to illuminate.

Compared to current flat panels:

Cheaper to make
1,000 times faster response times
Requires 75% less power.
Wide viewing angles


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[misae]

http://www.behardware.com/articles/593-1/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-sed.html


In fact, SED seems to be the natural son of TFT and CRT monitors. It combines the thinness of the first and the qualities of the second and improves them. Like cathode-ray tube TVs, SED technology is based on the collision of electrons and phosphoric monitor to emit light. Still, unlike cathode-ray tubes, there isn’t a single gun for the monitor, but a mini electron gun behind each sub-pixel! 1920 x 1080 x 3 = 6.2 million of guns.