Another TV question - OLEDs the future?

[rhinochopig]

I suppose one for Plotters and Derestricter really. Are OLED TVs going to be next big thing killing off the Plasma and LCD markets (as suggested by the Gadget Show)?

[Plotloss]

They probably will do eventually as the contrast is off the chart.

Wont happen for a while yet though, they have a woefully short life and are currently very very expensive. That 11" OLED Sony set is something like £2500 or was at launch.

SED/FED wont make any substantial inroads, mainly because they cant get it to work. LaserTV is vaporware so OLED will almost certaintly be the next iteration but LCD/Plasma have at least 5 years in them I would have thought.

[off_again]

As the most practical of the current technologies, its most likely to take the next crown when Plasma / LCD are getting long in the tooth. They are currently expensive and difficult to make - long term reliability is something I don't know about either. Due to the thin nature of the screens, I suspect they will end up being built into all sorts of different things in time.

Certainly looks good and impressed so far - but lets see what happens when the prices come down.

[[AJ]]

Yeah, where did laser projection TV talk disappear to? Brighter, lighter, longer lasting, more efficient, cheaper.... vapourware indeed!

[Plotloss]

[AJ] said:

Yeah, where did laser projection TV talk disappear to? Brighter, lighter, longer lasting, more efficient, cheaper.... vapourware indeed!

Well the products history went like this.

We've invented LaserTV and Mitsubishi and Tosh have already licenced it, they've got production lines ready to go, arent we great?

Hello VP in charge of Media, Mitsubishi Electronics, whats all this about LaserTV then?

Laser what now?

So you've not signed a deal to make them then?

I dont even know what you're talking about.

[sleep envy]

Plotloss said:

Well the products history went like this.

We've invented LaserTV and Mitsubishi and Tosh have already licenced it, they've got production lines ready to go, arent we great?

Hello VP in charge of Media, Mitsubishi Electronics, whats all this about LaserTV then?

Laser what now?

So you've not signed a deal to make them then?

I dont even know what you're talking about.

that sounds very familiar

[[AJ]]

Plotloss said:

[AJ] said:

Yeah, where did laser projection TV talk disappear to? Brighter, lighter, longer lasting, more efficient, cheaper.... vapourware indeed!

Well the products history went like this.

We've invented LaserTV and Mitsubishi and Tosh have already licenced it, they've got production lines ready to go, arent we great?

Hello VP in charge of Media, Mitsubishi Electronics, whats all this about LaserTV then?

Laser what now?

So you've not signed a deal to make them then?

I dont even know what you're talking about.

I had been holding off upgrading my current LCD panel in the hope we'd see them later this year too. Ah well!